PhD Candidate, Departments of Population Health Sciences & Sociology

Research Interests: Social epidemiology, demography, mixed methods, reproductive health and human development, health disparities, global health, Southeast Asia, disease ecology

Differentials in health development and the intergenerational transmission of health
Measuring population effects of public health interventions in development contexts
Migrant and refugee health and health selective migration and displacement
Citizenship, legal status, and the health impacts of social marginalization

Publications:

Diaz, C. J., Koning, S. M., & Martinez-Donate, A. P. (2016). Moving Beyond Salmon Bias: Mexican Return Migration and Health Selection. Demography, 53(6), 2005-2030.

Koning, Stephanie M. “Could universal health care coverage restrict access? The mixed effects of universal coverage on minorities’ receipt of obstetric care in northern Thailand.” The Lancet Global Health 2 (2014): S17.

Research in the news, etc.:

University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Demography Newsletter features my dissertation research (2017)

New Studies Link U.S. Hispanics’ Longer Life Expectancy to Migration Patterns, Less Smoking (Population Reference Bureau 2017)

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