Session A: Mortality Disparities
RLP 1.302B
10:15 am – 11:15 am
Chair: Courtney Williams, Postdoctoral Scholar, Population Research Center, UT Austin
Joseph Lariscy, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University
Differential Record Linkage and Adult Mortality Disparities
Ernesto Amaral, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University
Unequal Outcomes: How Education and Insurance Influence Mortality in the Era of the ACA?
Co-authors:
Nai-Yu Chien, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University; Hui-Heng Cheng, Department of Finance, Southwest Minnesota State University
Fatima Frausto, Graduate Researcher, Department of Sociology, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Changes in States’ Racial Composition on 2010-18 Mortality
Session B: Methods to Advance Population Sciences
RLP 1.302D
10:15 am – 11:15 am
Chair: Catherine Calder, Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, UT Austin
Yuhao Kang, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, UT Austin
Healthcare Resource Optimization Toward Accessibility Equality Using Reinforcement Learning
Co-authors:
Shiqui Wang, Department of Geoscience, The University of Edinburgh; Hanqi Li, Louisiana State University; Fahui Wang, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University; Bing Zhou, Department of Geology, Penn State University
Paul Rathouz, Professor, Department of Population Health, UT Austin
Semiparametric GLMs with Aging Research Examples
Shuo Qi, Professor, Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University
Echoes of Icarus: How Parental Over-Aspiration Shapes Children’s Academic Success
Hanwen Zhang, Graduate Student, College of Pharmacy, UT Austin
Direct Healthcare Cost of Treating Responsive Major Depressive Disorder
Session C: Race, Ethnicity, and Skin Tone
RLP 1.302E
10:15 am – 11:15 am
Chair: Mary Campbell, Professor, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University
Ricardo Lowe, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, UT Austin
Reconfiguring Racial Identity: Exploring the Racial Reclassification of Puerto Ricans in the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS)
Matthew Painter, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of North Texas
Race/Ethnicity, Skin Tone, and Socioeconomic Status
Osaki Bilaye-Benibo, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, Baylor University
Skin Tone Linked Fate and Psychological Distress
Co-authors:
Matthew Andersson, Department of Sociology, Baylor University