On March 14, 2023, after two years of virtual advocacy day events, the Population Association of America (PAA), in collaboration with the Association of Population Centers (APC), sponsored its first in-person Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. The return to in-person meetings with offices in the U.S....
Retiring U.S. Congressman Jose Serrano (D-NY) was awarded the 2020 PAA Excellence in Public Service Award (Legislative Branch/House of Representatives category). In announcing the award, PAA President Eileen Crimmins noted Serrano’s leadership, as Chairman of the House Appropriations...
December 17, 2020--John Haaga, former Director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Research at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), was presented with the 2020 PAA Excellence in Public Service Award (Executive Branch category) by PAA President Eileen Crimmins. The presentation took place...
As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Schatz has been a strong, vocal leader in support of funding agencies important to the population sciences, especially NIH, NCHS, and, in particular, the U.S. Census Bureau. For several years, Senator Schatz has cosponsored an annual ...
March Madness took on a new context this year as a squad of a dozen PAA members from across the US converged on Capitol Hill March 16 & 17 to meet with and educate congressional staff about the contributions of population science to the nation’s well-being—and the critical role that federal...
Erik Fatemi, former Clerk, Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee receives the Excellence in Public Service Award from Mary Jo Hoeksema, PAA’s Director of Government Affairs. #public-service-award
On March 30, 2016, PAA president Judith A. Seltzer presented the PAA Excellence in Public Service Awards to three deserving individuals drawn from the U.S. Senate, congressional staff, and the federal civil service. The presentations took place at a reception sponsored by the Committee on...
On March 14, 2016, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) was presented the 2016 PAA Excellence in Public Service Award by PAA’s Immediate Past President Steve Ruggles and GPAC Chair Wendy Baldwin. Johnson was recognized for her steadfast support for federal funding for behavioral and social...
Representative Roybal-Allard (CA) (center) receiving the 2014 PAA Excellence in Public Service Award from Dr. Robert Bozick, RAND and Dr. Linda Jacobsen, Population Reference Bureau #public-service-award
Dr. Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging, the 2013 PAA Excellence in Public Service Award from the 2013 PAA President, Dr. Christine Bachrach. Pictured from left to right are, Ms. Georgeanne Patmios, Program Officer, NIA Division of Behavioral and Social Research, Dr....