Welcome to the PSC! The Population Studies Center (PSC) of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has fostered research and training in population since its founding in 1962, with support from the NICHD P30 program 1978-2003 and the R24 program since 2003. The PSC is ... read more
Announcing our new partner the Philadelphia Federal Statistical Research Data Center:
Announcing our new partner the Philadelphia Federal Statistical Research Data Center:
News
-
Hans-Peter Kohler and Frank Furstenberg were recently awarded funds from the National Science Foundation for the Global Family Change Project. The project has collaborators at Oxford University, Bocconi University, and the Autonomous University of Barcelona and includes Penn GGD students Luca Maria Pesando & Andrés Felipe Castro Torres, and new PSC associate Pilar Gonalons-Pons. Interested in learning more? Go see Luca present a paper associated with the project next Wednesday (more details about the event here). | Posted: 9/15/2017 -
Sam Preston and Andrew Stokes have just published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine. The full text of their new article "Prevalence and Trends in Lifetime Obesity in the U.S., 1988-2014" is now available online. Boston University, where Stokes teaches global health, has published a press release about their findings. Obesity affects the health of more than half of adults in the US and the PSC is proud to support the researchers investigating this epidemic. | Posted: 9/8/2017 -
Be sure to add the PSC/PARC colloquium series to your calendar. Next Monday (9/11) begins with Randall Kuhn, followed by Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (9/18) who will be presenting in Spanish (flyer in English and Spanish)! | Posted: 9/6/2017
NIH News+
Contact
239 McNeil Building
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298
Tel: 215-898-6441
Fax: 215-898-2124
Fax: 215-898-2124
