The Network on Education, Biosocial Pathways, and Dementia across Diverse Populations
Date: Thursday, December 12
Time: 9:30 am – 3:00 pm (EST)
Physical Location: ISR Thompson Building at the University of Michigan (426 Thompson St., Room 6050, Ann Arbor, MI)
Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91281188213?pwd=YAAQRdtuR2BO33XVRvWYAvAi8i4L8U.1
Agenda
9.30 am -9.45 am Welcome
9.45 am – 11.00 am
Study Presentations [HRS, Add Health, Add Health Parents, EdSHARe, Great Smoky Mountain Study,
Understanding America, WLS, NSHAP, NHATS, ACL, PSID, NLSY, MIDUS, Project Talent, Monitoring the Future] on key opportunities to study the relationship between education and cognitive decline.
Contextual Data
11.00 am – 11.45 am
Linking Neighborhood and School Data
Jennifer Candipan, Brown University
Respondent: Bob Hummer, UNC-Chapel Hill, Add Health
11.45 am – 12.30 pm
Racial Segregation and Cognition
Maggie Hicken, University of Michigan
Respondent: Chandra Muller, UT-Austin, Rob Warren, University of Minnesota, EdSHARe
12.30 pm -1 pm Lunch
Implication of Measurement for Understanding the Relationship between Education and Cognition
1 pm – 1.45 pm
Inequalities in accelerated cognitive decline: Resolving observational window bias using nested non‐linear
regression
Sean Clouston, SUNY-Stony Brook
Respondent: Jessica Faul, University of Michigan, HRS
1.45 pm – 2.45 pm
Leveraging Meta Data to Assess Cognition
Stefan Schneider, University of Southern California
Respondent: Victoria Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WLS
2.45 pm – 3 pm. Wrap Up. What Can EdDem Do for You?