Qixin Cai
@caiqixin.bsky.social
Research Fellow @pennaging.bsky.social
ABD @RUC
PI @superagingasia.bsky.social
PI @futureagetechlab.bsky.social
Global Aging, Generations & Families, Longitudinal Data, Gerontechnology
https://www.aging.upenn.edu/
ABD @RUC
PI @superagingasia.bsky.social
PI @futureagetechlab.bsky.social
Global Aging, Generations & Families, Longitudinal Data, Gerontechnology
https://www.aging.upenn.edu/
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Congrats Alice Tank on being a Forbes 30 Under 30 - Scientist! www.forbes.com/profile/alic... "Tang is using AI computational tools to understand & diagnose complex diseases like Alzheimer's..." @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfmac.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social
Alice Tang - University of California, San Francisco
Alice Tang is on Forbes' 2026 30 Under 30 - Science list. Read more about Alice Tang, their experience, their asset summary, and more here.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Congrats Alice Tank on being a Forbes 30 Under 30 - Scientist! www.forbes.com/profile/alic... "Tang is using AI computational tools to understand & diagnose complex diseases like Alzheimer's..." @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfmac.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social
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“Does Changing Late-Life Activity Impact Older Adults’ Help to Their Adult Children?”: Siren & Amilon used Danish Longitudinal Study of Ageing data & found that a shift to more active aging & extended working “does not weaken social connectedness btw generations.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
December 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Another highly cited article from JMF's 2020 Decade in Review: "Pathways to Parenthood in Social and Family Contexts: Decade in Review, 2020": tinyurl.com/2rahers5 by @karenguzzo.bsky.social & @srhayford.bsky.social
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT #FamilyScience #SocialSciences #SocialScienceResearch
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT #FamilyScience #SocialSciences #SocialScienceResearch
December 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Another highly cited article from JMF's 2020 Decade in Review: "Pathways to Parenthood in Social and Family Contexts: Decade in Review, 2020": tinyurl.com/2rahers5 by @karenguzzo.bsky.social & @srhayford.bsky.social
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT #FamilyScience #SocialSciences #SocialScienceResearch
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT #FamilyScience #SocialSciences #SocialScienceResearch
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Christina Kamis, Wei Xu, Amy Schultz, Joseph Clark, Michal Engelman, and Kristen Malecki published "How Does Life Course Exposure to Contextual Disadvantage Accelerate Biological Aging? The Role of Psychological Symptoms" in The Journals of Gerontology Series B. doi.org/10.1093/gero...
How does life course exposure to contextual disadvantage accelerate biological aging? The role of psychological symptoms
AbstractObjectives. Recent research has found that life course exposure to contextual socioeconomic disadvantage may accelerate biological aging, providing
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December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Christina Kamis, Wei Xu, Amy Schultz, Joseph Clark, Michal Engelman, and Kristen Malecki published "How Does Life Course Exposure to Contextual Disadvantage Accelerate Biological Aging? The Role of Psychological Symptoms" in The Journals of Gerontology Series B. doi.org/10.1093/gero...
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🧠 Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) affect roughly 1 in 8 older adults in the U.S., impacting both short-term and long-term brain function. Dr. Deling He joins #DementiaMatters to discuss what TBIs are and the connections between TBI, speech pathology and cognition. Listen 🎧 go.wisc.edu/481khw
December 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🧠 Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) affect roughly 1 in 8 older adults in the U.S., impacting both short-term and long-term brain function. Dr. Deling He joins #DementiaMatters to discuss what TBIs are and the connections between TBI, speech pathology and cognition. Listen 🎧 go.wisc.edu/481khw
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𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲! 📢
Join our team as 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭. 🚀
📍 Location: Vienna, Austria
📅 Starting date: March/April 2026
✍ Application deadline: 19 December 2025
More information 🔗: www.euro.centre.org/news/detail/...
#vacancy #job #researcher #wearehiring
Join our team as 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭. 🚀
📍 Location: Vienna, Austria
📅 Starting date: March/April 2026
✍ Application deadline: 19 December 2025
More information 🔗: www.euro.centre.org/news/detail/...
#vacancy #job #researcher #wearehiring
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲! 📢
Join our team as 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭. 🚀
📍 Location: Vienna, Austria
📅 Starting date: March/April 2026
✍ Application deadline: 19 December 2025
More information 🔗: www.euro.centre.org/news/detail/...
#vacancy #job #researcher #wearehiring
Join our team as 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭. 🚀
📍 Location: Vienna, Austria
📅 Starting date: March/April 2026
✍ Application deadline: 19 December 2025
More information 🔗: www.euro.centre.org/news/detail/...
#vacancy #job #researcher #wearehiring
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December 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Mass deportation is decimating the segment of the health care workforce that cares for our older population, just as the number of Baby Boomers with high-acuity needs grows. wapo.st/4rPxlyX
The business of caring for older Americans is in a deepening crisis
Government funding cuts, caregiver shortages and immigration limits are adding new strains to an industry that’s already hard-pressed to meet demand.
wapo.st
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Mass deportation is decimating the segment of the health care workforce that cares for our older population, just as the number of Baby Boomers with high-acuity needs grows. wapo.st/4rPxlyX
Special Issue: Technological Advancement and Global Ageing in Digital Society: Opportunities, Innovations and New Practices, Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, Volume 35, Issue 4 (2025)
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December 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Special Issue: Technological Advancement and Global Ageing in Digital Society: Opportunities, Innovations and New Practices, Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, Volume 35, Issue 4 (2025)
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Congratulations to our Innovation Fellow & PhD Student Oonjee Oh for receiving the first prize for her poster "Artificial Intelligence in Hospice Dementia Care: Perspectives of Hospice Staff & Family Caregivers" in the "Design & Implement AI Solutions" Category of the Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Congratulations to our Innovation Fellow & PhD Student Oonjee Oh for receiving the first prize for her poster "Artificial Intelligence in Hospice Dementia Care: Perspectives of Hospice Staff & Family Caregivers" in the "Design & Implement AI Solutions" Category of the Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat
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New paper out in The British Journal of Sociology!🎉 @lsesociology.bsky.social
Based on my doctoral research on young carers in China, we explore children’s emotional labour and the moral tensions that shape their everyday caregiving experiences.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Based on my doctoral research on young carers in China, we explore children’s emotional labour and the moral tensions that shape their everyday caregiving experiences.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1111/1468...
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
New paper out in The British Journal of Sociology!🎉 @lsesociology.bsky.social
Based on my doctoral research on young carers in China, we explore children’s emotional labour and the moral tensions that shape their everyday caregiving experiences.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Based on my doctoral research on young carers in China, we explore children’s emotional labour and the moral tensions that shape their everyday caregiving experiences.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1111/1468...
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NHATS/NSOC Webinar
Fri., Dec. 5, 2025 at Noon ET
Zhiyong Lin (UT San Antonio)
& Zhuoer Lin (University of Illinois Chicago)
The Role of Social Isolation and Dementia in Exacerbating Unmet Care Needs among Older Adults
Register: tinyurl.com/NHATSNSOCweb...
Fri., Dec. 5, 2025 at Noon ET
Zhiyong Lin (UT San Antonio)
& Zhuoer Lin (University of Illinois Chicago)
The Role of Social Isolation and Dementia in Exacerbating Unmet Care Needs among Older Adults
Register: tinyurl.com/NHATSNSOCweb...
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NHATS/NSOC Webinar
Fri., Dec. 5, 2025 at Noon ET
Zhiyong Lin (UT San Antonio)
& Zhuoer Lin (University of Illinois Chicago)
The Role of Social Isolation and Dementia in Exacerbating Unmet Care Needs among Older Adults
Register: tinyurl.com/NHATSNSOCweb...
Fri., Dec. 5, 2025 at Noon ET
Zhiyong Lin (UT San Antonio)
& Zhuoer Lin (University of Illinois Chicago)
The Role of Social Isolation and Dementia in Exacerbating Unmet Care Needs among Older Adults
Register: tinyurl.com/NHATSNSOCweb...
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"Population ageing is also a testament to human progress: we live longer, healthier & safer lives than ever before. Demographic change is not merely a challenge to be managed, but also a success to be valued & an opportunity to be shaped." www.niussp.org/individual-a... @iussp.bsky.social
Beyond the “demographic winter” - N-IUSSP
In Italy, as elsewhere, population ageing seems destined to create a series of daunting difficulties. However, as the new e-book edited by Daniele Vignoli and Gustavo De Santis shows, with ... Read mo...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Population ageing is also a testament to human progress: we live longer, healthier & safer lives than ever before. Demographic change is not merely a challenge to be managed, but also a success to be valued & an opportunity to be shaped." www.niussp.org/individual-a... @iussp.bsky.social
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🎉 Congrats to CREATE alum Dr. Tina Nie, Dr. Renato Ferreira Leitao Azevedo, Dr. Dan Morrow (Scientific Advisory Broad member) & PI Dr. Wendy Rogers for winning the Best Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare Article Award! 🏆
Read: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40051587/ #ASPIREHFES #HFES
Read: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40051587/ #ASPIREHFES #HFES
Developing feedback visualizations to support older adults' medication adherence - PubMed
Evidence-based and user-centered approaches were effective for developing visualizations about adherence performance feedback in the MEDSReM app and provided insight into how the app can be made easy to understand and use by older adults with hypertension, which will be evaluated in future effective …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🎉 Congrats to CREATE alum Dr. Tina Nie, Dr. Renato Ferreira Leitao Azevedo, Dr. Dan Morrow (Scientific Advisory Broad member) & PI Dr. Wendy Rogers for winning the Best Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare Article Award! 🏆
Read: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40051587/ #ASPIREHFES #HFES
Read: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40051587/ #ASPIREHFES #HFES
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November's Coffee and Donuts with the SRC Director was hosted by the @d3center.bsky.social. Billie Nahum-Shani and Shiyu Zhang chatted with SRC director @umpamdk.bsky.social about adaptive interventions and the integration of human and mobile delivered approaches myumi.ch/qZxd4
Coffee with d3c
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
myumi.ch
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
November's Coffee and Donuts with the SRC Director was hosted by the @d3center.bsky.social. Billie Nahum-Shani and Shiyu Zhang chatted with SRC director @umpamdk.bsky.social about adaptive interventions and the integration of human and mobile delivered approaches myumi.ch/qZxd4
Professor Liu argues that changes in Chinese family life have entailed the adaptation and “re-serving” of traditional ideas and practices to produce a bricolage of modern and traditional elements.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Embedded Generations
An interconnected, nuanced, and nonlinear view of Chinese family life since 1949
press.princeton.edu
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Professor Liu argues that changes in Chinese family life have entailed the adaptation and “re-serving” of traditional ideas and practices to produce a bricolage of modern and traditional elements.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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💡 Our Perceptions of Inequality programme is advancing our understanding of how people view and react to inequality.
Highlights include:
🔴 An international workshop (May 2025)
🔴 Two special journal issues
🔴 A new PhD & ECR Visiting Programme
More on p.16 ⬇️
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Highlights include:
🔴 An international workshop (May 2025)
🔴 Two special journal issues
🔴 A new PhD & ECR Visiting Programme
More on p.16 ⬇️
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November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
💡 Our Perceptions of Inequality programme is advancing our understanding of how people view and react to inequality.
Highlights include:
🔴 An international workshop (May 2025)
🔴 Two special journal issues
🔴 A new PhD & ECR Visiting Programme
More on p.16 ⬇️
buff.ly/Mwmv7tF
Highlights include:
🔴 An international workshop (May 2025)
🔴 Two special journal issues
🔴 A new PhD & ECR Visiting Programme
More on p.16 ⬇️
buff.ly/Mwmv7tF
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'Smart Ageing in Urban China: Power, Markets and the Everyday Politics of Care' by Yi Yu
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Smart Ageing in Urban China
This book provides an in-depth study of community and home eldercare in modern China, examining its integration with urban community governance.
link.springer.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
'Smart Ageing in Urban China: Power, Markets and the Everyday Politics of Care' by Yi Yu
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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I'm looking forward to speaking at @nestauk.bsky.social & @bitglobal.bsky.social on 26 November, diving into Japan’s approach to healthy ageing – and what the UK can learn.
Join me in London or online, alongside experts from Japan and the UK in health and social care: bit.ly/3XA1iVv
Join me in London or online, alongside experts from Japan and the UK in health and social care: bit.ly/3XA1iVv
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I'm looking forward to speaking at @nestauk.bsky.social & @bitglobal.bsky.social on 26 November, diving into Japan’s approach to healthy ageing – and what the UK can learn.
Join me in London or online, alongside experts from Japan and the UK in health and social care: bit.ly/3XA1iVv
Join me in London or online, alongside experts from Japan and the UK in health and social care: bit.ly/3XA1iVv
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🎉 Call for submissions for the 4th ISSP User Conference on Health and Healthcare!
🗓️ Date: November 24, 2025
🕧 Time: 12:30 – 16:30 CET
📌 Submission Deadline: October 20, 2025
📄 Details & guidelines: lnkd.in/e5-3dzwB
🗓️ Date: November 24, 2025
🕧 Time: 12:30 – 16:30 CET
📌 Submission Deadline: October 20, 2025
📄 Details & guidelines: lnkd.in/e5-3dzwB
August 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🎉 Call for submissions for the 4th ISSP User Conference on Health and Healthcare!
🗓️ Date: November 24, 2025
🕧 Time: 12:30 – 16:30 CET
📌 Submission Deadline: October 20, 2025
📄 Details & guidelines: lnkd.in/e5-3dzwB
🗓️ Date: November 24, 2025
🕧 Time: 12:30 – 16:30 CET
📌 Submission Deadline: October 20, 2025
📄 Details & guidelines: lnkd.in/e5-3dzwB
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🎉Congrats to six IALH Student Affiliates who presented at the Excellence in Graduate Research Symposium! Excellent job disseminating your work and building public speaking skills.👏
⭐ Heather Hollman
⭐ Matilde Cervantes Navarrete
⭐ Tara Cooper
⭐ Heather Kwan
⭐ Yanxin Xu
⭐ Emiko Osborne
#UVic #KT
⭐ Heather Hollman
⭐ Matilde Cervantes Navarrete
⭐ Tara Cooper
⭐ Heather Kwan
⭐ Yanxin Xu
⭐ Emiko Osborne
#UVic #KT
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Call for Papers!
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Call for Papers!
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
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🆕Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare
By PARC Research Associate Atul Gupta with Ambar La Forgia, Adam Sacarny
in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (Forthcoming)
By PARC Research Associate Atul Gupta with Ambar La Forgia, Adam Sacarny
in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (Forthcoming)
Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare
(Forthcoming Article) - Firms often exploit weaknesses in government contracts to boost revenues, yet little is known about how they allocate these funds. We study how hospitals allocated $3 billion…
www.aeaweb.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare
By PARC Research Associate Atul Gupta with Ambar La Forgia, Adam Sacarny
in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (Forthcoming)
By PARC Research Associate Atul Gupta with Ambar La Forgia, Adam Sacarny
in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (Forthcoming)
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New work using NHATS/NSOC data by Mina Hwang and Yeji Hwang in Geriatr Nurs:
Do different factors affect anxiety in persons with dementia based on their cognitive status?
Read the research: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40752284/
Do different factors affect anxiety in persons with dementia based on their cognitive status?
Read the research: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40752284/
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New work using NHATS/NSOC data by Mina Hwang and Yeji Hwang in Geriatr Nurs:
Do different factors affect anxiety in persons with dementia based on their cognitive status?
Read the research: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40752284/
Do different factors affect anxiety in persons with dementia based on their cognitive status?
Read the research: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40752284/
Looking forward to this workshop.
We are excited to partner with the Institute on Aging at the University of Pennsylvania for the Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat on November 21, 2025 with the theme "Aging Reimagined: Innovation in the Era of AI." We have an exciting line up of speakers.
To register, click here:
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To register, click here:
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October 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Looking forward to this workshop.