Invitation | 16.01.2025BiB Population Research Series

Iliana V. Kohler is Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests in the demographic, health and social aspects of aging in low and middle income contexts.

Abstract

The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH) is at the forefront of studies investigating cognitive aging in African low-income countries. This talk will focus on the novel research agenda on which the MLSFH embarked in 2024 that adopts a novel biosocial framework guiding study design, data collection and analyses for MLSFH research on ging, cognition and ADRD. The talk will highlight the potentials and challenges of a biosocial research agenda for understanding cognitive aging in sub-Saharan Africa low-income countries where these topics have rarely been studied, and will provide a “roadmap” based on the recent MLSFH experience for other studies interested in pursuing a similarly innovative approach to studying cognition and ADRD in other low- and middle-income countries.

Location

The event will take place on the 3rd floor of the BiB in presence and online as a Webex conference.

Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB)
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4
65189 Wiesbaden, Germany

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Background

In our BiB Population Research Series, we address current topics in population research and in related disciplines. Scientists from Germany and abroad present results from their research work in English.