Appendix B
Meeting Agendas
Committee on Rising Midlife Mortality Rates
and Socioeconomic Disparities
Meeting #1
February 11-12, 2019
Keck Center, E Street Conference Room
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
DAY 1 – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019
9:00 – 9:30 am | Welcome, Introductions, Overview of Agenda |
Mary Ellen O’Connell, Executive Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) | |
Kathleen Mullan Harris (Committee Chair), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Malay Majmundar, Study Director |
9:30 – 10:00 am | Overview of the National Academies Study Process – What Lies Ahead |
Mary Ellen O’Connell, Executive Director, DBASSE | |
10:00 – 11:00 am | Sponsor Interests and Perspectives; Discussion of Statement of Task |
Amelia Karraker, National Institute on Aging | |
Kerry Anne McGeary, Senior Program Officer, Research-Evaluation-Learning, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | |
11:00 – 11:15 am | BREAK |
11:15 am–12:00 pm | Mid-Life Mortality: Overview of Trends and Differentials |
Ryan Masters, University of Colorado Boulder | |
12:00 – 12:40 pm | LUNCH (discussion continues) |
12:40 – 2:00 pm | Behavioral Factors, Life-Course Perspectives, and the Role of SES and the Health System: Highlights from the June 2017 Planning Meeting1 |
Kathleen Mullan Harris (Committee Chair), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
2:00 – 5:15 pm | CLOSED SESSION (committee and staff only) |
5:15 pm | Adjournment |
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1 See http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/CPOP/DBASSE_180012.
DAY 2 – TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019
9:00 am – 3:00 pm | CLOSED SESSION (committee and staff only) |
3:00 pm | Adjournment |
Committee on Rising Midlife Mortality Rates and Socioeconomic Disparities
Meeting #2
April 30 – May 1, 2019
Keck Center, Room 206
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
DAY 1 – TUESDAY, APRIL 30
8:30 – 10:30 am | CLOSED SESSION (committee and staff only) |
10:30 – 11:15 am | Understanding the Role of Economic Changes and Macroeconomic Shocks |
Christopher Ruhm, University of Virginia | |
(15 minute presentation followed by Q&A) | |
11:15 am – 12: 00 pm | Understanding Trends in Optimism/Wellness/Despair |
Carol Graham, Brookings Institution | |
(15 minute presentation followed by Q&A) | |
12:00 – 12:45 pm | LUNCH |
12:45 – 1:30 pm | Understanding Family Structure and the Life Course |
Andrew Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University | |
(15 minute presentation followed by Q&A) |
1:30 – 2:00 pm | General Discussion |
2:00 – 2:15 pm | BREAK |
2:15 – 5:00 pm | CLOSED SESSION (committee and staff only) |
5:00 pm | Adjournment |
DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
9:00 am – 3:00 pm | CLOSED SESSION (committee and staff only) |
3:00 pm | Adjournment |
Committee on Rising Midlife Mortality Rates and Socioeconomic Disparities
Meeting #3
July 18-19, 2019
Keck Center, Room 208
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
DAY 1 – THURDAY, JULY 18
8:30 – 8:45 am | Welcome and Overview of Agenda |
8:45 – 9:45 am | Anne Case (Princeton University) |
Will discuss updates to her research on midlife mortality | |
9:45 – 10:00 am | BREAK |
10:00 – 11:00 am | Erika Blacksher (University of Washington) |
Will discuss concepts of “whiteness” and the potential relevance of race/racism as it relates to midlife mortality | |
11:00 – 11:30 am | General Discussion |
11:30 am – 12:30 pm | LUNCH |
12:30 – 5:00 pm | CLOSED SESSION (committee and staff only) |
5:00 pm | Adjournment |
DAY 2 – FRIDAY, JULY 19
9:00 am – 3:00 pm | CLOSED SESSION (committee and staff only) |
3:00 pm | Adjournment |
Committee on Rising Midlife Mortality Rates and Socioeconomic Disparities
Meeting #4
October 21-22, 2019
Keck Center, Room 101
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
DAY 1 – MONDAY, OCTOBER 21
8:30 – 8:45 am | Welcome and Overview of Agenda |
8:45 – 9:45 am | Jennifer Silva (Indiana University Bloomington) |
Will discuss qualitative/ethnographic work relating to mid-life mortality, including on sentiments on “hopelessness” and “despair” and how they affect health | |
9:45 – 10:00 am | BREAK |
10:00 – 11:00 am | Kathleen Frydl |
Will provide an overview of the role played by opioids and other drugs, as well as historical/political/regulatory context for supply- and demand-side forces |
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | General Discussion |
12:00 – 1:00 pm | LUNCH |
1:00 – 5:30 pm | CLOSED SESSION (committee and staff only) |
5:30 pm | Adjournment |
DAY 2 – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22
9:00 am – 3:30 pm | CLOSED SESSION (committee and staff only) |
3:30 pm | Adjournment |