Population Center infrastructure to advance population dynamics research
Official title: Carolina Population Center
Funded at Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill · NIH-11616413 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A long-running research center at UNC Chapel Hill is requesting support to strengthen data resources, train junior scientists, and reduce administrative burden so it can study how populations grow, move, and are affected by inequality.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Chapel Hill, United States) |
| Project start | July 11, 2005 |
| Project end | February 28, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $589,670 |
| NIH project number | 3P2CHD050924-20S2 |
| Project ID | NIH-11616413 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Researchers and students at UNC Chapel Hill and collaborators who work with longitudinal health and population data.
✕Less likely to help
Direct patient care is not the focus; the grant supports infrastructure for researchers, not an intervention for individuals.
What this research studies
This grant would fund infrastructure at the Carolina Population Center to boost research impact and productivity. It emphasizes using large, publicly available longitudinal datasets to explore topics like sexuality, reproduction, fertility, families, health, environment, inequality, mobility, and well-being. The goal is to enable researchers, including junior scientists, to conduct more rigorous, causally informative studies while easing administrative hurdles. Researchers plan to leverage datasets such as the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and the China Health and Nutrition Survey to study life course processes and contextual factors. The work aims to reveal how sociodemographic factors shape health and disparities over time.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients could benefit from more robust insights into how life events and social factors affect health and well-being over the life course.
How similar studies have gone: Longitudinal, population-based research using large datasets has consistently yielded insights into health disparities and life-course influences.
Where this research is happening
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Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Guzzo, Karen B — Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- Study coordinator: Guzzo, Karen B
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.