James W. Vaupel, Research Professor; Director, Population, Policy and Aging Research Center and Director, Duke Population Research Institute; Founding Director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research  

Office Location: 186 Rubenstein Hall
Email Address: vaupel@duke.edu
Web Page:http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/PublicPolicy/pparc/primary/vaupel

Areas of Expertise

  • Health Policy, Aging
  • Social Policy, Demography

Education:
PhD, Kennedy School, Harvard University, 1978
M.P.P. Policy Analysis, Harvard University, 1972
B.A. Mathematical Statistics, Harvard University, 1967

Research Description: Research: Demography of aging; mortality at advanced ages; environmental and genetic plasticity of mortality rates

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Elisabetta Barbi and Vaupel JW. "Comment on "inflammatory exposure and historical changes in human life-spans". Technical comment." Science 308.5729 (2005): 1743a.
  2. James R. Carey and Vaupel JW. "Biodemography." Handbook of Population. Ed. DL Poston and M Micklin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2005 Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
  3. Nadege Minois, Frajnt M, Wilson C and Vaupel JW. "Advances in measuring lifespan in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102.2 (2005): 402-406.
  4. J.W. Vaupel. "The biodemography of aging." Aging, health, and public policy: demographic and economic perspectives. Ed. LJ Waite New York: Population Council, 2005: 48-62. Supplement: Population and Development Review, 30, 2004
  5. James W. Vaupel, Baudisch A, Dölling M, Roach DA and Gampe J.. "The case for negative senescence. Theoretical Population." Biology 65.4 (2004): 339-351.

James W. Vaupel