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An interdisciplinary research center at the University of Minnesota promoting social participation, equity, health and well-being at all ages and life stages. lcc.umn.edu

Aging & Health Launchpad
Understanding Unpaid Caregiving Using IPUMS

Three trees shaped as heads with one red and dropping leaves, one yellow and starting to fade, and one vibrant and green. Image from the GECC website article.

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Chunxu Fang presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

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Tom Gardner presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

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Rae Anne Martinez opens a session at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Michael Andrews presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Anthony Bald presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Jingyi Liu presents on stage at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Panel of presenters from Session 6 answer questions from the audience at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Karin Ulery presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Elizabeth M. Blake presents on stage at the Data-Intensive Research Conference

Rock Miller on stage presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Q&A for session 5 with the panel of speakers at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Dylan Connor presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Rob Warren presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Muriel Taks Calle presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Speakers from session 4 of the Data-Intensive Research Conference answer questions from the audience

Gabriel Cruz presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Shiyan Wang presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Dustin Frye presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Luca Perdoni presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Max Fineman presents virtually at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Caitlin Carroll introduces session 4 of the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Rebecca Brough presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Sophie Li presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Guilherme Junqueira presents at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Aaron Ainsworth gives a presentation at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Guohui Jiang presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

The panel of speakers of session 2 at the 2026 Data Intensive-Research Conference answer questions from the audience.

Man Zhang presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conferece

Sinyee Q. Lu presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Katie Spoon presenting at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Muzhe Yang presents virtually at the Data-Intensive Research Conference

Etienne Breton kicks of the start of session 2 at the Data-Intensive Research Conference

Session 1 Q&A at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference

Jason Wong presenting virtually at the Data-Intensive Research Conference

Benjamin Pyle on stage at the Data-Intensive Research Conference

Collin Wardius presents on stage at the Data-Intensive Research Conference

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A presenter speaks behind a podium next to a screen at the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference.

Tracing Life-Course Population Trends Across Urban, Suburban, and Exurban Areas, 1970-2020. Todd Gardner*
Building Segregation: The Long-Run Neighborhood Effects of American Public Housing. Beau Bressler*
Redlining and the Long-Run Distribution of Urban Greenspace: A Border-Segment Fixed-Effects Design. Chunxu Fang*
The Long Run Impact of Medical School Construction on the Geographic Distribution of Physicians and Health Outcomes. Caitlin Carroll, Thomas Helgerman*, Tyler Radler, Yue Xu
Session Chair: Dylan Connor

Quantifying the Power of Social Connectedness: Evidence from the Great Migration. Jingyi Liu*
The Intergenerational Effects of Widowhood. Anthony Bald*
Like a Good Neighbor: Childhood Neighbors Influence Occupation Choice. Michael Andrews*, Ryan Hill, Joe Price, Riley Wilson
Session Chair: Rae Anne Martinez

Scaling Novel Data Linkages for Life-Course Aging Trajectories: A Bias-Corrected Framework Using IPUMS and HRS Big Microdata. Qixin Cai*
Examining Historical Migration through Linked Census Data and Geospatial Methods. Rock Miller*
Unlocking the past: methods to create a spatial dataset of Health and Retirement Study participants’ 1940 enumeration districts. Elizabeth M. Blake*, Jaime Serrano, Layla Ruiz, Halle Robinson, Josie Holland, Brooke Chen, Ellis McDonald, Amy Marie Andrelchik, Taylor Mobley, Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, Joan A. Casey
Disability as a Spatial Determinant of Internal Migration: A Geoinformatics Analysis Using Linked Full‑Count U.S. Censuses (1850–1950). Karin Ulery*
Session Chair: Dave Van Riper

• Cognition in later life and life course socioeconomic determinants: Longitudinal evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Mengling Cheng*
• “The America I Know Could Use a Good Cry”: Impact of Structural Racism through Incarceration on Cognitive Health. Muriel Taks Calle*, Betselot Wondimu, Cailyn Clemons, Paris B. Adkins-Jackson
• The Salivary Microbiome and Cognitive Function. Rob Warren*, Michael Culbertson, Stephen Johnson, Bruce Paster, Eric Grodsky, Chandra Muller, Bharat Thyagarajan, Adam M. Brickman, Jennifer Manly, Ryan T. Demmer
• Simulating Neighborhood ADRD Risk: A Synthetic Estimation Approach Using Public Use Microdata. Dylan Connor*
• Session Chair: Emma Zang

LCC Pilot Grant Spotlight: Kristian Markon, Research Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota

Project: Examining Early Psychosocial Predictors of Epigenetic Aging Using Longitudinal Data from Adoptive and Non-Adoptive Families

LCC Pilot Grant Spotlight: Rae Anne Martinez, Assistant Professor, Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado - Denver

Project: The Cost of Public Good: Health Impacts of Urban Renewal on Hispanic Communities in the Southwest

Conference participants sit at round lunch tables while listening to Steven Ruggles present.

Screenshot showing all the posters for this session. To read a full list, visit our website at lcc.umn.edu/DIRC

The long-term effects of rent regulation on children: Evidence from World War II-era federal rent control policy. Max Fineman*
New Deal Public Housing and Racial Segregation in U.S. Cities. Hector Blanco, Luca Perdoni*
The Effect of Land Allotment on Native American Households During the Assimilation Era. Dustin Frye*, Christian Dippel
Benefit Cliffs, Household Coping in Time and Money, and Food Insecurity - Evidence from Linked CPS Food Security Supplement and American Time Use Survey Data. Shiyan Wang*, Alessandro Bonanno
My Mother Was a Suffragette: The Intergenerational Effects of Women’s Right to Vote. Gabriel Cruz*, Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero
Session Chair: Caitlin Carroll

Red Tails, Broken Wings: Talent Misallocation Among America’s Most Talented African Americans. Guohui Jiang*, Elisabeth Perlman, Hans-Joachim Voth, Jennifer Withrow
The Differential Impact of Becoming a Parent on K-12 Teachers’ Career Trajectories for Women and Men. Emily K. Penner, Quentin Brummet, Leah Clark, Lindsay Liebert, Liliane Nienstedt, Aaron Ainsworth*, Yujia Liu, Andrew Penner
Entrepreneurship on a Safety Net: Evidence from the World's Largest Cash Transfer Program. Murillo Campello, Guilherme Junqueira*, Spyridon Lagaras
Returns to Education for Women: Evidence from U.S. Compulsory Schooling Laws. Sophie Li*
Effects of Female Employment: Evidence from Teacher Certification Exams. Rebecca Brough*
Session Chair: Thomas Helgerman

When Less Still Harmed: Old-Age Mortality Effects of In Utero Exposure to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic for Males in Low-Intensity Cities. Muzhe Yang*
A framework for representing health trajectories and identifying where they diverge. Katie Spoon*
Unstable Hours, Unequal Health: Gendered Occupational Health Costs of Work-Hour Volatility in the U.S. Sinyee Q. Lu*, and Tim Liao
Life Course Trajectories of Depressive Symptomology in the United States: Longitudinal Integrative Data Analysis of Large-Scale Population-Based Cohort Studies. Man Zhang*
Session Chair: Etienne Breton

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