Career Development Prestigious Award Recipient: Dr. Julia Jennings

Dr. Julia Jennings, has been awarded a prestigious Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award by the National Institute on Aging (NIH). Her project,Kin Networks and Old-Age Survival During the Demographic Transition,examines the role of kinship ties in the wellbeing of older adults. The project investigates the effects of kin networks and economic resources on adult mortality in historical and contemporary aging populations using data from Orkney, Scotland, the Schottish Longitudinal Study, and the Healthy Aging in Scotland (HAGIS) Study.