@UTPopCenter

The official Twitter feed of the #UT #Austin Population Research Center, an interdisciplinary #research and training unit of @UTAustin.

 Austin, TX
prc.utexas.edu
Joined June 2010
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🗓️Tues, Dec 5th, 10 am to Noon @utxcaps and the Texas Aging & Longevity Consortium will host a panel discussion "Artificial Intelligence and Health Information Searches – Truth, Lies, and Changing Facts" In person and virtual More info @ bit.ly/Dec5thpanel @nia_demography
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✅ Voting is open for #SXSW2024 ! ✅ Please cast a vote for our fireside chat featuring TxPEP's Kari White and @FiveThirtyEight 's @ameliatd : Is #Data for Everyone or Experts? Focus on #Abortion Policy. 📊 📉 panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/14… @liberalartsut #roevwade #repro #Datascience
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Great #TEXPOP2023 panel on Reproductive, Maternal, and Infant Health, with Dr. Kari White presenting "Abortion Patients’ Priorities and Tradeoffs Deciding Where to Obtain Out-Of-State Care Following Texas’ 2021 Abortion Ban". Thanks to all presenters!! 📈 📊📚
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This. When people ask what I love about a college campus, it’s this. This opportunity to sit and learn from scholar who has studied theories, concepts and data that changes how I think. Rob Crosnoe @UTPopCenter @LiberalArtsUT #WhatStartsHereChangesTheWorld #TexPop2023
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Just saw @UTPopCenter alum @jeffswin deliver a terrific talk on the paradoxical moral attitudes on IPV worldwide. Enjoying my first #PAA2023 so far!
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Excited to be here at #PAA2023 presenting work from the first chapter of my dissertation @UTPopCenter
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A new study led by @Liz__Munoz of @UTAustinSHE shows that experiences with discrimination by Hispanic & Latino adults may increase their cognitive decline. @NIH @UTPopCenter @NIHAging @UTXCAPS @NICHD_NIH cns.utexas.edu/news/cognitiv…

Cognitive Impairment in Hispanic Adults Linked to Discrimination Experiences - UT News

Black and Latino people experience higher rates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias than non-Hispanic white people, but scientists have never

news.utexas.edu
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📅 Join Us for the Conference on Race and the Unequal Burden of Bereavement May 16th 9 am – 1:30 pm CST In person at the UT Austin Glickman Center and via Livestream We have a terrific lineup with a keynote by Rashawn Ray. Register and view the agenda sites.utexas.edu/txcaps/
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@ia4phs@ia4phs28 Apr 2022
Join @NIMHD and @mdhayward May 4th for a timely discussion of the early life factors underlying the dementia epidemic among older Black Americans. Tune in here: nimhd.nih.gov/news-events/co…
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New from @IsabelHMBrooks & Abigail Weitzman @UTPopCenter: “Highly religious women prioritize an aversion to stigmatized, nonmarital pregnancies over an adherence to religious norms against contraception.” That is, absent hormonal use, they rely on condoms. ow.ly/oE2b50INxfe
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You're invited, TODAY, to the unveiling of Thinkery Connect, an early childhood education partnership btw @ThinkeryATX @ApplyCogSci @CristineLegare. See the dedicated research lab, exhibit prototyping zone, and more. @UTPopCenter @UTPsychology bit.ly/3j3UxqV
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Infants raised in a #bilingual setting experience beneficial changes in their brain's structure and function that include brain areas not involved in language. @MMArredondo @UTPopCenter #NICHDImpact ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3441…
Close up of a baby smiling. Photo by Daniel Thomas via UnSplash.

ALT Close up of a baby smiling. Photo by Daniel Thomas via UnSplash.

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🗓️Fri March 4, 2022, 12- 1:00 PM CT CAPS Speaker: Tyson Brown @tysonbrown, Duke University “Structural Racism and Health Stratification in the U.S.: Connecting Theory to Measurement” More info @ bit.ly/TysonBrown @nia_demography @DebUmberson @KarenFingerman
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PSID@umpsid30 Sep 2021
Happening Now: Michael Schultz (@UTPopCenter) discusses 'The Effect of Poverty on the Mobility of Low-Wage Workers to Better Wages' using #PSIDdata
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Senate Bill 8 is in effect in #Texas—what happened during the most recent near-total #abortion ban in TX? While the COVID-19 executive order was in effect in 2020, many Texas traveled long distances out of state for abortion care. #SB8
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Join us as @UTAustin's @mdhayward, Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin discusses new federal data showing a decline in U.S. life expectancy. Click here! bit.ly/3fRof0Y
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Spanking is still commonly used to punish children around the world. But does it work? And what long term effects does it have on physical and mental health?🎧 Listen to full convo with @UTAustin's Liz Gershoff: cns.utexas.edu/news/the-case… @UTPopCenter, @UTAustinSHE, @HoggFoundation
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"Anti-abortion ordinances and bills are not going to make Texas’ cities and towns 'sanctuaries' for anyone. Only policies that support the health and economic well-being of families who live there will." #sb8 #txlege statesman.com/story/opinion/…
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Congrats to Lilla Pivnick, who won the grad student paper award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems Div. on Health, Health Policy, & Health Services, and Jess Goldstein-Kral & Jamie O’Quinn, who won the Sexual Behavior, Politics, & Communities student paper award!
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UT’s #COVID19 conference showcasing groundbreaking research across campus is next week! The free event includes keynote speakers, panels, 🌩 talks & more on topics from mental health & future of education to drug therapeutics. See schedule & register at attend.com/utcovid19
UT COVID-19 Conference Virtual event: November 10-11, 2020 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. each day attend.com/utcovid19

ALT UT COVID-19 Conference Virtual event: November 10-11, 2020 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. each day attend.com/utcovid19

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