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Our Mission

The Hopkins Population Center (HPC) stimulates and facilitates original research that combines the core strengths in social science, public health, and biostatistics in emerging areas of population dynamics research. The HPC promotes cutting-edge methodology that integrates demography, population health and data science. The HPC has a priority in nurturing early-career Faculty Associates.  This mission is based on the significance and innovation of three primary research areas: (1) poverty and inequality, (2) sexual and reproductive health, and (3) family, maternal and child health.

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Core Services

dev core

The Development Core supports early-career associates with funding, mentorship, and workshops, including grants for skill-building, research development, and the Pilot Research Program for innovative projects.

scientific core

The Scientific Core supports research with expertise in sociology, biostatistics, and data analytics, offering services, funding, workshops, and secure data analysis resources.

admin core

The Administrative Core supports HPC by managing grants, ensuring compliance, and organizing seminars, educational programs, and outreach activities to share research.

HPC Associates in the News

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​​Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s investigation reveals that Texas’ 2021 abortion ban led to a sharp rise in life-threatening pregnancy complications, particularly sepsis among women experiencing second-trimester pregnancy loss. As maternal deaths declined nationally, […]

Report: Infant mortality and births on the rise 

A study published in the American Journal of Medical Association found that infant mortality rose by 6% in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans following the overturning of Roe v. […]