Margaret M. Weden

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Social Scientist
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in population dynamics, Johns Hopkins University; M.H.S. in biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health

Overview

Biography

Margaret Weden is a demographer, public health researcher, and statistician who studies population dynamics — specifically health, health behaviors, mortality, and social disparities. Her most recent and current work addresses intergenerational determinants of youth smoking trajectories, statistical and computational methods for studying multilevel and life course determinants of childhood obesity. She has past and ongoing work on the application of GIS technology to public health systems and services research. Weden received her Ph.D in population dynamics and M.H.S. in biostatistics from Johns Hopkins University.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Neighborhood Characteristics and Cognitive Health in U.S. Older Adults
  • Combined-survey Estimation & Markov-chain Simulation of Childhood Obesity
  • Intergenerational Determinants of Youth Smoking Trajectories
  • Mapping the Gaps: Enhancing Local Health Department Priority Setting and Decision-Making for Program Planning
  • Estimating Differentials in Return to Work after Injury from Two Surveys

Selected Publications

Link, B.G., Carpiano, R.M, Weden, M.M., "Can Honorific Awards Give Us Clues About the Connection Between Socioeconomic Status and Mortality," American Sociological Review (forthcoming)

Weden, M.M., Brownell, P., Rendall, M.S., Lau, C., Fernandes, M., Nazarov, Z., "Parent-reported Height and Weight as Sources of Bias in Survey Estimates of Childhood Obesity," American Journal of Epidemiology (forthcoming)

Weden, M.M., Miles, J.M.V, "Intergenerational Relationships Between the Smoking Patterns of a Population-Representative Sample of US Mothers and the Smoking Trajectories of Their Children," American Journal of Public Health, 102(4):723-731, 2012

Frisco, M.L.F, Weden, M.M., Lippert, A.M., Burnett, K.D, "The Multidimensional Relationship between Early Adult Body Weight and Women's Childbearing Experiences," Social Science & Medicine, 74(11):1703-1711, 2012

Weden, M.M., Bird, C.E., Escarce, J.E., Lurie, N., "Neighborhood archetypes for population health research: Is there no place like home," Health & Place, 17:289-299, 2011

Rendall, M.S., Weden, M.M. Favreault, H. Waldron, "The Protective Effect of Marriage for Survival: A Review and Update," Demography, 48(2), 2011

Weden, M.M., R.A. Brown, "Historical and life course timing of the male mortality disadvantage in Europe: Epidemiologic transitions, evolution, and behavior," Social Biology, 53(1-2):61-79, 2008

Weden, M.M., R.M. Carpiano, S.A Robert, "Perceived Neighborhood Quality, Census Tract Socioeconomic Characteristics, and Adult Health," Social Science & Medicine, 66(6):1256-1270, 2008

Publications

Can Honorific Awards Give Us Clues About the Connection Between Socioeconomic Status and Mortality? - 2013

Hispanic and Black US Children's Paths to High Adolescent Obesity Prevalence - 2012

Is the Intergenerational Transmission of Smoking from Mother to Child Mediated by Children's Behavior Problems? - 2012

Prenatal, Perinatal, Early Life, and Sociodemographic Factors Underlying Racial Differences in the Likelihood of High Body Index in Early Childhood - 2012

Intergenerational Relationships Between the Smoking Patterns of a Population-Representative Sample of US Mothers and the Smoking Trajectories of Their Children - 2011

Mapping the Gaps: Ideas for Using GIS to Enhance Local Health Department Priority Setting and Program Planning - 2011

Multiple Imputation for Combined-Survey Estimation With Incomplete Regressors In One But Not Both Surveys - 2011

Neighborhood Archetypes for Population Health Research: Is There No Place Like Home? - 2011

The Multidimensional Relationship Between Early Adult Body Weight and Women's Childbearing Experiences - 2011

The Protective Effect of Marriage for Survival: A Review and Update - 2011

Using Geographic Information Systems to Match Local Health Needs with Public Health Services and Programs - 2011

A Life-Course Approach to the Study of Neighborhoods and Health - 2010

Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Status and Biological 'Wear and Tear' in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adults - 2010

Technical Detail and Appendices for a Study of Neighborhood Archetypes for Population Health Research - 2010

Enhancing Public Health Emergency Preparedness for Special Needs Populations: A Toolkit for State and Local Planning and Response - 2009

Subjective and Objective Neighborhood Characteristics and Adult Health - 2008

Historical and Life Course Timing of the Male Mortality Disadvantage in Europe: Epidemiologic Transitions, Evolution, and Behavior - 2007

Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Timing of First Marriage and Smoking Cessation - 2007

Twentieth Century U.S. Racial Inequalities in Mortality: Changes in the Average Age of Death and the Variability in the Age of Death for White and non-White Men and Women, 1900-2002 - 2007

Historical and Life Course Timing of the Male Mortality Disadvantage in Europe: Epidemiologic Transitions, Evolution, and Behavior - 2006