John F. Watkins

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John F. Watkins

Chair and Professor at Public Health, University of Kentucky0 Followers

Dr. John F. Watkins, a professor at the University of Kentucky's College of Public Health, is a renowned expert in population aging and gerontology. As the Chair and Director of the Graduate Center for Gerontology, he combines his mathematical demography background with ethnographic skills to conduct research on demographic processes, population growth, and life course influences on health behaviors and home perceptions in later life. Watkins's influence extends beyond academia, as evidenced by his past presidency of the Population and Aging Specialty Groups of the Association of American Geographers, his service on the senior advisory panel of the National Science Foundation, and his numerous awards for his exceptional teaching and advising.

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