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Social Science Research Institute welcomes Jessica Ho as cofunded faculty member

Sep 11, 2022

Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) recently announced new cofunded faculty member Jessica Ho, who will join the institute in the 2022-23 academic year. Ho is an associate professor of sociology and demography and an associate of the Population Research Institute and comes to Penn…
News Topics: SSRI cofundsPRIPRI AssociateAgingLife Expectancyhealth disparitiesSocial Inequity
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In Rural America, Older Adult Vaccination Rates were Higher in Counties with More Aging and Disability Services

Aug 10, 2022

In this Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion research brief, PRI's Danielle Rhubart and Yue Sun describe how aging and disability services (ADS) played an important role for older adults in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, including sharing information, providing transportation, and serving…
News Topics: COVID-19AgingPRIPRI Associate
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Older adults more likely to have multiple health ailments than prior generations

Jun 22, 2022

Later-born generations of older adults in the United States are more likely to have a greater number of chronic health conditions than the generations that preceded them, according to a study conducted by Penn State and Texas State University. According to the researchers, the increasing frequency…
News Topics: AgingHealth CareSociologyDemographyPRIPRI Associate
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Challenges of older Pennsylvanians focus of new brief

Mar 22, 2022

Pennsylvania’s population is aging rapidly, and it is estimated that by 2030, one in five residents will be age 65 and older. The issue is important, because as the state’s population ages, the number of adults needing services is expected to increase. In a new policy brief from Penn State’s …
News Topics: Pennsylvania Population NetworkAging
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New PPN Brief discusses ambulatory and cognition challenges among older Pennsylvanians

Feb 28, 2022

A new brief from the Pennsylvania Population Network (PPN) explores differences in ambulatory and cognition challenges for Pennsylvanians by age group and sex. Authored by Alexis R. Santos, SSRI cofund and assistant professor of human development and family studies, and Raeven Faye Chandler,…
News Topics: PPN BriefAging
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Aging and Disability Services are Unequally Distributed Across the United States

Feb 22, 2022

The U.S. population is aging rapidly, but 15% of U.S. counties have no aging and disability services organizations. This research brief by Syracuse University’s Claire Pendergrast and Penn State's PRI Associate Danielle Rhubart shows that rural counties and counties with the highest rates of…
News Topics: AgingPRILerner Center for Public Health Promotion Brief
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Looking for Associate/Full Professor in Population Aging and Health

Nov 30, 2021

Looking For: Associate/Full Professor in Population Aging and Health The Social Science Research Institute and the Population Research Institute (PRI) at the Pennsylvania State University invite applications for a tenured faculty member (Associate Professor or Full Professor) in the area of…
News Topics: PopulationAgingHealthAssociateProfessorhealth disparities researchJobNIH
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SSRI associate director and cofunded faculty on team that wins national excellence award for research

Nov 2, 2020

Faculty in SSRI are part of a multidisciplinary, multi-institution research team that was recently awarded the National Excellence in Multistate Research Award from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities and the United States Department of Agriculture. This prestigious and highly…
News Topics: Rural CommunitiesRural SociologyAging
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Researchers recognized for innovative work in aging

Mar 12, 2019

The Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging has recently recognized three investigators in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State for their innovative research in aging.  Nilam Ram, professor of human development and family studies and psychology; Lizbeth Benson, a doctoral…
News Topics: AgingAwardHuman Development and Family StudiesPenn State Research
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Mobile technologies may help researchers crack the mysteries of aging

Nov 12, 2018

A National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will allow Penn State’s Martin Sliwinski and team to learn more about how small changes in the brain can develop into neurological conditions later in life by developing new standardized mobile technologies for researchers across the U.S. This type of…
News Topics: NIHAgingCognition
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Child maltreatment linked to cognitive aging

Oct 10, 2018

Almost 10 million older adults in the U.S. have cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, or other related dementias. Penn State researchers are looking into how early life adversity, specifically child maltreatment, can affect cognitive aging later in life in a new project. According to Chad…
News Topics: Child MaltreatmentAgingCognition
Black and white headshot of Nilam Ram with dark hair, gray jacket, and light colored shirt.

QuantDev Innovations Featured in The Journals of Gerontology

Jan 18, 2018

The Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology Core (QuantDev) recently had several of their studies featured in December’s special issue of The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. This journal presents studies that advance methodology or understanding in areas…
News Topics: QuantDevAgingInnovation
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