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Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch 2001 Long-Range Planning Workshop Agenda

Neuroscience Center
6001 Executive Boulevard
Room A1/A2

Monday, June 25, 2001

8:00am Welcome and introductory comments
    Christine Bachrach, DBSB
    Ren Farley, University of Michigan
    Florence Haseltine, Director,CPR/NICHD

"Pre-test" straw voting

9:00 - 10:30amProgress and Promise in Ongoing Research Areas

Fertility and family planning
    John Casterline, Population Council*
    Jim McCarthy, Columbia University
    Jim Walker, University of Wisconsin
Families and households

    Sara McLanahan, Princeton University*
    Aletha Huston, University of Texas-Austin
Well-being of children

    Aletha Huston, University of Texas-Austin*
    Janet Currie, University of California - Los Angeles
    Sara McLanahan, Princeton University
10:30amBreak
10:45 - 11:45amImmigration and population movement
    Charles Hirschman, University of Washington*
    Mary Waters, Harvard University
Population and environment
    Myron Gutmann, University of Texas - Austin*
    Barbara Entwisle, University of North Carolina
    Andrew Foster, Brown University
11:45 amBreak to get lunch
12:15 - 1:15 pmMortality and health
    Ron Lee, University of California-Berkeley*
    Alberto Palloni, University of Wisconsin
AIDS
    Peggy Dolcini, University of California-San Francisco*
    Francis Dodoo, University of Maryland
    Martina Morris, University of Washington
1:15 - 1:55pm Tools: Theories, Methods, and Training

Innovative methodologies
    Martina Morris, University of Washington*
    Joshua Goldstein, Princeton University
1:55 - 2:35pmFormal demography
    Joshua Goldstein, Princeton University*
    Ron Lee, University of California-Berkeley
2:35pmBreak
2:50 - 3:30 pmCulture/preferences
    Jennifer Hirsch, Emory University*
    John Casterline, the Population Council
3:30 - 4:10pmBiodemography
    Jane Menken, University of Colorado*
    John Haaga, Population Reference Bureau
4:10 - 4:50pmTranslational research
    Jim McCarthy, Columbia University*
    John Haaga, Population Reference Bureau
    Bob Michael, University of Chicago
4:50- 5:30pmTraining
    Alberto Palloni, University of Wisconsin*
    Jane Menken, University of Colorado
  
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
8:00 - 8:40amTopical Areas to Explore or Expand

Race and ethnicity
    Mary Waters, Harvard University*
    Francis Dodoo, University of Maryland
    Charles Hirschman, University of Washington
8:40 - 9:20amHealth disparities
    Janet Currie, University of California - Los Angeles*
    Andrew Foster, Brown University
9:20 - 10:00amIntergenerational research
    Ron Lee, University of California - Berkeley*
    Sara McLanahan, Princeton University
    Bob Michael, University of Chicago
10:00amBreak
10:15 - 10:55amSocial and economic inequality
    Yu Xie, University of Michigan*
    Ted Mouw, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
10:55 - 11:35amSpatial demography
    Barbara Entwisle, University of North Carolina*
    Myron Gutmann, University of Texas - Austin
    Ted Mouw, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
11:35am5-minute stretch
11:40am - 12:20pmTechnological change
    Jim Walker, University of Wisconsin*
    Yu Xie, University of Michigan
12:20 - 1:00pmSexuality
    Bob Michael, University of Chicago*
    Jennifer Hirsch, Emory University
    Peggy Dolcini, University of California-San Francisco
1:00pmBreak to get lunch
1:20 - 2:00pmDiscussion of recommendations
2:00 - 2:30pmStraw voting
2:30 - 4:00pmDiscussion of priorities
4:00pmAdjourn