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Childhood allostatic load predicts cardiometabolic health in adulthood | PNAS Allostatic load (AL) measures multisystem physiological functioning to reflect the cumulative burden of chronic stress. Incurring AL during sensiti...

Newly published research from Duke’s Pontzer Lab, using the Great Smoky Mountains Study, has found a strong link between higher stress in children and adverse health conditions for them later in life.

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Today's DUPRI Seminar features Joaquin Alfredo-Angel Rubalcaba, Associate Professor of Public Policy at UNC Chapel Hill. He is presenting "Worker-Driven Social Responsibility and Infant Health: Evidence from the Fair Food Program."

Investigating the know-do gap in antibiotics prescribing: Experimental evidence from India Health care providers in India overprescribe antibiotics because they think patients want them, not due to lack of knowledge.

Why do so many doctors in India prescribe antibiotics for diarrhea, even when they know better? New research, co-authored by @profmohanan.bsky.social, shows it’s not lack of knowledge, financial incentives, or shortages, but misbeliefs about patient expectations.

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This year, DUPRI is hosting the 11th annual Demography Daze, a workshop that brings together Duke and @uncpopcenter.bsky.social population scholars, postdocs and students to encourage idea exchange and incentivize collaborative population research.

A study recently published in the journal Prevention Science by a team of authors, headed by DUPRI's Jennifer Lansford, explores the role between parenting and adolescent risk-taking across cultures.

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Optimal F-score Matching for Bipartite Record Linkage - Statistics and Computing Probabilistic record linkage is often used to match records from two files, in particular when the variables common to both files comprise identifiers measured with occasional errors like names and de...

In a new article, published in Statistics and Computing, Eric A. Bai, Olivier Binette, and Jerome Reiter propose a novel approach to record linkage that directly optimizes the F‑score — the harmonic mean of precision and recall.

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Today's DUPRI Seminar features Jessie Tenenbaum, Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics and Population Health Sciences at Duke University. She is presenting "From Government to Governance: The Art of Sharing Data Without Losing Trust."

Today's first DUPRI Seminar of the fall semester features Allison Aiello, James S. Jackson Healthy Longevity Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University. She is presenting "Midlife Matters: Decoding the Drivers of Brain Health and Healthy Longevity."

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The Fall 2025 DUPRI Newsletter, detailing the latest work and news from DUPRI scholars, is out now!

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A study led by DUPRI's Ben Goldstein is using machine learning to uncover hidden patterns in children’s health records — patterns that may signal autism before diagnosis. This groundbreaking research could lead to earlier support for kids and families.

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Nine Reasons Stellar Interdisciplinary Faculty Choose Duke | Office of Interdisciplinary Programs The richness of Duke’s intellectual communities and its deep commitment to interdisciplinarity are major draws for top scholars who are leaders in their fields. Nine of t

The Duke Office of Interdisciplinary Programs recently profiled 9 faculty members, including DUPRI Scholars Jen'nan Read & Kate Bundorf, about why they came to Duke and what makes stay.

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A new study from the Herman Pontzer Lab published in PNAS finds that obesity rises with caloric intake, not couch time.

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A new publication in the journal Childhood Obesity by DUPRI Scholars Michelle White and James Moody, DUPRI student Madelynn Wellons, and a group of co-authors examines how parent social network characteristics affect child obesity and health behaviors.

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DUPRI Scholar and Associate Professor in the School of Nursing Hanzhang Xu has been awarded a 5-year NIH grant to Study Alzheimer's and Dementia Care in Asia.

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Two new papers by a team of authors that includes DUPRI Scholars Matthew Dupre, Scott Lynch, Jessica West, and Hanzhang Xu investigate racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular health outcomes among adults in the United States.

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In a recent article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, a group of authors including DUPRI Scholar Naomi Duke examine the link between children's mental health symptoms and access to unlocked guns.

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YouTube video by Trinity College Duke DunedinPACE | Pace of Aging Calculated in the Epigenome

A new video from DUPRI's DunedinPACE research team answers questions about how we can measure the pace of aging.

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New research in Health Economics co-authored by DUPRI scholar @chvanhoutven.bsky.social looks at the effect of care providers for home-based care outcomes.

A new study—authored by Jennifer Lansford and a team of co-authors— finds that parental warmth during childhood and adolescence predicts young adults’ beliefs that the world is good, safe, and enticing.

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Congratulations to Hedy Lee for winning the inaugural @popassocamerica.bsky.social W. E. B. Du Bois Award in Population Science! The award recognizes a scholar who has a record of sustained and innovative research contributions to the study of race/ethnicity in demography.

The 2025 Social Networks & Health workshop, led by Professor of Sociology Jim Moody, was held on Duke's campus May 13-16. Scholars from across the country received advanced training in social networks methodology, with a focus on health.

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The 2nd Annual Population Ecology, Aging, and Health Network (PEcAHN) Meeting, organized by DUPRI Scholar Herman Pontzer, was held at Duke on May 1 & 2, 2025. The meeting had 24 attendees from 13 long-term projects join together for the workshop.

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Keys to Tackling the U.S. Housing Crisis It's not your imagination, the price of housing has skyrocketed in recent years. Scholars estimate we are currently short between two and five million homes nationwide. Warren Lowell joins us today to

DUPRI student and PhD candidate in the joint-degree program in Sociology and Public Policy Warren Lowell recently appeared on the Sanford Policy 360 podcast to discuss keys to tackling the U.S. housing crisis.

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Many summer 2024 Duke NextGenPop Fellows attended the @popassocamerica.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. 11 of the Fellows presented posters with their original research. We're proud of their work, and know they'll go on to do great things!

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America has a complex history on migration and the role immigrants play in economic development. In the Sanford School’s Policy 360 podcast, @hpostel.bsky.social discusses the cycles of migrations, deportations and legal restrictions that mark that history.

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Several DUPRI students attended the @popassocamerica.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Washington, DC from April 10-13. There they presented their research at both panels and poster sessions and serving as panel discussants. Check out their work here: dupri.duke.edu/news-events/...

This week's DUPRI Seminar features Lauren Gaydosh, Associate Professor of Sociology at UNC Chapel Hill. Her talk is titled "Biological Aging in Midlife: Disparities, Correlates, and Consequences."

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Every year, DUPRI scholars and students present papers, prepare posters, and serve as panel discussants at the @popassocamerica.bsky.social Annual Meeting. The 2025 meeting was held in Washington, DC from April 10-13. See our website for a roundup of their research.

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In their article, “Changing Story of the Dementia Epidemic,” published in JAMA, Duke Researchers Point out Error in U.S. Estimates of Dementia

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Duke was selected as the new editorial home of Demography, the flagship journal of the Population Association of America, for the next three years starting on July 1, 2025. Hedy Lee, Giovanna Merli, and Marcos A. Rangel will serve as Lead (co)Editors.

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