View the recording . On March 18, the Population Association of America, in coordination with the Rural Population Research Network (funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging (funded by the National...
2022 PAA/APC Virtual Advocacy Day On February 28, a delegation of officers and invited members of the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers representing a dozen states met with 32 offices in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to share examples...
On Friday, December 17, officials representing the Population Association of America (PAA) and the Association of Population Centers (APC) met with the directors and senior program staff at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),...
On October 26, PAA President Robert Hummer and APC President Sara Curran presented remarks to members of the White House Equitable Data Working Group (EDWG). The EDWG, which established as was as part of Presidential Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved...
Outline of EDWG remarks 10-21 FINAL.pdf
On August 16, PAA President Dr. Robert A. Hummer participated in a listening session (Listening Session 10: Advocates for Research on Neurology and Mental Health) that the White House Office and Science Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director...
On April 23, the Population Association of America (PAA) sponsored its first (virtual) congressional briefing of 2021. The briefing, “Living, Working, Dying: Demographic Insights into COVID-19,” featured the work of four population scientists : Dr. Noreen Goldman, Princeton University; Dr....
On March 8, population scientists representing 10 states participated in over 40 meetings with congressional offices as part of the 2021 PAA Virtual Advocacy Day. The meetings, which PAA sponsors annually, are an important opportunity to inform staff in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of...
On Tuesday, November 17, PAA virtually presented the 2020 Excellence in Public Service Award to Senator Gary Peters from Michigan.* Several PAA members from Michigan, as well as PAA President Eileen Crimmins and PAA Director of Government Affairs Mary Jo Hoeksema, attended the virtual...
On October 8, PAA member Dr. William Frey , Brookings Institution and University of Michigan, presented a webinar, “America’s Rising Diversity and The Changing Demographics of Presidential Politics,” to staff at the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The webinar was attended by 242 GAO...