IPR's growth since 2006 has accelerated thanks to funds from the OSU Population & Health Targeted Investment in Excellence.
The Institute for Population Research is a multidisciplinary center established in 2000 with the goal of building excellence at Ohio State in population and health research. In 2009 IPR received a $2.2 million 5-year award from the National Institutes of Health, establishing IPR as a premier population research center with signature strengths in the study of family demography, health and health di
04/18/2019
We wanted to congratulate all OSU participants at this year's annual PAA meeting in Austin last week. IPR director and PAA President John Casterline gave his presidential address on "Childbearing as Choice". We hope everyone had a great time and congratulations on all your hard work!
04/03/2019
Many IPR affiliates will be presenting their work next week at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, in Austin, Texas, from April 10-13th. The IPR Director John Casterline is PAA Present this year, and will give the Presidential Address on Friday afternoon.
The online program can be found here: http://paa2019.populationassociation.org/
Links to sessions from Ohio State and IPR affiliates can be found here:
http://go.osu.edu/IPR2019
04/02/2019
We were very thankful to have Dr. Greg Duncan, Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Education for our 12th Annual Joan Huber Population Lecture this past Friday. Thank you so much for presenting on the consequences of child poverty, Dr. Duncan! The presentation was interesting, engaging, and impactful.
02/26/2019
Thank you to our very own Dr. Jason Thomas for presenting his work “Total Fertility Decline and the HIV Epidemic: The case of Zambia” this afternoon! Just a reminder that there is NO seminar next Tuesday.
02/19/2019
Thank you to OSU John Glenn College of Public Affairs Associate Profesor, Dr. Katie Vinopal, for coming to IPR this afternoon and sharing her work “Rookie Mistakes: The Interplay of Teacher Experience and Racial Representation.” We enjoyed the lively, interesting, and valuable presentation and discussion. Great work! Thanks again for coming.
02/12/2019
Thank you Dr. Audrey Dorélien, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, for braving the rainy weather here in Columbus to host a graduate student roundtable and to present at IPR’s weekly seminar with her research “Using Remote Sensing to Study in utero Health Shocks in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
02/05/2019
Dr. Jessica Gipson, Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at University of California, Los Angeles, hosted an informative and fun graduate student roundtable before giving her presentation, “Using Systematic Anomalous Case Analysis to Examine Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes in the Philippines” for IPR’s weekly seminar. Thank you Dr. Gipson for coming in and sharing your perspective and research today!
01/29/2019
Thank you, Dr. Michelle O’Brien, for discussing your work “Wartime Fetal Origins: Stress, Trauma, and the Long-term Consequences of Armed Conflict for Women’s Health” this afternoon at IPR!
01/22/2019
Thank you to OSU’s very own Dr. Ryan King for joining us to discuss his work “Cumulative Impact: Why prison sentences have increased” with a full house at IPR’s weekly seminar. Don’t forget to see us Tuesdays 12:30-1:30p for our speaker series!
01/15/2019
Dr. Dennis Feehan, Assistant Professor in Demography at University of California, Berkeley, braved the cold (and time zone change) to give an interesting and engaging seminar titled “Using Sampled Social Network Data to Estimate Adult Death Rates” today at IPR. Thanks for sharing your research, Dr. Feehan!
01/10/2019
A big thank you to Dr. Eric Seiber for kicking off our Spring 2019 IPR speaker series this past Tuesday with his seminar “Disappearing Medicaid Enrollment Disparities for U.S. Citizen Children in Immigrant Families.” Make sure to check out https://ipr.osu.edu/events for the upcoming speakers this semester and we will see you Tuesday at 12:30!
01/02/2019
After 25 years of dedicated service to Ohio State, our very own Susan Pennington retired at the end of 2018. Thank you so much for your work at IPR. You've been a part of IPR since day 1 and your enthusiasm, commitment, and kindness made the center what it is today. You made everyone's days brighter and your presence is going to be missed. We wish you the very best in your retirement!
Susan began her career at Ohio State in August of 1993. Prior to her appointment at IPR, she served as Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Sociology; Student Services Associate in the Fisher College of Business Graduate Program Office; Social and Behavioral Human Subjects Coordinator in the Research Risks Department; and as an Office Associate in the Hematology/Oncology Department at the OSU Medical Center.
Susan received the 2014 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Staff Award, in recognition of valuable contributions to the college.
Again, congratulations on your retirement, Susan!