Population Dynamics and Economic Primaacy in an Aging World

Activity Type: 
Lecture
Presenter: 
David E. Bloom PhD, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography in the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health
Date: 
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 12:00 to 13:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
A115 Auditorium, Graduate School of Public Health
Contact Person: 
Center for Global Health
Contact Phone: 
412-624-6985
Cost: 
Free

Dr. David E. Bloom is an economist whose work focuses on health, demography, education, and labor. In recent years, he has written extensively on the links among health status,population dynamics, and economic growth. Dr. Bloom has published over 300 articles, book chapters, and books. Dr. Bloom currently serves as a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of amfAR, and the Foundation for AIDS Research. Dr. Bloom also serves as Director of Harvard’s Program on the Global Demography of Aging. In April 2005 Dr. Bloom was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Bloom received a BS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1976, and a PhD in Economics and Demography from Princeton University in 1981.

UCIS Unit: 
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors: 
University of Pittsburgh
Center for Aging and Population Health
Department of Epidemiology-Graduate School of Public Health and the Center for Global Health
World Regions: 
International