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University-wide center housed in
PRFH
Offices on both the Medical
campus and the Arts and Sciences
campus to facilitate interdivisional
collaborations.
Funded almost continuously by
NICHD since its inception in 1971
57 Faculty Associates from 13
departments in 4 divisions of the
University
NICHD Population Centers
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The Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch of
NICHD has funded a highly regarded Population
Research Centers program since 1971.
There are now 18 NICHD Population Centers funded by
R24 infrastructure grants, of which the HPC is one of the
oldest and most established.
This program provides a critical core of professionals to
address emerging questions in NICHD priority areas:
 Marriage and family change
 Fertility and family planning
 Teen pregnancy
 Mortality
 HIV risk and prevention
 Children and child health.
Mission
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To promote exemplary cross-disciplinary
research in population and health, and
to facilitate the submission of successful
applications for NIH and foundation
research support
Research Themes
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Poverty and Inequality
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Transition to Adulthood and
Family Demography
Ongoing activities
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Pilot Research Grant Program
Hopkins-PRB Symposium on Policy
and Health
Economics-Biostatistics Workshop
Summer Grantwriting Residency
Program for Junior Faculty
Seminars and workshops
Pilot Projects
 The Effect of an Unintended Birth on Parenting
 Longevity of Couples: Life Span Correlations Among Partners
 Understanding Family Instability in the Lives of Poor Youth
 A Simple Model of Migration in China
 Saliva DNA Methylation
 Integration of North Korean Refugees in South Korea
 Migration Along the Transoceanic Highway
 National Black Men's Health Pilot Study
 Reducing Disability via a Bundled Bio-BehavioralEnvironmental Approach (CAPABLE)
HPC Website
Population Center Information Core
Claire Twose (Director)
Associate Director, Public Health & Basic Sciences
Lori Rosman
Health Sciences Librarian
Jennifer Darragh
Data Services and Sociology Librarian
Population Library
Information Portal
Computing and data services
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Analytic servers:
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HPCFox (public data)
HPCWolf (restricted-data)
Hopkins Population
Center Cold Room
AddHealth site contract
Michele Trieb
Senior Programmer/Analyst