Social Environments and Population Health
The training program, funded by a T32 grant from the National Institutes of Health, provides multidisciplinary in-class training in population health issues for predoctoral students. It also provides mentored research and numerous professionalization activities, including colloquia, workshops, and support to attend conferences. For more information, see T32 predoctoral training activities 1-2024.
T32 Training Directors
Dr. John Iceland, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography (email: jdi10@psu.edu), and Dr. Jennifer Van Hook, Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography (email: jxv21@psu.edu)
T32 Faculty
Most of the training faculty are drawn from five of the participating dual-title Demography programs: Sociology, Human Development and Family Studies, Anthropology, Rural Sociology, and Health Policy and Administration.
Current Trainees
T32 Postdoc: Lauren Broyles (PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State University, 2023)
T32 Predoctoral trainees:
- Erik Dolgoff, Ph.D. candidate in Human Development & Family Studies and Demography
- Justin Hendricks, M.A. candidate in Sociology and Demography
- Abbie Robinson, Ph.D. candidate in Rural Sociology and Demography
- Cayley Ryan-Claytor, PhD. candidate in Sociology and Demography
- Kelsey Shaulis, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and Demography
Recent T32 alumni
Postdoctoral scholars: Dr. Léa Pessin (ENSAE Paris, France), Cate McNamee (Queens University, Belfast, UK); Dr. Molly Dondero (American University), Dr. Cory Anderson, K99 award candidate.
Predoctoral trainees:
- Current Penn State Students: Aarti Bhat, Michael Caniglia, Leslie Ford, Jorden Jackson, Arinala Randrianasolo, and Anna Shetler
- Penn State Graduates: Dr. Kendell Lowry (Institute for Women’s Policy Research), Dr. Lauren Newmeyer (Bowling Green State University), Dr. Megan Evans (Max Plank Institute), Dr. Jesse Smith (Benedictine College), Dr. Jane Lankes Smith (Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center), Dr. Brianne Pragg (Battelle, Inc.), Dr. Cadhla McDonnell (Trinity College in Dublin), Dr. Chanell Washington (U.S. Census Bureau), Dr. Lisa Boyd (Virginia Tech), Dr. Yeris Mayol-Garcia (U.S. Census Bureau), Dr. Aggie Yellow Horse (Arizona State University), Dr. Sarah Patterson (University of Michigan), Dr. Kyler Sherman-Wilkins (Missouri State University), and Dr. Ashley Larsen Gibby (Brigham Young University).
Application Process
Applications to the T32 program are currently closed. For more information on the application process, see the T32 application process for predoctoral students.