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Population Aging Research Center
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Population Aging Research Center (an NIA-funded Demography and Economics of Aging center) at the University of Pennsylvania (PSOM & SAS), co-directed by Norma B. Coe and Hans-Peter Kohler & the Get Experience in Aging Research Undergraduate Program.
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Please join us for the hybrid PARC Aging Chats in Spring 2026!

NEXT MONDAY 12-1 pm in McNeil Room 403 - PSC Commons & Zoom

Hospice Care (PARC Aging Chats)
with David Rosenkranz & Anne Song

PSC/PARC COLLOQUIUM SERIES SPRING 2026

https://www.aging.upenn.edu/events/parc-aging-chats
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Recognize a fellow demographer (or yourself!) who has contributed to the profession with a PAA Annual Award! Nominations deadline is Saturday, January 31, 2026: buff.ly/VZcZ5G0
January 29, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Congratulations to @pennaging.bsky.social Research Associate Marina Serper for receiving funding for her new research project: "Comparing Low-Touch and High-Touch Multimodal Interventions for Chronic Pain in Patients With Cirrhosis" from PCORI
pennldi.bsky.social PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · Dec 18
Congratulations to LDI Fellow Marina Serper, whose study on strategies for managing cirrhosis pain without drugs has been approved for research funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). www.pcori.org/news-events/...
PCORI Awards New Patient-Centered CER To Support Informed Healthcare Decisions
New funding supports studies addressing pediatric and adult health challenges
www.pcori.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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With Aaron Richterman "LDI Research Helped Shape Pennsylvania’s New Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit: PA's New Bipartisan Tax Credit is Designed to be Simple & Refundable"
https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/ldi-research-helped-shape-pennsylvanias-new-working-pennsylvanians-tax-credit/
LDI Research Shapes Pennsylvania Tax Credit
Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit (WPTC) offers a tax benefit to low-income workers.
ldi.upenn.edu
January 28, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Join us for the hybrid PARC Aging Chats in Spring 2026!

NEXT MONDAY, Feb 2nd Hospice Care w/ David Rosencranz & Anne Song

MAR 6th The ADRD Biomarker Pilot Project
APR 6th The Growing Issue of Homelessness/Housing Insecurity & Aging

See details: https://www.aging.upenn.edu/events/parc-aging-chats
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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"Cashing in on Addiction Recovery" in the @inquirer.com, PARC Research Associate Allison Hoffman, comments on insurance, fraud, the law, lack of transparency, and addiction treatment services.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/a/rehab-specialist-kensington-addiction-recovery-scam-20251223.html
Recruiters flew people from Kensington to California for what they described as free luxury rehab. Critics say it’s a scam.
Patient brokering schemes lure vulnerable people in addiction to clinics in exchange for kickbacks and bribes. Insurance tracking shows the scams are rising in Pennsylvania, but prosecutions are rare.
www.inquirer.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Penn AGING researchers are encouraged to submit a brief abstract to be considered for a poster or 5-15 minute presentation at the 2026 PARC Aging Retreat "USA at 250 Years: Aging Healthily" on May 1, 2026! Submission Deadline: March 3, 2026!

Details: https://www.aging.upenn.edu/events/retreat
January 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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Available to the Penn Community via Van Pelt Library RC523.2 .R33 2025 @upenn.edu Libraries

➡️ Is It Alzheimer's?❓

↪️101 Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions About Memory Loss and Dementia"

By Peter V. Rabins

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9979747189903681
January 20, 2026 at 5:13 PM
pennaging.bsky.social
Read this recently published book on aging:

➡️ The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity

Edited by Jean-Francois Lemaitre and Samuel Pavard

Available electronically to the Penn community via the @upenn.edu Libraries
https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9979526801803681
January 13, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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"Collaborative Housing, Ageing and Social Care: Lessons from Europe"

This recent book on aging is available online to the Penn community via the @PennLibraries
https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9979741527203681

Edited by Fernandez Arrigoitia, Felstead, Hudson, Izuhara, Scanlon & West
January 9, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Decoding Aging & Neurodegeneration: The Role of Nucleic Acid Epigenetics

Edited by Jan Barciszewski

Available to borrow online to the Penn community via the @PennLibraires
https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9979631752803681
January 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Read our 2025 PARC Year In Review annual newsletter, which contains information about our researchers. https://mailchi.mp/pop/2025-parc-year-in-review

This year, we've included a Letter, Save the dates, By The Numbers, Publication Highlights, Co-Authorship Network Map, Books, Working Papers & more.
January 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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The #healthpolicy landscape is moving fast—and the stakes are high. Our Spring 2026 events bring expert voices to the most urgent U.S. health and #healthcare issues:

✅ Drug pricing
✅ Medicaid following HR1
✅ The opioid epidemic
✅ Medicare Advantage, and more

Register now: https://bit.ly/44TuV8z
January 5, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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⏰ It's not too late to register for our first virtual event of 2026! Sign up here and tune in live tomorrow, Jan 6 at 12pm ET: ldi.upenn.edu/events/decod...
January 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Join us for our next webinar on January 8th, 2026 when Dr. Nathan Price from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging presents "The Age of Scientific Wellness: Translating AI-Driven Insights into Human Healthspan." To register, click here:

upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Deadline Approaching Next Month! Travel Awards are available for the upcoming RCCN Workshop “Multidisciplinary Research in Aging/Team Science." Awardees will receive travel support, as well as participate in a special pre-workshop career development session. Learn more here: bit.ly/48UOvlV
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Borrow this recently purchased book on aging from @PennLibraries Van Pelt Library RA776.75 .G87 2025

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9979756467803681

➡️Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer
By Michael D. Gurven
December 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Please read the December 2025 Penn Population Studies Newsletter, ushering us into the new year.

Contents include:
📚 Publications
📒 New Working Papers
🏆 Awards & Accolades
📅 Events
🎥 Colloquia Videos

https://mailchi.mp/pop/december-2025-newsletter
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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How a Faith-Based AI Bot is Helping One Man Rewrite Retirement

PARC Research Associate @gdemiris.bsky.social is quoted in this @csmonitor.bsky.social article

https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Faith-Religion/2025/1206/ai-chatbots-faith-religion-retirement
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December 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Please join us for the hybrid PARC Aging Chats in Spring 2026!

We have an exciting lineup of speakers & topics!

2/2 Hospice Care
3/6 The ADRD Biomarker Pilot Project
4/6 The Growing Issue of Homelessness/Housing Insecurity & Aging

See details: https://www.aging.upenn.edu/events/parc-aging-chats
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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IT LIVES!

First draft: 2011

This draft: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xh3sg...

In between: 12 years of being under review (of which half are on us). +1 coauthor. For me personally: a few moves, a few jobs, a few kids.
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Call for Papers: Experiments in Linguistic Meaning (ELM) 4
June 10-12 2026, University of Pennsylvania

Organizers: Paloma Jeretič, Anna Papafragou, and Florian Schwarz

Abstract Submissions via OpenReview, due by December 10, 2025

More: www.elm-conference.net/elm-4-2026/e...
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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We are pleased to announce another #AAICNeuro Lightning presenter for the Manchester hub.

Dr Simeen Tabassi Mofrad from the University of Oxford presents on volumetric biomarkers in subcortical structures for dementia detection

Free event - 26 Feb

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/aaic-neurosc...
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Several PARC Research Associates are mentioned in the latest @pennaitech.bsky.social newsletter, take a look
pennaitech.bsky.social PennAITech @pennaitech.bsky.social · Dec 11
Check out our December newsletter!

www.pennaitech.org/_files/ugd/1...
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Research by 3 PARC Research Associates @draaron.bsky.social @hthirumurthy.bsky.social & JR Behrman is discussed ⬇️

🌍 Government Cash Transfer Programs Linked to Major Health Gains for Women and Children

https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/cash-transfers-boost-health-in-low-and-middle-income-countries
Cash transfers boost health in low- and middle-income countries | Penn Medicine
Government cash transfer programs were linked to major health gains for women and children in low- and middle-income countries.
www.pennmedicine.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM