University-wide center housed in PRFH

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• University-wide center housed in PRFH
• Offices on both the Medical campus and the Arts
  and Sciences campus to facilitate interdivisional
  collaborations.
• Funded almost continuously by NICHD since its
  inception in 1971. Recently renewed through 2012.
  
• 58 Faculty Associates from 13 departments in 4
  divisions of the University

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NICHD Population Centers

• The Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch of
  NICHD has funded a highly regarded Population
  Research Centers program since 1971.
• There are now 18 NICHD Population Centers funded
  by R24 infrastructure grants, of which the HPC is
  one of the oldest and most established.
• This program provides a critical core of
  professionals to address emerging questions in
  NICHD priority areas

• Marriage and family change
• Fertility and family planning
• Teen pregnancy

• Mortality
• HIV risk and prevention
• Children and child health.

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Mission

• To promote exemplary cross-disciplinary research
  in population and health, and
• to facilitate the submission of successful
  applications for NIH and foundation research
  support

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Research Themes

• Poverty and Welfare Policy
• Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Transition to Adulthood and Family Demography

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Ongoing activities

• Working Groups
• Pilot Research Grant Program
• Hopkins-PRB Symposium on Policy and Health
• Economics-Biostatistics Workshop
• Mentoring Junior Faculty

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Recent Pilot Projects

• Biology and Environment in Race/Ethnic
  Disparities in Childhood Obesity - Jonathan Ellen
  Andrew Cherlin
• Consequences of Birth Weight - Nan Astone
• Migration, the State and Health Transition in
  Southern Chad - Lori Leonard
• Parity and Later-Life Health among Women in Egypt
  - David Bishai
• Mental Health Needs of Older Displaced Persons
  within the Republic of Georgia - Courtland
  Robinson
• Population-Based Explanations for the Increase in
  Obesity in Western Countries -Lingxin Hao
  Thomas Glass
• Successful Black Marriages - Katrina Bell
  McDonald
• Life Table Imbalances in Infant and Adult
  Mortality - Vladimir Canudas-Romo

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HPC Website
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Population Center Information Core

• Claire Twose (Director) Lori RosmanPopulation
  librarians from Welch available to assist with
  population information needs
• Jennifer Darragh New data librarian assists with
  data acquisition needs.
• Librarians are available by appointment and
  during regularly scheduled hours.
• Information Suite (BSPH E4643) offers electronic
  access to publications, a conference room, and
  eight hours per week during which a librarian is
  in the suite for consultations
• Web supplements to HPC seminars
• Special topic presentations

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Population Library Website