BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260601T021625EDT-0777t9H4u1@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260601T061625Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for this webinar fromĀ Professor Jennifer Karas MontezĀ o n how policy polarization has led to troubling trends in US life expectanc y. We will explore the shifts in the balance of policymaking power\, the f orces behind such changes\, and how population health has been affected as a result.\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\nJennifer Karas Montez is a Professor of Sociology\, the Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies\, Direc tor of the NIA-funded Center for Aging and Policy Studies\, and Co-Directo r of the Policy\, Place\, and Population Health Lab at Syracuse University . Her research investigates trends and disparities in population health si nce the 1980s and the growing influence of US state policies and politics on those outcomes. A major focus of her work has examined why health trend s are particularly worrisome for women\, for people without a college degr ee\, and for those living in states in the South and Midwest. Her research on these topics has been featured in outlets such as the New York Times\, BBC\, NPR\, and CNN. It has been funded by the National Institute on Agin g\, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, Carnegie Corporation\, and National S cience Foundation. Montez received her PhD in Sociology from the Universit y of Texas at Austin and did her postdoctoral training as a Robert Wood Jo hnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar at Harvard University.\n DTSTART:20211013T160000Z DTEND:20211013T170000Z SUMMARY:US State Policy Polarization and Population Health Event URL:/popcentre/channels/event/us-state-policy-polariza tion-and-population-health-event-333968 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR