Gap widens for honorary PhDs

1101The Gap Widens: Invasive Pneumococcal Serotype Distribution among Adults

The black-white test score gap widens with age?

We re-examine the theoretical concept of a production function for cognitive achievement, and argue that an indirect production function that depends upon the variables that constrain parents’ choices is both more tractable from an econometric point of view, and more interesting from an economic point of view than is a direct production function that depends upon a detailed list of direct input...

Panel: Alternative Careers for Biomedical Informatics PhDs

The number of doctoral training programs in informatics increases every year, however not every doctoral candidate wishes to pursue a traditional career in academia. In addition, the knowledge and skills acquired through scientific training at the doctoral level can be valuable, even critical, for a number of career paths outside of academic research and teaching. This panel will present a dive...

Geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980-200: the gap widens.

OBJECTIVE To monitor geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand during the period 1980 to 2001, a time of rapid social and economic change in society. METHODS Age-standardised mortality rates were calculated using mortality records aggregated to a consistent set of geographical areas (the 2001 District Health Boards) for the periods 1980-82, 1985-87, 1990-92, 1995-97 and 1999-2001. In...

The obesity epidemic slows among the middle-aged population in Sweden while the socioeconomic gap widens

BACKGROUND Obesity prevalence has continuously increased in Northern Sweden as elsewhere. A cohort effect has been shown and an increasing proportion of the middle-aged population is maintaining body weight. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that the obesity epidemic continues but at different speeds that are dependent on socioeconomic status. DESIGN Cross-sectional (103,940 adults) and long...