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Upcoming CHAI Events
- CHAI Speaker Series webinar – Supporting End-of-Life in Dementia Care
- Thursday, October 23, 2025 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST
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Center Spotlight
Evan Roberts, PhD
Evan Roberts is an Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine and Population Studies programs at the University of Minnesota. His research interests are at the intersection of historical demography and the social determinants of health and mortality. Currently, he is working on three major projects. Two projects are using New Zealand data examine the life course of health: one study examines how randomized land redistribution and subsidized mortgages can inform our knowledge of how wealth affects life expectancy. His book project, which is supported by the Fesler-Lampert chair for 2025-26, looks at veteran suicide after the two world wars. In Minnesota, Roberts is leading the Minnesota Zoning Atlas, creating a public use dataset of zoning regulations that covers most of the state’s population and contributing to the National Zoning Atlas.
Dr. Evan Roberts is the 2025 – 2026 Fesler-Lampert Chair in Aging. Learn more about Evan Roberts’ work.
