POLICY SEMINAR SERIES
The PRB Policy Seminars feature experts presenting results from new research and interventions in the United States and other countries around the world. Covering a wide range of population, health, and environmental issues, the PRB Policy Seminar Series promises to offer fresh perspectives and rich discussions.
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2011-2012 PRB POLICY SEMINAR SERIES
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, noon–1:30 p.m., at PRB
"The Use of Randomized Designs to Test Program Effects: What Case Studies Can Tell Us"
Robert A. Moffitt, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins University
Elyzabeth Gaumer, Director of Research, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
George W. Rebok, Professor, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University
PREVIOUS SEMINARS
Nov. 17, 2011: "Where the Boys Are: Millions of Bachelors in China," Dudley L. Poston Jr., Texas A&M University
Oct. 28, 2011: "The Effects of Military Deployment on Family Health," PRB/JHU Annual Symposium on Policy and Health
Presenters: David R. Segal, Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Center for Research on Military Organization, University of Maryland: "Setting the Agenda for Policy and Research: Demography of the American Military Family." Robert W. Blum, William H. Gates Sr. Professor and Chair, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: "The Impact of Deployment on Children and Their Families." Cmdr. Gregory H. Gorman, U.S. Navy, Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center: "Child Health and Parent Military Deployment." Discussant: Valerie Maholmes, Director, Social and Affective Development/Child Maltreatment and Violence Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Oct. 12, 2011: "Changing Roles of Women and Men in Malian Agriculture: Possible Economic and Demographic Implications for the Near Future" Pietronella Van der Oever, PRB Visiting Scholar
PAST SEMINARS, 2006-2011
PRB-JHU ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLICY AND HEALTH
Since 2007, the Population Reference Bureau and the Hopkins Population Center, Johns Hopkins University, have co-sponsored an annual Symposium on Policy and Health, funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute on Child Health and Human Development. Each symposia is videotaped.