Population Aging Research Center

Read the recent paper co-authored by PARC Research Associate @SarahJSchrauben
"Defining Kidney Health Dimensions and Their Associations with Adverse Outcomes in Persons with Diabetes and CKD"
http://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.0000000676

View the Visual Abstract below

Perspectives on the Economics of Aging

Edited by Ali Gökhan Gölçek 2025

Available to borrow online to the Penn community via the @upenn.edu Libraires

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9979598222503681

Please join us TODAY for the hybrid PARC Aging Chat!

🧠 The ADRD Biomarker Pilot Project

with @ilianakohler.bsky.social & Corey T. McMillan

March 6th from 12-1 pm in 403 McNeil (PSC Commons) & on Zoom (code is in the image)

See details: https://www.aging.upenn.edu/events/parc-aging-chats

Opinion | Autistic People Shouldn't Be the Only Ones Worried by RFK Jr.'s Research Agenda Research must be conducted with attention to minimizing harm

ICYMI: Read this Op-Ed by Emily Largent

"Autistic People Shouldn't Be the Only Ones Worried by RFK Jr.'s Research Agenda — Research Must be Conducted with Attention to Minimizing Harm"

on @medpagetoday

https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/116138

Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d7d274...

Penn Center for Public Health Practice And Research Seminar Series: Join us next week on Monday, March 2, 2026 at 12pm ET, for a virtual seminar on Transforming Quality Measurement in Medicare Home Health, featuring CPH Senior Fellow Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, PhD.

Unpacking the Federal Drug Price Reduction Struggle At a January 16 Leonard Davis Institute of Health Care Economics (LDI) virtual panel discussion focused on drug pricing in the second Trump Administration three top experts painted a complicated…

🎦 WATCH Unpacking the Federal Drug Price Reduction Struggle
How Political Rhetoric & Behind-the-Scenes Deal-Making Obscure Who Really Pays – or How Much @pennldi.bsky.social @rachelwerner.bsky.social
https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/unpacking-the-federal-drug-price-reduction-struggle/

This event is cancelled because of the snow emergency; it will be rescheduled.

“Parenthood Penalties in Same-Sex Couples: How Parental Status Shapes Paid Work Specialization in American Couples”

Emily Curran, Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology & Demography

Van de Wall Prize Winner for Best Paper in Demography

Monday, February 23, 2026

12 – 1:00 pm: PSC Commons, McNeil 403

READ this new paper in the
Journal of Psychiatric Research

Reproductive History and Cognitive Health Among Older Norwegian Females and Males: The Population-Based HUNT Study

Co-authored by PARC Co-Director @HansPKohler

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2026.01.001

NEW Population Center Working Paper! ➡️ Replication Study: Predictors of Loneliness in U.S. Adults Over Age Sixty-Five
https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/62226

PARC Fellows @patrickarp.bsky.social, Daniel S. Lee, Chuxuan Sun, Sheel Trivedi, Emily Yam & @sdstites.bsky.social (Associate)

Winter is especially tough on seniors – but there are solutions to winter blues The cold and darkness can be difficult, particularly for older adults. Here’s how older Philadelphians can stay engaged physically and mentally.

What can older adults do to overcome isolation during winter? From shorter days to colder weather, winter is tough on everyone, but especially seniors. Associate Nancy Hodgson is quoted @billy-penn.bsky.social

https://billypenn.com/2025/12/16/philly-seniors-winter-ideas-social-isolation-loneliness/

Can we fix America’s long-term care system? According to health law expert Allison Hoffman, it’s a problem of will.

Allison K. Hoffman is 🎤 interviewed on the @marketplace.org Make Me Smart podcast

🎧Can we fix America’s long-term care system?

https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2025/12/18/can-we-fix-americas-longterm-care-system

(Episode 1504 from Dec 18, 2025)

The Evolution of Long-Term Care and Health Policy in the United States | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press Rachel M. Werner

Research Brief: "Reforming Long-Term Care Policy" based on "The Evolution of Long-Term Care and Health Policy in the United States" by @rachelwerner.bsky.social, Allison K. Hoffman, & PARC Co-Director Norma B. Coe...

Brief: https://t.co/H95L1QUlAt

Article: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-11995144

Today at Noon!

Penn AGING researchers are encouraged to submit a brief abstract to be considered for a poster or 5-15 minute presentation at the 2026 PARC Aging Retreat "USA at 250 Years: Aging Healthily" on May 1, 2026! Submission Deadline: March 3, 2026!

Details: https://www.aging.upenn.edu/events/retreat

Impact of the Fair Labor Standards Act LDI Executive Director Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD and Assistant Professor Amanda Kreider, PhD submitted a comment to the U.S. Department of Labor

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Repeal of Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities @rachelwerner.bsky.social

https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/impact-of-proposed-changes-to-the-application-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act-to-domestic-service-on-the-home-care-workforce/

@rachelwerner.bsky.social Allison Hoffman & R. Tamara Konetzka assess the changing landscape of long-term care delivery, identifying the limitations of reliance on Medicare & Medicaid, with unpaid caregivers often filling in the gaps--> fragmentation, inadequacy. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

Recruiters flew people from Kensington to California for what they described as free luxury rehab. Critics say it’s a scam. Patient brokering schemes lure vulnerable people in addiction to clinics in exchange for kickbacks and bribes. Insurance tracking shows the scams are rising in Pennsylvania, but prosecutions are rare.

"Cashing in on Addiction Recovery" in the @inquirer PARC Research Associate Allison Hoffman, comments on insurance, fraud, the law, lack of transparency, and addiction treatment services.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/a/rehab-specialist-kensington-addiction-recovery-scam-20251223.html

SSRI Open House - Subsalt: Stop Waiting for Health Data | Social Science Research Institute A light lunch will be provided for in-person attendees, please register here.

SSRI is hosting an Open House, "Subsalt: Stop Waiting for Health Data," on Monday, February 23 from 12pm-1pm in 110 Ford Building and Zoom. Phil Endres and David Vanness will lead the discussion.

A light lunch will be provided for in-person attendees, please register here ➡️

Research Associate Kevin Volpp et al. discuss

"Cost-Effectiveness of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients With Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Disease"

@ahajournals.bsky.social Circulation

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011839

Ethics From the Outset: Incorporating Ethical Considerations into the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories for Aging Research Pilot Projects Abstract. There is an urgent need to develop tools to enable older adults to live healthy, independent lives for as long as possible. To address this need,

Ethics From the Outset: Incorporating Ethical Considerations into the Artificial Intelligence & Technology Collaboratories for Aging Research Pilot Projects

in Journals of Gerontology Series A
by PARC Associates @emily_a_largent & Jason Karlawish et al.

https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf035

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Data: Understanding Gaps and Opportunities to Advance Research and Policy

Co-authored by Research Fellow @patrickarp.bsky.social & Co-Director Norma B. Coe, et al.

Issue Brief: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

White Paper: repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub...

Join us for our February webinar on Feb. 12, 2026 (12pm-1pm EST) when Dr. ZhiHuang presents "Agentic AI framework for comprehensive medical imaging interpretation enabling laboratory intelligence."

To register, click here:
upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Penn Grad Talks have a NEW date so there is more time to apply & prepare.

Friday, March 27, 2026
12–4 PM

APPLICATIONS NOW DUE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

SUBMIT your application here: upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

WATCH presentations from year’s talks here: vimeo.com/showcase/pen...

Please join us for the hybrid PARC Aging Chat!

🛏️ Hospice Care (PARC Aging Chats)

with David Rosenkranz & Anne Song

MONDAY, FEB 2nd 12-1 pm in McNeil Room 403 - PSC Commons & Zoom (code is in the image)

https://www.aging.upenn.edu/events/parc-aging-chats

Please join us for the hybrid PARC Aging Chats in Spring 2026!

NEXT MONDAY 12-1 pm in McNeil Room 403 - PSC Commons & Zoom

Hospice Care (PARC Aging Chats)
with David Rosenkranz & Anne Song

PSC/PARC COLLOQUIUM SERIES SPRING 2026

https://www.aging.upenn.edu/events/parc-aging-chats

Recognize a fellow demographer (or yourself!) who has contributed to the profession with a PAA Annual Award! Nominations deadline is Saturday, January 31, 2026: buff.ly/VZcZ5G0

Congratulations to @pennaging.bsky.social Research Associate Marina Serper for receiving funding for her new research project: "Comparing Low-Touch and High-Touch Multimodal Interventions for Chronic Pain in Patients With Cirrhosis" from PCORI

LDI Research Shapes Pennsylvania Tax Credit Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit (WPTC) offers a tax benefit to low-income workers.

With Aaron Richterman "LDI Research Helped Shape Pennsylvania’s New Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit: PA's New Bipartisan Tax Credit is Designed to be Simple & Refundable"
https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/ldi-research-helped-shape-pennsylvanias-new-working-pennsylvanians-tax-credit/