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James W. Vaupel

PPARC Faculty Director, DuPRI Founding Director, Duke Research Professor, and Founding Director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

E-mail Address: vaupel@duke.edu
Location:   Sanford Institute of Public Policy (Rubenstein Hall 186)
Website: http://user.demogr.mpg.de/jwv/
Mailing Address: Sanford Institute of Public Policy Rubenstein Hall, Rm 186, 302 Towerview Rd. Durham, NC 27708-0309 -or - MPI of Demographic Research, Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 1, 18057 Rostock, Germany

Research Summary

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

Publications (More Publications)

1. Christensen, K. and G. Doblhammer and R. Rau and J. W. Vaupel (2010) Ageing and health: authors' reply Lancet
2. Rebke, M. and T. Coulson and P. H. Becker and J. W. Vaupel (2010) Reproductive improvement and senescence in a long-lived bird Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America published online April
3. Vaupel, J. W. (2010) Biodemography of human ageing Nature
4. Gunn, David A. and H. Rexbye and C. E. M. Griffiths and P. G. Murray and A. Fereday and S. D. Catt and C. C. Tomlin and B. H. Strongitharm and D. I. Perrett and M. Catt and A. E. Mayes and A. G. Messenger and M. R. Green and F. V. D. Ouderaa and J. W. Vaupel and K. Christensen (2009) Why Some Women Look Young for Their Age PLoS ONE