"On Wisconsin: People, Places, Health and Aging": In-Person Badger Talk in Madison, WI

This is a free, in-person talk hosted on January 26, 2027 at 11:00 AM by Vista West in Madison, WI. Please register for this event by calling (608)-820-1803 or emailing [email protected]. This talk will be recorded and posted on the Vista West Facebook page for viewing after the event.
The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) has followed Wisconsin’s 1957 high school graduates for 66 years, linking early and midlife experiences with later-life health. Recently, WLS engaged Hmong refugees resettled in Wisconsin to understand similarities and differences in the experiences of aging in the state.
Michal Engelman is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Director of the Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA), and the Principal Investigator of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), one of the premier American data resources for interdisciplinary research on aging and the life course. Engelman’s research combines methods from the social sciences and public health to examine health across the life course, with emphasis on early and mid-life exposures that influence health and mortality inequities.