Publications & Research Output

Socioeconomic Status and Health Risk Behaviors: Evidence from Smoking, Tobacco Use, and Alcohol Consumption. The National Research Conference of NAIHS, organized by the Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, May 15, 2026.

Sapkota, B

Birth Outcomes and Socio-demographic Influences on Child Growth in Nepal: Evidence from Chitwan Valley. The National Research Conference of NAIHS, organized by the Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, May 15.

Bagale, D.

Association between Work-related Physical Strain and Environmental Exposure with Functional Mobility among Older Nepali Adults: Evidence from the CVFS-SCAN Study. Poster presented at the National Research Conference of NAIHS organized by the Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 15.

Ghimire, K

Birth Outcomes and Socio-demographic Influences on Child Growth in Nepal: Evidence from Chitwan Valley. Poster presented at the 12th National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal organized by the National Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 10–12.

Bagale, D

Associations between Multimorbidity and Physical Performance in Older Nepali Adults: Evidence from the CVFS-SCAN Study. Poster presented at the 12th National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal organized by the National Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 10–12.

Sapkota, H.

PRESENTATION: Women’s Labor Force Participation and Child Health in Nepal

Brauner-Otto, S. R., Baird, S., & Ghimire, D.

PRESENTATION: Children’s Well-Being in Diverse Migration Contexts: Goals, Design and Preliminary Findings from the FAMELO Project

Glick, J., Agadjanian, V., Ghimire, D., Hayford, S., Santos, C., Eggum-Wilkens, N., & Yabiku, S.

The Chitwan Valley Family Study – Study ion Cognitive Aging (CVFS-SCAN). Invited lecture at the Tribhuvan University School of Nursing, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 21

Carlos Mendes de Leon

Building Sustainable Research Programs on Aging and Dementia in LMIC. New Population Surveys in Lebanon & Nepal. Paper presented at Global Brain Network Meeting Bethesda, MD, USA. November 15

Carlos F. Mendes de Leon

Carlos F. Mendes de Leon. Aging and Dementia Research from a Global Perspective. Seminar presented for the Global Health Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. September 22

Population Research on Aging and Dementia in LMIC: New Projects in Lebanon and Nepal. Invited lecture, School of Public and Population Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tx, USA. December 14,

Carlos F. Mendes de Leon

Population-based dementia assessment in Nepal: The Chitwan Valley Family Study- Study of Cognition and Aging in Nepal (CVFS-SCAN). Paper presented at 5th Annual Meeting of the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) International Network, Bethesda, MD, USA, October 12-13,

Emily Briceno-Abreu

Nepal Study of Dementia and Aging. Meeting of the international Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP). Bethesda, MD, USA. September 19,

Carlos F. Mendes de Leon

Migration, Modes of Production, Energy Use, and Ecological Values. Poster presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting, April 17-20, Columbus, OH

Yabiku, S., Glick, J., & Salim, Z.

“Overseas and Offspring: Implications of multi-level household migration on parity progression in origin context.” Paper presented at session 819 – Migration, Migrants, and Fertility, Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA. April 12-15,

Labovitz, Emma R.

“Disasters in Potential Destination and Their Effects on Migration Decisions.” Poster presented at session P04 - Migration, Immigration, and Race/Ethnicity, Population Association of America, Columbus, Ohio. April 17-20,

Gardner, Anna and Labovitz, Emma R.

“Reconceptualizing Transition to Adulthood: The Impact of Childhood Migration Contexts in a Low- and Middle-Income Country.” Paper presented at regular session – Centering Children and Families in the Study of International Migration, American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada. August 9-13,

Labovitz, Emma R

“Sons’ Migration & the Religiosity of Mothers.” Paper presented at the Asian Population Association Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal,

Labovitz, Emma, Katharina Klaunig, and Lisa D. Pearce.

“Reconceptualizing transition to adulthood: Bringing migration into transition to adulthood trajectories in a high labor migration setting.” Paper presented at Panel 1- Migration and Social Change in Nepal, CESLAM, Kathmandu, Nepal. February 17-18.

Labovitz, Emma R.

Spatial AI, data science, & sustainability challenges, lightning talk as panelist at AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: Spatial AI and Data Science for Sustainability Solutions, March 24, Detroit, Michigan.

An, L.

Modeling agent decisions and actions with the aid of artificial intelligence: Complex systems & GIScience approaches, 2025 annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers at Huntington Place, March 26, Detroit, Michigan.

An, L. Volker Grimm, Yu Bai, and B.L. Turner II

Uncovering hidden spillover effects among concurrent conservation initiatives: a geospatial data science approach", The Texas A&M University, April 07

An, L.

Weather weddings: Tracing climate’s role in Nepal’s child marriages. Auburn GIS Day, Auburn, AL, December

Wei, X., and L. An.

Uncovering hidden spillover effects among concurrent green initiatives. The International Association for Landscape Ecology-North America (IALE-North America) 2024 Annual Meeting, April 4, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the USA.

An, L, C. Song, and Q. Zhang.

Green the ecosystems at multiple spatial & temporal scales—Complex systems & data science approach. Invited seminar at Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University, November 20,

An, L.