In April 2020, Zachary Zimmer and Chi-Tsun Chiu presented an asynchronous presentation for Population Association of America's Annual Conference on Living Arrangement Trends among China’s Oldest and Extreme Old. Click on the screen to download the presentation.
Anna Zajacova
Anna Zajacova is Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Western Ontario. She is collaborating with the GACI to examine trends and disparities in chronic pain in Canadian and American adults. Anna completed her PhD in Sociology and Demography at Princeton University and postdoctoral training in social epidemiology at University of Michigan. She studies social determinants … Continue reading Anna Zajacova
Clove Haviva Completed Postdoctoral Scholar Appointment with GACI
Clove Haviva completed her two-year postdoctoral scholar appointment with the Global Aging Community Initiative (GACI) where she worked on the Templeton Foundation funded project related to religiosity and health expectancy.
Protocol for the Vietnam Health and Aging Study is now published
“Design and measurement in a study of war exposure, health, and aging: protocol for the Vietnam health and aging study,” by Kim Korinek, Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, Zachary Zimmer, Eleanor Brindle, Thi Kim Chuc Nguyen, Huu Minh Nguyen & Khanh Toan Tran was published on October 23, 2019 in the BMC Public Health, 19, Article number: 1351 … Continue reading Protocol for the Vietnam Health and Aging Study is now published
Presentation at the “Frontiers on Aging and Health Research” Workshop
Dr. Zimmer traveled to Xi'an, China in September 2019 to present at the Workshop on "Frontiers on Aging and Health Research" and the "Population and Development Policy" Lecture Series . He presented research conducted in collaboration with Dr. Chi-Tsun Chiu on "Living Arrangement Trends among China's Oldest and Extreme Old".
Doctoral candidate wins “Best Presentation Award”
Benjamas Penboon, a doctoral candidate with the Global Aging and Community Initiative and the Institute for Population and Social Research at Mahidol University in Thailand, won the "Best Presentation Award" at the International Conference on Population and Development held in Paris, France in June 2019 for the paper "Migration and Provision of Support to Left-Behind … Continue reading Doctoral candidate wins “Best Presentation Award”
