Historical age patterns of under-five mortality and their usefulness for evaluating contemporary data

Event/Talk title: 
Historical age patterns of under-five mortality and their usefulness for evaluating contemporary data
Location: 
McNeil 150
Series: 
PSC Fall 2019 Colloquium Series
Date: 
December 2, 2019 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Name: 
Andrea Verhulst
Title: 
Postdoctoral Fellow
Affiliation: 
University of Pennsylvania, Population Studies
Speaker Biographies: 

Andrea's research focuses on the measurement of child mortality in countries without comprehensive vital registration system. He is currently working on the project “Global Age Patterns of Under-Five Mortality” led by Michel Guillot. In parallel, He has been working on delayed effect of early childhood conditions on adult health and mortality in Latin American countries, with the team of the Latin American Mortality Database (LAMBdA).