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UAPS is coming to Malawi. Let's make sure there will be a strong MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health presence in May '24.

Congratulations to the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families & Health (MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health) Team led by Hans-Peter Kohler (PI) for being awarded @NIA_BSR R01 grant: "Adversity, Aging and ADRD Risk among the Global Poor: A Biosocial Lifecourse Approach" w/ MPI Dr. Lauren L. Schmitz La Follette School of Public Affairs

MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health Hans-Peter Kohler @NIA_BSR Dr. Lauren L. Schmitz La Follette School of Public Affairs Co-Investigators at Population Aging Research Center at Penn include Jere Behrman & Iliana Kohler ▶️READ the latest MLSFH Newsletter bit.ly/3nzkzZ1 With additional collaborators from Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Invest In Knowledge Initiative, Princeton UniversityUniversity, Univ of British Columbia, @Princeton & Columbia University.

MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health Team having some fun: 2nd place for Simeon in Miles for Malawi Pamoza International

The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health at the University of Pennsylvania's Population Aging Research Center (PARC) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Aging APPLY HERE: apply.interfolio.com/126051

Just released MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health: Barker’s Hypothesis Among the Global Poor,” is one of the first studies to document "a positive effect of in utero adversity on later-life cardiovascular health…consistent w/ epigenetic causes of disease" Population Aging Research Center at Penn ow.ly/ii4S50Q5vHt

Great opportunity to work with MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health on innovative research on aging in Malawi

MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health documenting divergent trajectories of aging: Resilience, accelerated aging and persistently good good. Just out in PDR, adding to Population Aging Research Center at Penn global aging studies! Great work Cung Hong, Iliana Kohler and Team. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pa…

CALL FOR PAPERS!! UAPS is pleased to announce that submissions for papers are open for the 2024 African Population Conference. Read more on the call for abstracts here: uaps-uepa.org/call-for-paper… Deadline for submissions - February 12, 2024

MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health has a new home on the web: MLSFHresearch.org Our old website needed an overhaul, and we finally made the jump to a new URL. Check it out at MLSFHresearch.org, and send us comments and updates!

@MLSFHreserch collaborator Rachel Kidman (SUNY) is presenting on "Adversity & HIV Risk in Adolescents: Longitudinal findings from Malawi and South Africa" at PennPSC Population Aging Research Center at Penn Colloquim. Mon Jan 22 noon ET. Join if you can! aging.upenn.edu/events/2024/01…

MLSFH is featured in Penn News today: Two-and-a-half decades of research in Malawi penntoday.upenn.edu/news/two-and-h… Plus, great photo of MLSFH team on Penn's Locust Walk! Population Aging Research Center at Penn Kamuzu University of Health Sciences

Does a better understanding of mortality risks translate into less risky sex? Quite possibly! At least in SSA countries where pessimism about survival is common. See new MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health in the Economic Journal doi.org/10.1093/ej/uea… Great work Alberto Ciancio and team Population Aging Research Center at Penn

Mortality risk misperceptions matter! MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health in PNASNews shows that providing individuals with accurate information about survival risk improves health behaviors 5years after intervention during Covid19. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…. Great work MLSFH team Population Aging Research Center at Penn Kamuzu University of Health Sciences

New PennPSC working paper by Adeline Delavande, Hans-Peter Kohler & Ali Vergili The study uses data from MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health to examine the relationship between infant mortality and fertility in Malawi. READ THE STUDY: bit.ly/4beFPpE

We saddened that Susan Watkins passed away. She is the "mother" of Let's Chat, and we owe to her the legacy that helped create MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health. We are proud to be continuing the work she initiated in 1998. Memories of our times with her stay with us forever. PennPSC Population Aging Research Center at Penn

"Surviving Bad News: Health Information without Treatment Options" is forthcoming in @AmericanEconomicReview: Insights by Alberto Ciancio Fabrice Kämpfen Hans-Peter Kohler & Rebecca Thornton Working paper repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.… AEA members: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10… Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s

Our MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health in PNASNews on mortality perceptions and Covid vaccine update is featured in Population Aging Research Center at Penn Penn LDI Policy Brief: ldi.upenn.edu:11205/our-work/resea…

New MLSFH: Malawi Longitudinal Study Families & Health, directly relevant also for understanding current cuts to global HIV programs. Population Aging Research Center at Penn PennPSC