Abstract

This application requests funding for a five-year period for the NORC/University of Chicago Population Research Center (PRC), directed by Kathleen Cagney. The PRC provides support to more than 40 faculty research associates who currently have over 100 funded research projects in our overarching theme of the role of human and social capital in the urban context. Our most important activities involve 1) connecting our associates;2) enabling them to engage in new research;and 3) fostering research activities among our junior faculty, the future of the PRC. We seek continued funding for three core units: (1) an Administrative Support Core;(2) a Data and Computing Core;and (3) a Program Development Core. Together these three cores facilitate and support a large, influential, and diverse program of research. The Administrative Support Core consists of six service functions: application preparation;the Demography Workshop;desktop support services;dissemination services;office space;and strengthening the research community of PRC associates. The Information and Computing Core provides reliable, high performance computing services and consultation for GIS and spatial analysis, maintains a GIS and demographic data archive, and a secure data enclave for researchers to access confidential micro data not otherwise available remotely. The Program Development Core consists of an active program of pilot projects and support for new faculty research. The Center aims to foster an engaged, collaborative, multidisciplinary intellectual environment for research in demography and population research;to provide efficient and facilitative research support services;to encourage the development of new research projects and research foci in population research;and to facilitate collaborative research and teaching among scientists working in population studies.

Public Health Relevance

The Center aims to foster an engaged, collaborative, multidisciplinary intellectual environment for research in demography and population research;to provide efficient and facilitative research support services;to encourage the development of new research projects and research foci in population research;and to facilitate collaborative research and teaching among scientists working in population studies.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Resource-Related Research Projects (R24)
Project #
5R24HD051152-08
Application #
8308626
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZHD1-DSR-W (07))
Program Officer
Clark, Rebecca L
Project Start
2005-07-08
Project End
2015-06-30
Budget Start
2012-07-01
Budget End
2013-06-30
Support Year
8
Fiscal Year
2012
Total Cost
$354,857
Indirect Cost
$96,422

  Institution

Name
National Opinion Research Center
Department
Type
DUNS #
069512291
City
Chicago
State
IL
Country
United States
Zip Code
60637

  Publications

Fitzpatrick, Maria D; Jones, Damon (2016) Post-Baccalaureate Migration and Merit-Based Scholarships. Econ Educ Rev 54:155-172
Rickford, John R; Duncan, Greg J; Gennetian, Lisa A et al. (2015) Neighborhood effects on use of African-American Vernacular English. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112:11817-22
Ardington, Cally; Menendez, Alicia; Mutevedzi, Tinofa (2015) Early childbearing, human capital attainment and mortality risk: Evidence from a longitudinal demographic surveillance area in rural-KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Econ Dev Cult Change 63:281-317
Galinsky, Adena M; Waite, Linda J (2014) Sexual activity and psychological health as mediators of the relationship between physical health and marital quality. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 69:482-92
Cagney, Kathleen A; Browning, Christopher R; Iveniuk, James et al. (2014) The onset of depression during the great recession: foreclosure and older adult mental health. Am J Public Health 104:498-505
Kessler, Ronald C; Duncan, Greg J; Gennetian, Lisa A et al. (2014) Associations of housing mobility interventions for children in high-poverty neighborhoods with subsequent mental disorders during adolescence. JAMA 311:937-48
Allard, Scott W; Smith, Steven Rathgeb (2014) Unforeseen consequences: Medicaid and the funding of nonprofit service organizations. J Health Polit Policy Law 39:1135-72
Ardington, Cally; Bärnighausen, Till; Case, Anne et al. (2014) The Economic Consequences of AIDS mortality in South Africa. J Dev Econ 111:48-60
Hill, Heather D (2013) Paid Sick Leave and Job Stability. Work Occup 40:
Sciandra, Matthew; Sanbonmatsu, Lisa; Duncan, Greg J et al. (2013) Long-term effects of the Moving to Opportunity residential mobility experiment on crime and delinquency. J Exp Criminol 9:

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