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Mark D. Hayward

Professor of Sociology, Centennial Commission Professor in the Liberal Arts, and Director of the Population Health Initiative, University of Texas at Austin
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About Mark

Hayward’s primary research addresses how life course exposures and events influence the morbidity and mortality experiences of the adult population. Most recently, he has been investigating the fundamental inequalities in adult mortality in the United States arising from educational experience, differences in these associations by race and gender, and the growing educational inequality in mortality. 

Hayward is the chair-elect of the Sociology of Population section of the ASA, a member of the Committee on Population, National Academy of Sciences, and has served on a number of advisory boards of national studies of population health, the Population Association of America, the Society of Biodemography ad Social Biology, and others. He has a long-standing interest in enhancing the measurement and collection of population health data, particularly longitudinal data, and has served as the president of the Southern Demographic Association, chair of the Aging and Life Course section of the American Sociological Association, among other appointments.

Contributions

How Do U.S. States Influence the Health and Longevity of Their Residents?

  • Jennifer Karas Montez
  • Douglas A. Wolf