Lecture to Explore Findings from Longitudinal Study on Aging
The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) is one of the most innovative and widely used nationally representative longitudinal studies of Americans ever conducted. Dr. Robert Hummer, Add Health’s director and principal investigator, will discuss the study at the 18th annual NIH Matilda White Riley Distinguished Lecture. This webinar will be held on Thursday, Aug. 28 from 3 to 4 p.m., ET.
Add Health provides data for thousands of researchers worldwide, enabling a deeper understanding of the multilevel (biological, survey, contextual) life course factors that contribute to health and health disparities among U.S. adolescents and adults. The study is primarily supported by NIH, with co-funding from 23 additional partners within federal agencies and foundations.
In his talk, Hummer will focus on Add Health’s 30-year history, theoretical and substantive motivations, empirical contributions, innovations in recent data collection and preliminary findings from soon-to-be publicly available data.
Hummer is the Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor of Sociology and fellow of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil. He served as the 2021 president of the Population Association of America and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023. His research focuses on the accurate documentation and more complete understanding of health and mortality disparities in the U.S.
To register for this webinar, see: go.nih.gov/2dtta1c.
Closed captioning will be available. People who need reasonable accommodations to participate in this event should contact Allison Hurst at ahurst@scgcorp.com at least 5 days in advance.
This lecture series was established in 2006 to honors the legacy of Matilda White Riley, a celebrated scientist and National Academy of Sciences member who transformed behavioral and social sciences research at NIH. Each year, an esteemed investigator delivers the lecture in recognition of outstanding contributions to behavioral and social sciences research that support NIH’s mission.