Carolina Population Center

北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的卡罗莱纳人口中心（CPC）在NICHD R24人口研究基础设施计划下寻求五年拨款的续期。中国中文大学成立于1966年，目前有来自15个系和5个学院的58名教员。八个标志性主题共同描述了教师的人口研究兴趣：性行为，避孕药具的使用和生殖健康；生育、家庭和儿童；生命历程视角；生物和社会相互作用；人口流动、多样性与不平等；地点、空间和健康；人口与环境；以及人口与健康政策和计划。中心活动的参与范围很广：目前，除主任外，还有18名不同的研究员在中心行政活动中发挥作用；近五年来，有40名研究员担任中国共产党博士研究生的导师（顾问）；45名研究员在与人口相关的拨款或合同中担任PI或共同调查员。

The Carolina Population Center (CPC) at UNC-Chapel Hill seeks renewal of a five-year grant under the NICHD R24 Population Research Infrastructure Program. Established in 1966, CPC draws its current body of 58 elected faculty fellows from 15 departments and five schools. Eight signature themes collectively describe the population research interests of the faculty: Sexual Behavior, Contraceptive Use, and Reproductive Health; Fertility, Families, and Children; Life Course Perspectives; Biological and Social Interactions; Population Movement, Diversity, and Inequality; Place, Space, and Health; Population and Environment; and Population and Health Policies and Programs. Participation in Center activities is broad: currently, 18 different faculty fellows in addition to the Director are taking a role in CPC administrative activities; over the past five years, 40 fellows have served as preceptors (advisors) to CPC pre- and postdoctoral trainees; 45 fellows have been PI or co- investigator on a population-relevant grant or contract. An outstanding research infrastructure is essential to the creativity and productivity of the faculty fellows, their funding record, and research impact. As of fall 2009, CPC's portfolio consisted of 65 funded research projects and 5 supplements. Since 2004, CPC fellows, trainees, and staff published almost 1200 population-relevant articles, chapters, edited volumes, and monographs. Their research addresses the population field and also reaches out to the broader public health community, policy-makers, and the public. CPC faculty fellows also make fundamental contributions to the research infrastructure of the field through major longitudinal data collections based at the Center, such as the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. These innovative studies expand their impact by sharing data through mechanisms that CPC pioneered. Research based at CPC is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary. With the existing web of collaboration as a platform, the Center provides services and support that foster the cross-fertilization of methods, tools, and perspectives in the development of innovative population research.