Curriculum Vitae
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2023
Dr. Newmyer is a demographer and sociologist whose work focuses on fertility, reproductive and sexual health, and aging, with special emphasis placed on the role social networks play in affecting and reflecting health behaviors. Her research focuses on both U.S. and international contexts. Her current projects examine how contextual and temporal circumstances shape fertility and sexual and reproductive health, romantic partnerships across the life course, and how demographic changes shape population health
Recent Publications:
Newmyer, Lauren, Kendal L. Lowrey, and Yuliana Levchenko. 2023. “Unplanned Costs and Benefits: Gender and Retirement Spousal Spillover Effects on Health.” Journal of Marriage and Family.
Newmyer, Lauren and Michelle L. Frisco. 2023. “The Relationship between Body Weight and Primary Healthcare Visits.” Population Research and Policy Review 42(4).
Newmyer, Lauren and Scott T. Yabiku. 2022. “Pregnancy Scares, Pregnancy Uncertainty, and Abortion Attitude Change.” Social Science Research 108: 102785.
Yabiku, Scott T. and Lauren Newmyer. 2022. “The Intergenerational Transmission of Sexual Frequency.” Biodemography and Social Biology 67(3-4): 175-186.
Newmyer, Lauren, Ashton M. Verdery, Haowei Wang, and Rachel Margolis. 2022. “Population Aging, Demographic Metabolism, and the Rising Tide of Late Middle to Older Adult Loneliness around the World.” Population and Development Review 48(3): 829-862.
Newmyer, Lauren, Megan Evans, and Corina Graif. 2022. “Socially Connected Neighborhoods and the Spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections.” Demography 59(4): 1299-1323.
Margolis, Rachel, Xiangnan Chai, Ashton M. Verdery, and Lauren Newmyer. 2022. “The Physical, Mental, and Social Health of Middle-Aged and Older Adults without Close Kin in Canada.” The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 77(7): 1350-1360.
Verdery, Ashton M., Lauren Newmyer, Brandon Wagner, and Rachel Margolis. 2021. “National Profiles of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality Risks by Age Structure and Preexisting Health Conditions.” The Gerontologist 61(1): 71-77.
Newmyer, Lauren, Ashton M. Verdery, Rachel Margolis, and Léa Pessin. 2021. “Measuring Older Adult Loneliness across Countries.” The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 76(7): 1408-1414.
