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John Cawley

Professor, Economics Department

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Policy

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1999

Areas of Expertise

Health economics, health policy, applied microeconomics
Monica Deza
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Monica Deza

Associate Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2012

Areas of Expertise

Economics of Crime, Labor Economics, Economic Demography, Economics of Risky health behaviors
Gary V. Engelhardt

Gary V. Engelhardt

Professor, Economics Department

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Faculty Mentor and Training Committee Member, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993

Areas of Expertise

Housing markets and policies, taxation, saving behavior, pensions, Social Security, aging
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Marc A. Garcia

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2015

Areas of Expertise

Medical sociology, aging and the life course, racial/ethnic disparities, minority and immigrant health
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Catherine García

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Science, College of Arts and Sciences

Areas of Expertise

Aging and the life course, minority aging and health, social determinants of health, health disparities, biodemography

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Brooks B. Gump

Falk Family Endowed Professor, Public Health Department

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1995
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Sarah Hamersma

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

O'Hanley Faculty Scholar

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2004

Areas of Expertise

Public economics, labor economics, applied econometrics
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Madonna Harrington Meyer

University Professor, Sociology Department

Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Ph.D., Florida State University, 1991

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, aging and the life course, family policies
Colleen Heflin
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Colleen Heflin

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Mentor and Training Committee Member, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2002

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, poverty policy, food and nutrition policy

Areas of Expertise

Sociology of disability, medical sociology, aging and the life course, military veterans
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David Larsen

Professor and Chair, Public Health Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 2013
Jun Li

Jun Li

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 2020

Areas of Expertise

Health economics, health services research, post-acute and long-term care
Andrew S. London
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Andrew S. London

Professor, Sociology Department

Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1993

Areas of Expertise

Medical sociology, demography, aging and the life course, veterans, adult ADHD, poverty and family well-being, LGBT/sexuality studies, social policy
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Leonard M. Lopoo

Associate Dean, Chair and Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics

Director, Maxwell X Lab

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2001

Areas of Expertise

Child and family policy, behavioral economics, economic demography
Katherine McDonald

Katherine McDonald

Professor, Public Health Department

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Associate Vice President for Research, Syracuse University Office of Research

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006
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Gabriel "Joey" Merrin

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Falk College or Sport & Human Dynamics

Areas of Expertise

Prevention science and school-based program evaluation; adolescent risk, resilience and developmental trajectories; identity-based harassment, bullying and psychosocial outcomes; longitudinal quantitative methods and R programming

Shannon Monnat

Shannon Monnat

Professor, Sociology Department

Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Co-Director, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany, 2008

Areas of Expertise

Rural Demography, Population Health
Jennifer Karas Montez

Jennifer Karas Montez

University Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology Department

Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Faculty Mentor and Training Committee Member, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2011

Areas of Expertise

Demography, political economy and population health, life course and aging
Miriam Mutambudzi

Miriam Mutambudzi

Associate Professor, Public Health Department

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2012
Michah Rothbart

Michah W. Rothbart

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Ph.D., New York University, 2016

Areas of Expertise

Nonprofit and public financial management, public budgeting, education policy
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Ying Shi

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

O'Hanley Faculty Scholar

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Ph.D., Duke University, 2017

Areas of Expertise

Economics of education, labor economics, political economy
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Merril Silverstein

Professor and Chair, Sociology Department

Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Falk College

Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1990

Areas of Expertise

Aging, family, intergenerational relationships, demographic, policy and cultural contexts, quantitative methods
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Perry Singleton

Associate Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2007

Areas of Expertise

Public finance, health economics
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Michiko Ueda-Ballmer

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Facutly Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, East Asia Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006

Areas of Expertise

Social determinants of health, suicide prevention, mental health policy, public health, computational social science
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Sara Vasilenko

Faculty Mentor and Training Committee Member, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Areas of Expertise

Adolescent health, sexual behavior, substance use, longitudinal methodology
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Haowei Wang

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Research Affiliate, East Asia Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., McCormack School of Policy and Global Studies, Department of Gerontology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2020

Areas of Expertise

Social gerontology, family demography, aging and health, population health
Emily Wiemers

Emily Wiemers

Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Maxwell Dean Professor of Aging, Demography and Public Policy

Director, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Co-Director, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2009

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics, demography, economics of aging, household behavior and family economics, health economics
Janet M. Wilmoth

Janet M. Wilmoth

Distinguished Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Sociology Department

Director, Aging Studies Institute

Dissemination Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Faculty Mentor and Training Committee Member, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995

Areas of Expertise

Sociology of aging and the life course, demography, health
Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program