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A new publication in the journal Ear and Hearing by a team of authors from Duke and UNC, including DUPRI Scholar Jessie West, finds that faster epigenetic aging—especially GrimAge & DunedinPACE clocks—is tied to poorer hearing in older adults, linking biological age markers to age‑related hearing loss.

A new paper out in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, authored by David Silver (UC Santa Barbara) and DUPRI Scholar Jonathan Zhang, looks at the impacts of VA disability compensation for mental disabilities for veterans.

A new article authored by DUPRI student Zhe Chen and Hongchuan Wang (Tsinghua University) published in Social Policy and Society, explores how economic development affects healthcare utilisation and social equity.

From primate biology to modern weight loss debates, Herman Pontzer, PhD, traces how evolution shaped a metabolism built for movement, adaptation, and survival. Hint: Exercise isn’t the calorie-burning bonanza you think it is.

A new publication from a team of Duke researchers, including DUPRI Scholars Jessica West, Hanzhang Xu, and Matthew Dupre investigates whether hearing loss is associated with hospitalizations among adults managing heart failure.

Dr. Heather Whitson’s life purpose came into focus when her love of science was linked to helping her grandmother confront Alzheimer’s disease. Through her work at Duke, Whitson has found that Alzheimer’s and dementia are diseases of aging that could be prevented decades before initial symptoms set in.

A new publication in Nature Mental Health from an international team of authors, including DUPRI scholars Avshalom Caspi and Terrie Moffitt, examines the relationship between mental health conditions and self-harm, assault and unintentional injuries using administrative data from Norway and New Zealand. The work was funded in part by pilot grants from both DPRC and CPHA.

The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced it will award Kenneth Dodge, the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society. The award, given by Division 7 of the American Psychological Association (APA), recognizes an individual whose work, over a lifetime career, has contributed not only to the science of developmental psychology, but also to the practical application of developmental psychology to society.

Application Period Now Open – Deadline February 5 Summer 2026 Session Hosted by University of Minnesota June 7—19, 2026

A recent publication in SSM – Mental Health titled "Beyond the individual: Household activity of daily living limitations, urban-rural residence, and mental health" by a multidisciplinary team of researchers, including DUPRI Scholars Manoj Mohanan and Jennifer Lansford, investigates how limitations in activities of daily living (ADLs) among household members relate to the mental health of others living in the same household.