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Policy Seminar Series 2008-2009

May 14, 2009, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.: JHU/PRB Symposium, at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC
Johns Hopkins/PRB Symposium on Policy and Health: Climate Change and Urban Adaptation
Speakers: Mark Montgomery, professor of economics, Stony Brook University and senior associate, Population Council; and Patricia Romero-Lankao, scientist and deputy director, Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, National Center for Atmospheric Research. Discussants: John Furlow, climate change specialist, USAID; and Fariyal Fikree, senior program director, Global Health, PRB.

April 15, 2009, noon-1:30 p.m.: Countdown to the 2010 Census: What You Need to Know
Speakers: Daniel Weinberg, assistant director for ACS and Decennial Census, U.S. Census Bureau; William O'Hare, consultant, Funders Census Initiative and senior Fellow, Annie E. Casey Foundation; and Mary Jo Hoeksema, director of government and public affairs, Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers.

April 8, 2009: Reproductive Behavior of Muslims in South Asia: An Overview From Recent Demographic and Health Surveys Conducted in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
Dr. Mehtab S. Karim, senior research adviser and senior Fellow in Religion and Public Life, Pew Research Center, Washington D.C.

Feb. 11, 2009: How to Promote Effective Implementation of Proven Practices for Children in Real World Clinical, Educational, and Community Settings
Dr. Sharon Landesman Ramey, director, Georgetown University Center on Health and Education, and Susan H. Mayer Professor of Child and Family Studies, Georgetown University

Jan. 21, 2009: Immigrant Residential Segregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1990-2000
Dr. John Iceland, professor of sociology and demography, Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice, Pennsylvania State University

Dec. 10, 2008: The World Is Fat
Dr. Barry Popkin, director, UNC Interdisciplinary Obesity Program, and the Carla Steel Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Nov. 12, 2008: Why Not Adjust the U.S. Census?
Dr. Kenneth Wachter, professor of demography and statistics, and Chair, Department of Demography, University of California, Berkeley

Oct. 16, 2008: Immigration: Data Users Seminar
Migration Policy Institute—3rd floor Conference Room, 1400 16th St., NW, Washington, DC
Speakers: Elizabeth Grieco, chief, Immigration Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau; Jeffrey Passel, senior research associate, Pew Hispanic Center; Audrey Singer, senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; and Mark Mather, associate vice president of Domestic Programs, Population Reference Bureau. Moderator: Jeanne Batalova, policy analyst and data hub manager, Migration Policy Institute

Oct. 2, 2008: BGSU/PRB Seminar at National Press Club, Zenger Room
Research and Practice Partnerships: Strengthening Marriages and Families
Wendy Manning, Bowling Green State University; Carole VanderWal, Pinerest Christian Mental Health Services; Allan Hawkins, Brigham Young University; Melanie Reese, Utah Commission on Marriage; and Francesca Adler-Baeder, Auburn University

Sept. 10, 2008: The Lucky Few: Between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom
Dr. Elwood Carlson, Charles B. Nam Professor in Sociology of Population, Center for Demography and Population Health, Florida State University

Policy seminars from previous years

PRB Discuss Online

March 24, 2009: Are Some U.S. Generations Luckier Than Others? Elwood Carlson, Florida State University

Feb. 4, 2009: Abandoning Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, Molly Melching, Tostan

Jan. 22, 2009: Birth Defects: A Hidden Toll for Developing Countries, Arnold Christianson, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Dec. 10, 2008: Will Africa's Fertility Decline? Steven Sinding, Guttmacher Institute

Nov. 6, 2008: What Are the Financial Implications of Aging in the United States? Ron Lee, University of California, Berkeley

Oct. 29, 2008: Growing Up in North America: How Are Children Faring Economically? Katherine Scott, Canadian Council on Social Development; Mark Mather, Population Reference Bureau; and Nashieli Ramirez Hernandez, Children’s Rights Network in Mexico/Red por los Derechos de la Infancia en México

Sept. 25, 2008: Demographic Divide: Diverging Population Growth Trends, Carl Haub, Population Reference Bureau; and Mary Mederios Kent, Population Reference Bureau

July 30, 2008: Environmental Change: What Are the Links With Migration? Jason Bremner, Population Reference Bureau

June 26, 2008: Americans at Work: What Lies Ahead? Mark Mather, Population Reference Bureau; and Marlene Lee, Population Reference Bureau

June 5, 2008: Ensuring a Wide Range of Family Planning Choices, Lori Ashford, Population Reference Bureau

May 8, 2008: Building Alliances to Save Mothers' Lives, Theresa Shaver, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood

March 25, 2008: Managing Unauthorized Migration, Phillip Martin, University of California, Davis

Feb. 13, 2008: Finding Ways to Improve Child Health, Nils Daulaire, Global Health Council

Jan. 30, 2008: Sub-Saharan Africa's Demographic Giants: Ethiopia and Nigeria, Assefa Hailemariam, director, Population Studies and Research, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; Charles Teller, visiting scholar, PRB; and Kolawole Oyediran, country resident adviser, USAID Measure Evaluation Project, Nigeria

PRB Discuss Online sessions from previous years

PRB Webcasts and Audiocasts

Family Planning Saves Lives (March 2009)

The World in 2050: A Scientific Investigation of the Impact of Global Population Changes on a Divided Planet, the Fred H. Bixby Forum (January 2009)

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (February 2009)

Making the Case for U.S. International Family Planning Assistance (January 2009)

2008 Africa Population Data Sheet (October 2008)

Finding and Using the Best Immigration Data Resources (October 2008)

Recent Trends in U.S. Mortality and Population Aging (September 2008)

U.S. Trends in Disability in Late-Life (September 2008)

2008 World Population Data Sheet Press Briefing: Global Demographic Divide Widens (August 2008)

Disability, Elderly Health, and Obesity (August 2008)

How Older U.S. Women Can Shield Themselves From Poverty (February 2008)

Growing Older in America: What You Need to Know About the Health and Retirement Study (June 2007)

The U.S. at 300 Million (October 2006)