Audrey Dorelien

This week in my infectious disease/ sociology course the focus was on the sociology of vaccine hesitancy. Students loved the assigned articles by @jenniferreich.bsky.social. Thanks so much for your work.

Excited to be in Pittsburgh for @iaphs.bsky.social conference!

Image of exhibiter booths at IPC 2025 conference. There are fewer booths than in the past.

Missing the @ipums.bsky.social booth at #IPC2025 conference this year.

Hope folks can stop by to #IPC2025 session 8 this morning . I am presenting joint work with @jkerwin.bsky.social and Divya Pandey.

So happy to be at #IPC2025

Style and comfort!

The #PAA2025 Karaoke session is no joke! @jkerwin.bsky.social you would have loved this.

So grateful for the work of @uwcsde.bsky.social affiliate Kyle Crowder (@popassocamerica.bsky.social vice president) in organizing the #PAA2025 conference. I am proud to have served on the organizing committee.

Hi fellow #demography folks. Be sure to follow @uwcsde.bsky.social ! They are new to Bluesky .
@sarahquinn.bsky.social @petercatron.bsky.social @zalmquist.bsky.social @readdemography.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social @iaphs.bsky.social @iussp.bsky.social @berkeleypopcenter.bsky.social

So excited to be at #PAA2025 with all of my @uwcsde.bsky.social colleagues and students. Also excited to reconnect with my former @minnpop.bsky.social and @ipums.bsky.social colleagues.

USAID is an incredible brand and source of soft power. Killing it off would be a disaster for US foreign policy and for millions of the world’s poorest people.

The Census Scientific Advisory Committee, which advises the Census Bureau on research and methodology across various Census programs and activities, has been terminated as of 2/28/25.

This is another blow against federal data collection.

Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program (Gift Article) The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.

An influential program that gave detailed public health information to about half of the world’s nations has folded as a result of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...

HIV Development Assistance and Adult Mortality in Africa To determine the effects of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Bendavid and coauthors conducted analyses of adult mortality using person-level data from the Demographic and He...

Surreal read of the day: a paper using USAID-funded and now terminated Demographic & Health Surveys to count the huge number of lives saved by the now frozen US PEPFAR program to fight HIV, co-authored by current US admin’s nominee to lead cuts in health research

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Such a travesty that the Demographic and Health Survey program was terminated this week.

I realize the Gates Foundation can't pick up all the pieces, but this one seems like a natural one for them to pick up given that the DHS is the go-to data source for many of their focus areas.

Really enjoyed meeting with @vluck89.bsky.social and learning more about his book. One highlight was learning that some of his research was powered by @ipums.bsky.social !

Help spread the word. The @minnpop.bsky.social is a great place to work. @popassocamerica.bsky.social @iaphs.bsky.social #Demography #PublicHealth #Sociology

Sending you an email

Yes I am now in Seattle at UW!

I am thinking of using @datawrapper.de in future versions of the class. Would someone at Datawrapper be able to give a short presentation on what it is?

When I was at UMN, I had the fabulous @cjsinner.bsky.social of MN @startribune.com present. The students loved it. Are there similar folks at @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social?

I am looking for a guest lecturer for a Data Viz class on the morning of March 6 at the University of Washington. Do you have any suggestions of people to reach out to?
#dataviz

The Geosafari Approach to Education I did damn good in school. Like nine straight years of no B’s.

I guess I was not the only one who benefited from this game. medium.com/looking-to-l...

The best Christmas present I received as kid was GeoSafari. I loved it so much. I would love to get my kids one but can't find something similar. Did anyone else play with this in the 90s? In addition to being fun, I swear it helped me get the best social studies grade in middle school.

Hi Sam- Could you send me your email address? You would be a good fit to chair the second session.

@elenakriegerphd.bsky.social can you help spread the word to your network?

I am so excited about this good news about Haiti from @earthspark.bsky.social. Jason (@jkerwin.bsky.social) and I had the pleasure to visit the first microgrid they built in Haiti and were very impressed. #microgrid

Most of the papers in this session are related to climate, aging, and health. I think this session will be of interest to many who are affiliated with the new NIA funded centers on Climate Change, Aging, and Health.

If you know or are a PAA member with expertise Environment, and Health and would be interested in possibly chairing/ or discussing papers in these sessions feel free to reach out.

My final tasks as PAA session organizer will be to finalize discussants and chairs. Thanks to all those who submitted, and I look forward to seeing everyone at PAA in April.