In case you missed the December conference on this topic, or would like to review some or all of the proceedings, the video recording of the event is now available on our Vimeo channel. To see it, go to https://vimeo.com/200166662. No password is required.
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Weekly News – January 17, 2017
SAVE THE DATE
The Fourth Annual Global Health Economics Colloquium: The Economics of Non-Communicable Diseases. Friday, February 10, 2017, 8:30 am–5:00 pm. Please join us for an exciting colloquium that brings together experts, policy makers, researchers, and trainees to discuss recent developments in the economics of NCDs and in cost-effectiveness analysis. Drawing upon NCD case studies from around the world, we will explore how high-quality economic evaluations can improve decision-making at regional and national levels. We will discuss new guidelines for cost-effectiveness analysis and the role of economics in reducing health inequality. UCSF Mission Bay, Genentech Hall. Register at: https://ghecon2017.eventbrite.com. See this page for more information.
Weekly News – December 22, 2016
EVENTS Friday, January 20, 11 AM – 12:30 PM. Culpeper Seminar Series, “The Crooked Mile: Race, Psychology, and the Strange Career of the Menthol Cigarette” with Keith A. Wailoo, PhD, Townsend Martin Professor of History & Public Affairs, Princeton University. Laurel Heights in Conference Room 474. A buffet lunch will be served following this seminar, so please […]
Berkeley Forum on Aging and the Global Economy
The Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA) is launching a new intiative, The Berkeley Forum on Aging and the Global Economy (Berkeley-AGE), dedicated to translating demographic research into usable insights to help understand and navigate the challenges of a new era of population aging. For more information about Berkeley-AGE, including notification of upcoming […]
CEDA: Call for Pilot Research Proposals
CEDA continues its long-standing NIA-funded pilot grant program to support promising new research. Proposals are invited in areas of population studies encompassed by CEDA’s mission, including CEDA’s signature themes: Mortality and Health in Aging Populations Biodemography of Aging (including population-level epigenetics) Behavioral Economics applications to aging and health Macrodemographic consequences of global aging Note that in order to receive […]
Weekly News – November 28, 2016
The mini-conference on Population and Incarceration will be held Monday, December 12, 12 noon to 5 pm, in the Seaborg room. You can register now using Eventbrite registration at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/miniconference-population-and-incarceration-tickets-29261811867?aff=es2. The event begins with a buffet lunch at noon. Attendance is limited so sign up now! The 2016 presidential election obviously provides much to ponder, and one […]
Genes and Complex Human Phenotypes: Conference Report Released
A report of the proceedings of the May 2016 conference is now available, and may be downloaded here.
Call for Abstracts: Adult Mortality Determinants in Low and Middle Income Countries
A one-day workshop co-sponsored by the UC-Berkeley Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging-CEDA and the USC/UCLA Center for Biodemography and Population Health, to be held on the campus of UC Berkeley, 27 February, 2017. Deadline for submission of abstracts: 21 October 2016. Adult Mortality Determinants in Low and Middle Income Countries and Comparisons with […]