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About Mark D. Hayward
Hear from Mark D. Hayward at his public lecture, “What is the Role of the Long Arm of Childhood for Experiencing Dementia in Old Age?” and informal talk, “Why Education is Fundamentally Important in Improving Our Nation’s Health” hosted by UC Irvine!
Professor Hayward is a health demographer and population health scientist. Currently, his work focuses on two issues: 1) “upstream institutional levers” of U.S. adult mortality trends and disparities, and 2) early life developmental origins of cognitive aging in the older population. He is a recipient of the Matilda White Riley Award from the National Institutes of Health for his contributions to behavioral and social scientific knowledge relevant to mission of NIH.
He has served on numerous scientific advisory boards at the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, major foundations (Robert Wood Johnson and Pew), and major federal agencies (e.g., the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Health Statistics). Professor Hayward also is the current editor of his field’s major journal, Demography. He received his B.A. at Washington State University and his PhD from Indiana University.
This event is sponsored by the Mu Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at UCI and UCI Illuminations.
About Mark D. Hayward
Hear from Mark D. Hayward at his public lecture, “What is the Role of the Long Arm of Childhood for Experiencing Dementia in Old Age?” and informal talk, “Why Education is Fundamentally Important in Improving Our Nation’s Health” hosted by UC Irvine!
Professor Hayward is a health demographer and population health scientist. Currently, his work focuses on two issues: 1) “upstream institutional levers” of U.S. adult mortality trends and disparities, and 2) early life developmental origins of cognitive aging in the older population. He is a recipient of the Matilda White Riley Award from the National Institutes of Health for his contributions to behavioral and social scientific knowledge relevant to mission of NIH.
He has served on numerous scientific advisory boards at the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, major foundations (Robert Wood Johnson and Pew), and major federal agencies (e.g., the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Health Statistics). Professor Hayward also is the current editor of his field’s major journal, Demography. He received his B.A. at Washington State University and his PhD from Indiana University.
This event is sponsored by the Mu Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at UCI and UCI Illuminations.
