Invited Presentations:
2024 “Racial and Ethnic Mortality Disparities in the US.” Enhancing Diversity in Health Aging Cohorts for Improved Research on Longevity and Health Span, NIA – NIMHD Workshop.
2024 “Mortality Disparities by Race and Ethnicity: Data Quality and New Challenges.” Population Studies Center Colloquium Series, University of Pennsylvania.
2023 “Life expectancy trends in the United States and the impact of drug-overdose and COVID-19 mortality.” Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
2023 “Differential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excess mortality and life expectancy loss with the Hispanic population.” Benjamin Leon Center for Geriatric Research and Education, Florida International University, Miami, FL.
2023 “Changes in Cause-Specific Mortality and Life Expectancy Trends in the US.” Federal-State Cooperative for Population Projections, 2023 Virtual Spring Meeting.
2022 “Differential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excess mortality and life expectancy loss within the Hispanic population.” Health Equity and Disparities Working Interest Group Meeting, National Center for Health Statistics.
2021 “US Life Tables with COVID-19.” Federal-State Cooperative for Population Projections, 2021 Virtual Spring Meeting.
2021 “Overview of US Vital Statistics Mortality Data and COVID-19.” Society for Epidemiologic Research Virtual Annual Conference.
2020 “Comments on the importance of Demographic Analysis as an evaluation of the 2020 Census,” 2020 Demographic Analysis News Conference, US Census Bureau.
2020 “Comments on: “The Preliminary Methodology for the 2020 Demographic Analysis Estimates, Deaths.” Demographic Analysis Workshop, Census Bureau.
2018 “United States Life Table Program: Moving into the Future.” National Association of Forensic Economics Southern Economic Association. Washington, DC.
2017 “Mortality Trends in the United States: Past, Present and Future.” American Academy of Insurance Medicine, 126 Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia.
2016 “Surprising Findings about Life Expectancy in the United States.” Aspen Institute Ideas Festival, Spotlight Health. Aspen, Colorado.
2016 “Evaluation and Enhancement of National Vital Statistics Mortality Data: the US American Indian/Alaska Native Population and Selected Hispanic Populations.” IUSSP Panel on Innovations and Strengthening CRVS Systems. World Bank, Washington, DC.
2015 “Evaluation and Enhancement of National Vital Statistics System Mortality Data: The US American Indian/Alaska Native Population and Selected Hispanic Populations.” Roger Herriot Innovation Award Session, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Washington, DC.
2015 “Plans for Multiple-Race Reporting of Death Data.” 2015 Annual Conference of the North American Association of Cancer Registries. Charlotte, NC.
2014 “Expanding the US Life Table Program by Race and Ethnicity.” 27th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts. Las Vegas, Nevada.
2014 “Are Hispanics Living Longer? Estimation of Hispanic Life Expectancy by Country of Origin and Nativity.” Distinguished Seminar Series on Aging, Benjamin Leon Center for Geriatric Research and Education, Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
2014 “US Life Tables: What Do They Say and How Are They Constructed.” American Association of Life Care Nurse Practitioners. Atlanta, Georgia.
2013 “US Life Table Program: Data Challenges, Methodological Solutions, and Future Development.” 2013 Southern Economic Association, National Association of Forensic Economics. Tampa, Florida.
2012 “Estimating Period Life Tables for Hispanic Sub-Groups.” 2012 International Conference on Aging in the Americas, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
2012 “Producing Mortality Estimates for US Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations: Challenges, Solutions and Moving Forward.” Putting Health Data to Use Locally in Maryland: A Workshop on Best Practices, Baltimore, Maryland.
2012 “Measuring Hispanic Mortality in the US: Challenges, Solutions and Moving Forward.” Covering the health and medical care of immigrants, Association of Health Care Journalists, San Antonio, Texas.
2011 “Estimating Period Life Tables for Hispanic Sub-Groups.” 13th Annual Interchange Between Statistics Canada and The National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland.
2010 “Classification of American Indian or Alaska Native AIAN on US Death Certificates and Effects on Mortality Measures.” International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement, Workshop on Life Expectancy and Other IGIHM Activities. Seattle, WA.
2010 “Addressing Racial/Ethnic Misclassification in Mortality Data to Produce US Life Tables for Historically Unrepresented Populations.” International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement, Workshop on Life Expectancy and Other IGIHM Activities. Seattle, WA.
2009 “Addressing Racial/Ethnic Misclassification in Mortality Data to Produce US Life Tables for Historically Unrepresented Populations.” NCHS-Statcan Interchange 2009, Hyattsville, MD.
2005 “Quality of Race and Hispanic Origin Reporting on Death Certificates in the United States: Special Focus on the American Indian Population.” International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development, Vancouver, Canada.
2005 “Quality of Race and Hispanic Origin Reporting on Death Certificates in the United States.” Centers for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2004 “Quality of Race and Hispanic Origin Reporting on Death Certificates in the United States.” CDC Community Initiative Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2004 “Revised Race/Ethnicity Standards: Implementation in Vital Statistics.” CDC Community Initiative Conference, Atlanta, GA.
2003 “National Mortality Statistics Data.” College of Medicine, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California.
2003 “Death Certificate Data and National Mortality Statistics.” Choctaw Nation Health Care Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
2002 “The Health Status of Hispanics.” National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
Conference and Workshop Presentations:
2024 “Data Impacts of Changes in Census Bureau Procedures for Race and Ethnicity Data” Population Association of America, Columbus, Ohio.
2023 “Differential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excess mortality and life expectancy loss within the Hispanic population.” Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA.
2019 “United States Life Table Program: Subnational Life Tables,” International Workshop on Subnational Life Tables. The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
2019. “Life expectancy decline.” NAPHSIS Annual Meeting, Miami, FA.
2018. “United States Small Area Life Expectancy Estimates Project USALEEP: Methodological challenges and strategies.” Workshop on Small Area Estimates of Life Expectancy, Claremont, California.
2017. “Mortality Data Quality – The Value of Linked Data.” VSCP Project Director’s Meeting, National Center for Health Statistics.
2016. “Life Expectancy Trends by Race and Ethnicity in the United States.” HHS Health Disparities Council Meeting, Washington, DC.
2015 “Period Life Tables for the Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population in CHSDA Counties.” 2015 National Conference on Health Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics.
2014 “Estimation of Period Life Tables for the Hispanic Population by Nativity and Country of Origin.” Health Disparities Working Group. National Center for Health Statistics.
2014 “Period Life Tables for the Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population in CHSDA Counties.” 2014 Concurrent NAPHSIS Annual Meeting and VSCP Project Directors, Seattle, Washington.
2013 “Mexican Mortality in the United States: Data Challenges.” Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA.
2012 “Old Age Mortality and New Census Population Estimates.” 2012 National Conference on Health Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics.
2009 “Race and Hispanic Origin Mortality Measurement Issues.” NAPHSIS, Baltimore, MD.
2008 Melonie Heron, Betzaida Tejada-Vera, Jiaquan Xu. “Changes in Population Composition and Attendant Mortality Regime in the United States.” Federal Forecasters Conference, Washington, D.C.
2008 “Quality of Race and Hispanic Origin Reporting on Death Certificates in the US.” National Academy Health, Washington, DC.
2007 “Estimation of US Life Tables for Minority Populations: Issues of Data Quality and Availability.” NAPHSIS, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2007 “The Validity of Race and Hispanic Origin Reporting on Death Certificates in the United States.” Population Association of America, New York, N.Y.
2006 “Evaluation of National Health Interview Survey-Multiple Cause of Death Record Linkage for Hispanic Population.” Data Users Conference, National Center for Health Statistics.
Wilson, J., and Elizabeth Arias 2006. “Determinants of Race Reporting by Hispanics in a National Health Survey.” Data Users Conference, National Center for Health Statistics.
2006 “Race and Hispanic Origin Reporting on Death Certificates: Evaluation and Applications.” Data Users Conference, National Center for Health Statistics.
2004 “Quality of Race and Hispanic Origin Reporting on Death Certificates in the United States.” Data Users Conference, National Center for Health Statistics.
2004 “Quality of Race and Hispanic Origin Reporting on Death Certificates in the United States.” NAPHSIS.
2002 “Bridging Multiple Race Individuals Back to Single Race Categories.” Population Association of America, Atlanta, Georgia.
2002. “Exploring Alternative Methods for Bridging Multiple-Race Data.” Data Analysis Group Seminar. National Center for Health Statistics.
2001. “Demonstration of the Stata Software Package.” Data Analysis Group Seminar. National Center for Health Statistics.
2001 “Individual and Contextual Level Determinants of Hispanic Mortality.” Population Association of America, Washington, D.C.
1999 “Changing Nuptiality Patterns and Assimilation Among Cuban Americans: 1970-1990.” Population Association of America, New York, NY.
1999 “Change in Fertility Patterns Among Cuban American Women: Evidence of Assimilation?” American Sociological Association, Chicago, Ill.
1997 “Family Ties to the Ethnic Economic Enclave: A First Exploration.” Population Association of America, Washington, D.C.
1996 “Patterns and Trends in Levels of Female Headed Households in Latin America.” Population Association of America, New Orleans, Louisiana.