The Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC) at Brown University, formally established in 1965, is an internationally respected demography research and training center offering an outstanding interdisciplinary graduate training program. Research interests include social demography, economic demography, anthropological demography, and population health.
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PSTC faculty associate Mark Lurie challenges the assumption that the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is driven by concurrent partnerships in a new article in AIDS and Behavior. You can also read more from the Brown News Service.
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PSTC Alumna Dr. Bhassorn Limanonda (PhD, Sociology, 1982), a Professor in the College of Population Studies at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, is the 2009 recipient of the Distinguished Senior Research Scholar 2009 award from the Office of Thailand Research Fund. This award represents the highest honor bestowed upon Thai scholars in recognition of their research contributions to the country.
The award committee cited her achievements in several areas of research, including her longstanding work on changing patterns of nuptiality and fertility among Thai women, HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, women and development, and monitoring and evaluation, as well as her co-founding of the Asian Population Association.
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Adjunct Assistant Professor and former PSTC postdoc Craig Hadley is the lead author of a new essay in The Lancet about the need for a global monitoring system for food insecurity.
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The PSTC now has a page on Facebook! You can join the group by clicking here.
