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Life Course Center

@umnlifecourse.bsky.social
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An interdisciplinary research center at the University of Minnesota promoting social participation, equity, health and well-being at all ages and life stages. lcc.umn.edu

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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Catch up on the Aging & Health Launchpad blog. PUMS NHIS offers an integrated and harmonized version of the public use National Health Interview Survey, making it easier for researchers to use this incredible data resource. bit.ly/4ztnW37
A promotional image for "Aging and Health Launchpad" features two individuals sitting on a park bench, laughing and engaging in conversation. The text reads: "Using IPUMS NHIS to Study Aging and Health.
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Join us Monday, Oct. 12 for "Can a voice channel improve worker well-being and retention? Evidence from a cluster-randomized trial in U.S. fulfillment centers" with Dr. Erin Kelly from MIT Sloan School of Management. lcc.umn.edu/seminar
Minnesota Demography & Aging Seminar Series poster. Topic: "Can a Voice Channel Improve Worker Well-being and Retention? Evidence from a cluster-randomized trial in U.S. fulfillment centers." Featuring Erin Kelly from MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Isabel Pastoor @pastoorisabel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Studying community participation of older adults is easy using time use data from IPUMS. Here’s my overview for @umnlifecourse.bsky.social lcc.umn.edu/node/2161
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Community Participation Among Older Adults: IPUMS Time Use Data | LIFE COURSE CENTER, AN NIA CENTER ON THE DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS OF AGING
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Congrats to @nchatstudy.bsky.social on the newly available data! We are excited to check it out 👇
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Join us on Monday, Oct. 5 for "Black–White Mortality Crossover Paradox: Observed Mortality Selection and Heterogeneity in Frailty" with Dr. Casey Breen, from the University of Texas at Austin. #MNDemographyAgingSeminar lcc.umn.edu/seminar
Minnesota Demography & Aging Seminar Series 
Black–White Mortality Crossover Paradox: Observed Mortality Selection and Heterogeneity in Frailty
Casey Breen, University of Texas at Austin
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Don't forget - the data workshop on the National Couples' Health and Time Study (NCHAT) is TODAY (9.17) from 1-2 pm CT. Find more information and the link to join at bit.ly/3TujlhD
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CAPS Network Data Workshop
CAPS Data Workshop on the National Couples’ Health and Time Study (NCHAT) Organized by Wendy Manning, Professor, Bowling Green State University Speakers: Dr. Wendy Manning, Department of Sociology, B...
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Join us for data workshop on the National Couples' Health and Time Study (NCHAT) tomorrow, September 17, 1:00 - 2:00 pm CT. We're happy to be co-hosting with CAPS and NCHAT. Find the link and details at liberalarts.utexas.edu/caps/events/….
liberalarts.utexas.edu
CAPS Network Data Workshop
CAPS Data Workshop on the National Couples’ Health and Time Study (NCHAT) Organized by Wendy Manning, Professor, Bowling Green State University Speakers: Dr. Wendy Manning, Department of Sociology, B...
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In this post from our Aging & Health Launchpad, we take a look at the relationship between age and height in the U.S. population in the 21st century. lcc.umn.edu/node/2091
Aging & Health Launchpad
Age and Height: What's the Relationship?
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Congratulations to past pilot project recipients Mike Esposito and Jessica Finlay on being awarded an R01 Grant from the NIA R01 for their project "Life Course Cognability: A Mixed Methods Study of Neighborhoods and Cognitive Health".
Pilot Project Success
Project titled "Life Course Cognability: A Mixed Methods Study of Neighborhoods and Cognitive Health" was awarded an R01 grant from the NiA!
Michael Esposito, Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Minnesota
Jessica Finlay, Assistant Professor, Geography, University of Colorado
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Income is a well-established determinant of health across the life course. Learn more about how to study it's impact in this post from our Aging & Health Launchpad. lcc.umn.edu/node/2061
Aging & Health Launchpad
Measuring Income and Wages in the CPS and ACS to Study Aging and Health
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Despite its central role in population health and economic functioning, paid care work remains challenging to measure systematically. Get insights into studying and understanding the paid care workforce in this post from our Aging & Health Launchpad. lcc.umn.edu/node/2021
Aging & Health Launchpad
Understanding the Paid Care Workforce
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Unpaid caregiving for older adults—most often performed by family members or friends—is an essential yet undercounted part of the care economy. Explore how to study this topic using IPUMS Time Use in this post from our Aging & Health Launchpad. lcc.umn.edu/node/2016
Aging & Health Launchpad
Understanding Unpaid Caregiving Using IPUMS
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Members Sarah Flood & David Van Riper are working to enable research on how where people live, how hot the summers are, and how much greenspace they have impacts health across the life course. gatewayexposome.org/news
Three trees shaped as heads with one red and dropping leaves, one yellow and starting to fade, and one vibrant and green. Image from the GECC website article.
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So many great posters! We couldn't get pictures of them all, but here's a little sample
People look at a poster at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference People look at a poster at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference A poster at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference A poster at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We ended the session with @thomashelgerman.bsky.social presenting "The Long Run Impact of Medical School Construction on the Geographic Distribution of Physicians and Health Outcomes"
Headshot of Thomas Helgerman
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Chunxu Fang presented "Redlining and the Long-Run Distribution of Urban Greenspace: A Border-Segment Fixed-Effects Design"
Chunxu Fang presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Beau Bressler was next up presenting "Building Segregation: The Long-Run Neighborhood Effects of American Public Housing"
Beau Bressler presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We started off the session with @toddgardner.bsky.social presenting "Tracing Life-Course Population Trends Across Urban, Suburban, and Exurban Areas, 1970-2020"
Tom Gardner presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thank you to our amazing panel of speakers - what a great discussion with our audience!
Panel of speakers sit at a table on stage to answer questions at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A big thank you to @rammartinez.bsky.social for moderating this session for us!
Rae Anne Martinez opens a session at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Michael Andrews closed out this session with "Like a Good Neighbor: Childhood Neighbors Influence Occupation Choice"
Michael Andrews presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Next was @abald.bsky.social presenting "The Intergenerational Effects of Widowhood"
Anthony Bald presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Jingyi Liu started us off this session with "Quantifying the Power of Social Connectedness: Evidence from the Great Migration"
Jingyi Liu presents on stage at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A big thank you to our session moderator, David Van Riper, and to all of our presenters.
Panel of presenters from Session 6 answer questions from the audience at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Karin Ulery closed up the session with "Disability as a Spatial Determinant of Internal Migration: A Geoinformatics Analysis Using Linked Full‑Count U.S. Censuses (1850–1950)"
Karin Ulery presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Elizabeth M. Blake presented "Unlocking the past: methods to create a spatial dataset of Health and Retirement Study participants’ 1940 enumeration districts"
Elizabeth M. Blake presents on stage at the Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Started off with "Examining Historical Migration through Linked Census Data and Geospatial Methods" presented by Rock Miller
Rock Miller on stage presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A big thank you to all of our session presenters, to Emma Zang for moderating the session, and our amazing audience!
Q&A for session 5 with the panel of speakers at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Dylan Connor ended our morning session with "Simulating Neighborhood ADRD Risk: A Synthetic Estimation Approach Using Public Use Microdata"
Dylan Connor presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Next Rob Warren gave an interesting talk, "The Salivary Microbiome and Cognitive Function"
Rob Warren presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We started off this morning session with "“The America I Know Could Use a Good Cry”: Impact of Structural Racism through Incarceration on Cognitive Health" presented by Muriel Taks Calle
Muriel Taks Calle presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
What a fantastic panel! Thank you to all of our speakers, moderator, and the amazing audience for another great conversation.
Speakers from session 4 of the Data-Intensive Research Conference answer questions from the audience
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We wrapped up this fantastic session with "My Mother Was a Suffragette: The Intergenerational Effects of Women’s Right to Vote" presented by @gabrielcruzfer.bsky.social
Gabriel Cruz presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"Benefit Cliffs, Household Coping in Time and Money, and Food Insecurity - Evidence from Linked CPS Food Security Supplement and American Time Use Survey Data" was presented next by Shiyan Wang
Shiyan Wang presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Next up - @dustinfrye.bsky.social presented "The Effect of Land Allotment on Native American Households During the Assimilation Era"
Dustin Frye presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"New Deal Public Housing and Racial Segregation in U.S. Cities" was next, presented by Luca Perdoni
Luca Perdoni presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
First up - @maxfineman.bsky.social joined us virtually to present "The long-term effects of rent regulation on children: Evidence from World War II-era federal rent control policy"
Max Fineman presents virtually at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
LCC Member Caitlin Carroll was the moderator for this great session.
Caitlin Carroll introduces session 4 of the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Session 3 wrapped up with "Effects of Female Employment: Evidence from Teacher Certification Exams" presented by Rebecca Brough
Rebecca Brough presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wonderful presentation from @sophieliecon.bsky.social "Returns to Education for Women: Evidence from U.S. Compulsory Schooling Laws"
Sophie Li presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"Entrepreneurship on a Safety Net: Evidence from the World's Largest Cash Transfer Program" was presented by Guilherme Junqueira
Guilherme Junqueira presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Next @ajainsworth.bsky.social gave a great talk: "The Differential Impact of Becoming a Parent on K-12 Teachers’ Career Trajectories for Women and Men"
Aaron Ainsworth gives a presentation at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Started off strong with "Red Tails, Broken Wings: Talent Misallocation Among America’s Most Talented African Americans" presented by @gjiang.bsky.social
Guohui Jiang presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A huge thank you to all of our speakers and our moderator for a great session - and to our insightful audience and the great conversation.
The panel of speakers of session 2 at the 2026 Data Intensive-Research Conference answer questions from the audience.
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Man Zhang ended the session with "Life Course Trajectories of Depressive Symptomology in the United States: Longitudinal Integrative Data Analysis of Large-Scale Population-Based Cohort Studies"
Man Zhang presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conferece
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Sinyee Q. Lu gave a great talk in this session: "Unstable Hours, Unequal Health: Gendered Occupational Health Costs of Work-Hour Volatility in the U.S."
Sinyee Q. Lu presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Great presentation from @kspoon.bsky.social - "A framework for representing health trajectories and identifying where they diverge"
Katie Spoon presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Muzhe Yang gave a great talk: "When Less Still Harmed: Old-Age Mortality Effects of In Utero Exposure to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic for Males in Low-Intensity Cities"
Muzhe Yang presents virtually at the Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A big thank you to Etienne Breton for moderating this session for us!
Etienne Breton kicks of the start of session 2 at the Data-Intensive Research Conference
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Life Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A great Q&A panel from all of our presenters! And apologies to Bridget Haney that we didn't get a picture of your presentation "Linking Black Girlhood, Railroad Communities, and Place in the Midwest and Rural West, 1880-1950" - we were too captivated!
Session 1 Q&A at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference
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