Date/Time
Date(s) - Feb 26, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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CAPS Seminar: Debra Umberson of University of Texas at Austin.
Death of a Child: Race, Risk, and Parents’ Health
Debra Umberson’s research focuses on social factors that influence population health with a particular emphasis on aging and life course change, stress and social ties, and gender, sexuality, and racial variation in health disparities. Her recent research, supported by the National Institute on Aging, examines how marital relationships affect health-related behavior and health care, and how the processes vary across gay, lesbian, and heterosexual unions. In her current research, also supported by NIA, she focuses on racial/ethnic differences in exposure to the death of family members across the life course and the implications for long-term health and mortality disparities. liberalarts.utexas.edu