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June 23, 2010
Dr. Harris to speak at Congressional Briefing on impact of the economic downturn
On Monday, July 12, 2010, Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris, Director and Principal Investigator of the Add Health study, will speak at a Congressional Briefing titled "Recession and Recovery: How are Americans Affected?" in Washington, D.C. The briefing is being sponsored by the Population Association of America (PAA). Using data from...
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June 23, 2010
Dr. Harris presents Add Health Research at Genetics and Social Science Conference
Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris, Director and Principal Investigator of the Add Health study, presented novel findings based on Add Health genetics data at the "Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences" conference in Boulder, Colorado on June 2-3, 2010. Dr. Harris' paper titled "The Dopamine Transporter Gene, a Spectrum of Most...
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May 3, 2010
On-line registration opens for 2010 Add Health Users Conference
We are pleased to announce that on-line registration for the ninth Add Health Users Conference is now open! The conference will take place on July 22-23, 2010 on the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The conference is being co-sponsored by the Office of Behavior...
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November 19, 2009
Add Health research on mentorship of disadvantaged teens covered in ScienceDaily
A new study based on Add Health data shows that mentoring makes a positive impact on teens’ long-term educational attainment.
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