A team of researchers found that being deprived of a nurturing childhood environment is associated with accelerated biological aging at older ages.
Year: 2023
La Follette professors help inaugurate social genomics conference
Jason Fletcher and Lauren Schmitz helped organize the inaugural The Advances in Social Genomics Conference.
Schmitz advances aging research with groundbreaking Malawi project
Assistant Professor Lauren Schmitz and her team of researchers were awarded a National Institute on Aging grant for their work on the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health.
Fletcher interview with the American Society of Health Economists
ASHEcon’s Kosali Simon discusses the frontier of sociogenetics research with Jason Fletcher.
New study led by Fletcher advances understanding of geographic health disparities
By looking at where people were born instead of where they ultimately move to and die, geographic disparities in mortality look different, according to a new study by Jason Fletcher.
Fletcher awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship
Fletcher is one of three UW-Madison faculty selected for this prestigious fellowship this year, and the only scholar from the Sociology discipline to be selected.
Initiative in Social Genomics featured in On Wisconsin article “The Truth in Our Genes”
A recent feature in UW’s alumni magazine On Wisconsin explores UW-Madison’s rise as a leading hub for researchers who are investigating the complex issues of social genomics.