Ageing and Frailty: International Study and Seminar
In October, a two-day seminar entitled ‘Ageing and frailty in Norway and Russia’ was held by HSE University’s International Laboratory for Population and Health. In addition to purely demographic results concerning the changing age structure of the population and growing life expectancy, most presentations were devoted to the comparative assessment of physical and cognitive status among elderly people, cardiovascular aging, as well as social and medical support for the elderly. We spoke with the organizers and participants of the seminar about their research findings and the implications for society and public health.
State and Civic Efforts Helped Save at Least 80,000 Lives in Russia During the Pandemic, HSE Experts Say
In a study, ‘How Many Deaths from COVID-19 Were Avoided by Russian Society’, experts from HSE University found that the restrictive measures taken by the Russian government and its citizens to combat the spread of the virus saved the lives of tens of thousands of Russians.
Seminar "Inequality in infant mortality rate in the population of modern Russia"
On March 5, the regular seminar of the Modern Demography series was held. At the seminar, Evgeny Mikhailovich Andreev, head of the International Laboratory for Population and Health, presented the report "Inequality in the infant mortality rate among the population of modern Russia."
Anniversary session "Contribution of Evgeny M. Andreev to the study of mortality"
A special session in honor of the anniversary of Evgeny M. Andreev was held on November 21, as part of the international conference "Demographic trends in Russia: Legacy of the Soviet Era or a new tendency?"
Seminar "Demographic Indicators in May (2018) Presidential Decree"
The 13th scientific seminar “Modern Demography” was hold on 7 February. At the seminar, Evgeni M. Andreev, Ph.D., head of the International Laboratory for Population and Health (NRU HSE) made a presentation on “Demographic Indicators in the May Decree of the President”.
Seminar "Relationship between mortality rates and economic development in the regions of Russia"
The 9th scientific seminar ‘Modern demography’ was held on the 29th of March. Evgeniy M. Andreev, PhD, laboratory head of the International laboratory for population and health NRU HSE, and Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, PhD, academic supervisor of the International laboratory for population and health NRU HSE, the research scientist at the Laboratory of demographic data of Max Planck Institute for demographic research, presented a paper "Relationship between mortality rates and economic development in the regions of Russia".
Seminar "Algorithm for decomposition of differences between two aggregated demographic measures"
The second seminar ‘Modern demography’ of the International laboratory for population and health NRU HSE, was held on 22nd of March. Evgeny M. Andreev, head of the дaboratory, presented the decomposition method and demonstrated some examples of its application for demographic and public health analysis.
The demographic effect of anti-alcohol policy measures in Russia. Report presented by E.M. Andreev at a meeting of the Demographic group of the Central house of scientists of the Russian academy of sciences (RAS)
A meeting of the Demographic group of the Central house of scientists of the RAS took place on the 27th of February in the Central House of Scientists of the RAS, where Evgeny M. Andreev, head of the International laboratory for population and health of NRU HSE, presented a paper ‘Demographic effect of anti-alcohol policy measures in Russia’.