PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Chinyere Agbai, a predoctoral trainee at the Population Studies and Training Center, has been selected for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholars program, which provides a leadership development opportunity for predoctoral students who bring unique and diverse perspectives to their research and want to do research to advance health equity. Read more.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Girija Borker, a predoctoral trainee at the Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC), has been awarded the Data2X Big Data for Gender Challenge dissertation grant for her research on the impact of street harassment on the economic mobility of women in India. Borker is a graduate student in the Department of Economics at Brown. Read more.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – The Werner-Gren Foundation has awarded funding to Júlia Vich-Bertran, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC). The funds will support a two-day workshop titled “Transnational Childhood Fields: Relatedness, Belonging, and Governance” to be held at the PSTC next year. Read more.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – From contraceptive use in Africa to achievement gaps in U.S. classrooms to midlife health outcomes, PSTC faculty associates address a wide range of population issues and challenges. In support of their research, four faculty associates, including two junior faculty members, have been selected to receive the 2017 PSTC Faculty Research Seed Awards. Read more.