Event Description
The Department of Community Health and Prevention presents
Alexis Santos, PhD, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family
Studies at Penn State University and a Demographic Data Fellow for the
Administrative Data Accelerator.
His research leverages administrative records
and vital statistics to inform public policy. He is also a Research Associate
at the Population Research Institute. Alexis holds a PhD in Applied
Demography from the University of Texas at San Antonio and previously completed
a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Brooke Army
Medical Center. He earned an M.A. in Economics from the University of Puerto
Rico, Río Piedras, and a BA in Economics from the University of Puerto Rico
at Cayey.
His presentation will explore the evolving field of population health
sciences and how new data continually enhance our understanding of the U.S.
population. He will question whether “well-established” patterns in population
health apply universally across the country, examining who benefits from these
patterns and who may be excluded.
The talk will focus on the experiences of
racially and ethnically minoritized populations, with case studies on topics
such as the rural mortality penalty, fall- and opioid-related mortality,
self-reported health status, and Hispanic/Latino health.
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