An independent Technical Advisory Group (TAG) with expertise in Demography, Statistics and epidemiology provides advice to the UN IGME on methodology, data sources and potential new activities. The TAG is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified individuals to lend their expertise to the TAG as volunteer members
May 22, 2020, 196 LEAD Coalition member organizations and allies wrote to Congress urging that the FY 2021 appropriations bills include substantial increases in funding to strengthen the national response to Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia, along with including report language addressing lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. #GPAC2020 #COVID-19 #FederalFunding #Health
On Wednesday, April 22, advance on Capitol Hill and meet with members of Congress, and their staff, to discuss issues such as the 2020 Census, funding for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation
The deadline for Work and Occupations ' Special Issue on Precarious Employment and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic submission has been extended. We are now accepting full papers through November 22, 2021 23:59 PST
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As the principal professional societies representing the population sciences, the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers wish to express their strong opposition to a proposal introduced on April 19, 2023, in the U.S
PAA APC statement on House debt ceiling and spending cut proposal 4-23.pdf
The COVID-19 crisis is having a profound impact on the daily lives of Americans, on every institution and business, and on the economy. For PAA, that has included the cancellation of PAA 2020 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (scheduled for April 22-25)—a step that will have severe fiscal consequences for our organization. Congress has been working at breakneck pace to develop and approve emergency legislation to provide resources to combat the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis. As of this writing, the second COVID-19 measure has been approved by the Senate and has been sent to the President for his signature
Republicans generally objected to the broad scope and price tag of the measure, which now faces a dubious future in the Republican-controlled U.S
Held every September, this Capitol Hill Day event continues the momentum established in 2013, and includes nearly 300 national organizations coming together in support of the Rally for Medical Research. Learn More #latest-news #capitol-hill-activities
Presentations include: Reductions in 2020 US life expectancy due to COVID-19 and the disproportionate impact on the Black and Latino populations? Theresa Andrasfay and Noreen Goldman Assessing the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on US Mortality: A County-Level Analysis Andrew C Stokes, Dielle J Lundberg, Katherine Hempstead, Irma T Elo, Samuel H Preston COVID-19 Death Rates by Age and Sex and Mortality Vulnerabilities of Countries and Regions in the World Christophe Z Guilmoto Organized by Eileen Crimmins, Sara Curran, M
11-19-2020 | 14:00 - 15:30 ET