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Qixin Cai
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Research Fellow @pennaging.bsky.social
ABD @RUC
PI @superagingasia.bsky.social
PI @futureagetechlab.bsky.social
Global Aging, Generations & Families, Longitudinal Data, Gerontechnology
https://www.aging.upenn.edu/
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Negotiating Dance Dramaturgies of Aging
NANAS Intersectional Age Studies Seminar with Dr. Nanako Nakajima
🗓 Monday, Feb 23, 2026
⏰ 5:00–6:00pm PT
📍 Zoom

#ubc #healthyaging
February 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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readdemography.bsky.social
In “A Profile of Great-Grandparenthood in the U.S.,” R. Margolis & A. Verdery find that rates of great-grandparenthood for older cohorts are stable bc of ↑ life expectancy & postponed fertility, but rates for younger cohorts are lower. @westernu.ca @pop.psu.edu read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
February 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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How are temporal physical activity (PA) patterns associated with Alzheimer's risk?

New research in A&D demonstrates:
🟣Lower complexity of daily PA was linked to poorer cognition
🟣Early dementia may reduce complexity of activities
#AlzResearch

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February 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Book Detail www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
The Risk of Compressed Modernity
The Risk of Compressed Modernity, Focusing on South Korea and other Asian countries, this book presents a critical account of compressed modernity and its key structural risks. These include endemic p...
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January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Learn more about our Year 5 Pilot Awardee Dr. Zhe He from Florida State University and his project "Developing a Multi-Agent AI System for Explaining Lab Results to Older Adults" here:

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Developing a Multi-Agent AI System for Explaining Lab Results to Older Adults
YouTube video by PennAITech
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January 29, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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Call for Interested Authors | Thematic Issue on Environmental Health, Aging, and Public Policy
January 27, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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The deadline for applications for the Shannex Graduate Scholarship in Aging and Nutrition is approaching. January 31 is the deadline for Applied Human Nutrition and February 15 for Aging and Family Science. www.msvu.ca/shape-the-fu...
January 21, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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Listen to Dudley Poston. He knows what he’s talking about.
us.theconversation.com The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 21d
China is taxing condoms and birth control to boost births. Demographers say it won’t work: A 13% hike on contraceptives is nothing compared with the $77,000 cost of raising a child — and China’s fertility slide is driven by economics, not access to protection. buff.ly/NdvWcYF
China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate
The Asian giant is grappling with a dramatic population decline, with a fertility rate of 1.0, well below the 2.1 replacement rate.
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January 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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The application portal is now open for the 2026 Summer Data Immersion Program, hosted by the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer's Disease, using #PSIDdata. Join us at @umisr.bsky.social in May. #Umich #AcademicSky #PSID

Apply by Feb. 2: myumi.ch/mRWPj
Apply to attend the Summer Data Immersion Program hosted by the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer's Disease
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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📣Calls of Abstracts‼️Second International Workshop on Life Course Analysis
Theory, methods, & applications
📅August 18-19, 2026
🗺️Hertie School, Berlin
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/calendar_1921/second_international_workshop_on_life_course_analysis_14953
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January 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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pennaitech.bsky.social
If you missed our January webinar with Dr. Nathan Price from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, you can watch the recording on our YouTube Channel here:

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The Age of Scientific Wellness: Translating AI-Driven Insights into Human Healthspan
YouTube video by PennAITech
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January 13, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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In the Dec issue: commentaries, 3 notes, 15 articles & an acknowledgment of reviewers. Includes research on deportation & Latino segregation, dementia burden in China, racial disparities in obesity, union formation & religious boundaries, LARCs & FP goals & more. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...
Volume 62 Issue 6 | Demography | Duke University Press
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January 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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New #DADM Special Issue is Live!

Objective measures of instrumental activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms in aging and early-stage Alzheimer's disease (non-cognitive)

Explore the full collection here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
January 9, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social UMKelloggEye affiliate Kenneth M. Langa Joshua Ehrlich in BMC Public Health

Validation of cognitive and psychosocial tools in Kenya: findings from the LOSHAK feasibility pilot

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Validation of cognitive and psychosocial tools in Kenya: findings from the LOSHAK feasibility pilot - BMC Public Health
Background and objectives Adapting cognitive tests to culturally diverse and low-resource settings is essential for expanding knowledge of cognitive health in older adults beyond high-income…
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January 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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We are looking forward to seeing you at #PAA2026 in St. Louis, Missouri, next May for a full and rigorous scientific conference! Registration is now open! buff.ly/Ro4j9s0
December 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Upcoming RCCN Webinar! In this webinar, the speakers will discuss how potential bias in the data used to train AI models can potentially negatively impact outputs, and how to address data bias. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/440SQ5C
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Please join us for the hybrid PARC Aging Chats in Spring 2026!

We have an exciting lineup of speakers & topics!

2/2 Hospice Care
3/6 The ADRD Biomarker Pilot Project
4/6 The Growing Issue of Homelessness/Housing Insecurity & Aging

See details: https://www.aging.upenn.edu/events/parc-aging-chats
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Please read the December 2025 Penn Population Studies Newsletter, ushering us into the new year.

Contents include:
📚 Publications
📒 New Working Papers
🏆 Awards & Accolades
📅 Events
🎥 Colloquia Videos

https://mailchi.mp/pop/december-2025-newsletter
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Long-term care is an expensive problem for older adults, their caregivers, and the broader health care system.

How did we reach this point—and what policy solutions could chart a better path forward?

Check out the latest #PolicyBrief from LDI. https://bit.ly/3MriUka
December 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Congrats Alice Tank on being a Forbes 30 Under 30 - Scientist! www.forbes.com/profile/alic... "Tang is using AI computational tools to understand & diagnose complex diseases like Alzheimer's..." @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfmac.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social
Alice Tang - University of California, San Francisco
Alice Tang is on Forbes' 2026 30 Under 30 - Science list. Read more about Alice Tang, their experience, their asset summary, and more here.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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readdemography.bsky.social Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Dec 18
“Does Changing Late-Life Activity Impact Older Adults’ Help to Their Adult Children?”: Siren & Amilon used Danish Longitudinal Study of Ageing data & found that a shift to more active aging & extended working “does not weaken social connectedness btw generations.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
December 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Another highly cited article from JMF's 2020 Decade in Review: "Pathways to Parenthood in Social and Family Contexts: Decade in Review, 2020": tinyurl.com/2rahers5 by @karenguzzo.bsky.social & @srhayford.bsky.social

#ThrowbackThursday #TBT #FamilyScience #SocialSciences #SocialScienceResearch
December 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Christina Kamis, Wei Xu, Amy Schultz, Joseph Clark, Michal Engelman, and Kristen Malecki published "How Does Life Course Exposure to Contextual Disadvantage Accelerate Biological Aging? The Role of Psychological Symptoms" in The Journals of Gerontology Series B. doi.org/10.1093/gero...
How does life course exposure to contextual disadvantage accelerate biological aging? The role of psychological symptoms
AbstractObjectives. Recent research has found that life course exposure to contextual socioeconomic disadvantage may accelerate biological aging, providing
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December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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🧠 Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) affect roughly 1 in 8 older adults in the U.S., impacting both short-term and long-term brain function. Dr. Deling He joins #DementiaMatters to discuss what TBIs are and the connections between TBI, speech pathology and cognition. Listen 🎧 go.wisc.edu/481khw
A graphic promoting the latest episode of "Dementia Matters". On the right are headshots of guest Dr. Deling He. On the left is text reading "New Podcast Episode" alongside the podcast logo. Underneath the logo is the episode title, "Talking TBI: The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injuries on Cognitive Decline"
December 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM