LAUREN L. SCHMITZ Curriculum Vitae

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1 LAUREN L. SCHMITZ Curriculum Vitae Population Studies Center 426 Thompson St. Institute for Social Research Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS NIA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Population Studies Center (PSC) and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) EDUCATION 2015 Ph.D. Economics New School for Social Research Dissertation: How Socioeconomic Status Shapes Health: Essays on the Biological and Social Determinants of Human Welfare at Older Ages 2012 M.S. Economics New School for Social Research 2008 B.A. Economics University of Colorado (magna cum laude) AREAS OF RESEARCH Health economics, health disparities, social and life course determinants of health, biodemography, gene-environment interactions, economics of aging, labor economics PUBLICATIONS (Underline indicates a mentee/student) Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Schmitz, Lauren L. and Dalton Conley. (2017). Modeling gene-environment interactions with quasinatural experiments. Journal of Personality, 85(1): McCluney, Courtney, Lauren L. Schmitz, Margaret T. Hicken, and Amanda Sonnega. (2017). Structural racism in the workplace: Does perception matter for health inequalities? Forthcoming in Social Science and Medicine. Schmitz, Lauren L. (2016). Do working conditions at older ages shape the health gradient? Journal of Health Economics, 50, Schmitz, Lauren L. and Dalton Conley. (2015). The long-term effects of Vietnam-Era conscription and genotype on smoking behavior and health. Behavior Genetics, 46(1), NBER Working Paper #

2 Manuscripts in Submission Schmitz, Lauren L. and Dalton Conley. (2016). The effect of Vietnam-Era conscription and genetic potential for educational attainment on schooling outcomes. Invitation to revise and resubmit at Economics of Education Review. NBER Working Paper #22393 Schmitz, Lauren L. and Dalton Conley. (2016). The impact of late-career job loss and genotype on body mass index. Invitation to revise and resubmit at Health Economics. NBER Working Paper #22348 Profiled in Money, WDIV-Detroit, and Public Ware, Erin B., Lauren L. Schmitz, Jessica Faul, Jennifer A. Smith, Colter Mitchell, Wei Zhao, David Weir, and Sharon L.R. Kardia. (2017). Method of construction affects polygenic score prediction of common human traits. Under review. BiorXiv 2017 doi: Schmitz, Lauren L., Courtney McCluney, Margaret T. Hicken, and Amanda Sonnega. (2017). Predicting successful aging using subjective and objective measures of the workplace. Under review. Manuscripts in Preparation Schmitz, Lauren L. and David Weir. (2017). Genetic and environmental influences on schooling and lifetime earnings. Schmitz, Lauren L., Arianna Gard, and Erin B.Ware. (2017). Polygenic risk for smoking and depression contribute to sex differences in smoking initiation. Schmitz, Lauren L., Sean David, Colter Mitchell, Jessica Faul, Erin B. Ware, Arianna Gard, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Lauren Gaydosh, and Dalton Conley. (2017). The role of cigarette taxation and polygenic risk for smoking on smoking initiation and cessation in the 20 th and 21 st century. Gard, Arianna, Lauren L. Schmitz, Erin B. Ware, Jessica D. Faul, & Colter M. Mitchell. (2017). Geneby-environmental interaction models of latent psychopathology across the lifespan. Book Chapters and Book Reviews Schmitz, Lauren. (2013). Do cultural tax districts buttress revenue growth for arts organizations? In M. Rushton, ed., Creative Communities: Art Works in Economic Development. Washington: Brookings Institution Press, pp Milberg, William and Lauren Schmitz. (2011). The business of macro imbalances: gluts in savings, money and profits. In P. Arestis, ed., Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Economic Policy: Essays in Honour of Malcolm Sawyer. London: Palgrave, pp Schmitz, Lauren. (2015). Rev. of Closing the Deficit: How Much Will Later Retirement Help? Edited by Gary Burtless and Henry J. Aaron. Eastern Economic Journal, advance online publication. DOI: /eej

3 Conference Proceedings Schmitz, Lauren. How policymakers and state pension funds can help prevent the coming retirement income crisis. In the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Series, Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting. January 5-7, 2012, Chicago, Illinois. Champaign: Labor and Employment Relations Association, pp Policy Publications Allegretto, Sylvia A., Nari Rhee, Joelle Saad-Lessler, and Lauren Schmitz. California workers' retirement prospects. (2011). In Nari Rhee, ed., Meeting California's Retirement Security Challenge. Berkeley, California: UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, pp Ghilarducci, Teresa, Robert Hiltonsmith, and Lauren Schmitz. (2012). State guaranteed retirement accounts: A low cost, secure solution to America s retirement crisis. New York City: Demos. Saad-Lessler, Joelle, Teresa Ghilarducci, and Lauren Schmitz. (2012). Are New Yorkers ready for retirement? Trends in plan sponsorship, participation, and preparedness. New York: New York City Comptroller s Office Budget and Policy Bureau. GRANTS National Institute on Aging (NIA) $1,010,486 K99/R00 AG Life Course Determinants of Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Subsequent Dementia PI Schmitz National Institute on Aging (NIA) $30,400 Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging Pilot Grant Demographic and Socioeconomic Differences in Polygenic Risk of Cardiovascular Health Co-PIs Schmitz and Ware Russell Sage Foundation $132,997 Gene-Environment Interactions and Health Inequality over the Life Course Role: Co-Investigator. PI Dalton Conley 2014 U.S. Social Security Administration $28,000 The Impact of Working Conditions on the Health of an Aging Workforce Dissertation Fellowship Program in Retirement Research 2014 National Science Foundation $7,920 The Impact of Working Conditions on the Health of an Aging Workforce Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant FELLOWSHIPS 2013 Dissertation Fellowship, New School for Social Research Dean s Fellowship, New School for Social Research Bernard Schwartz Research Assistantship, New School for Social Research 3

4 AWARDS AND HONORS 2017 Butler-Williams Scholar, National Institute on Aging 2017 A. Regula Herzog Young Investigators Award, University of Michigan 2015 Edith Henry Johnson Award for Outstanding Dissertation Research, New School 2010/14 Graduate Student Research Travel Awards, New School 2003 Regents Scholarship Award, University of Colorado CONFERENCE ACTIVITY & PARTICIPATION (selected) 2017 Allied Social Sciences Association American Economic Association (AEA) panel Genetic and Environmental Influences on Schooling and Lifetime Earnings Polygenic Prediction and its Application to Social Science, University of Southern California The Effect of Vietnam-Era Conscription and Genetic Potential for Educational Attainment on Schooling Outcomes Population Association of America Annual Meeting Polygenic risk for smoking and depression contribute to sex differences in smoking initiation National Bureau for Economic Research, Summer Institute on Aging Genetic and Environmental Influences on Schooling and Lifetime Earnings 2016 National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER) Education Meeting, Stanford University The Effect of Vietnam-Era Conscription and Genetic Propensity for Educational Attainment on Schooling Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences Conference Social and Genetic Contributions to Gender-Cohort Differences in Smoking Behavior Population Association of America Annual Meeting The Impact of Late-Career Job Loss and Genotype on Body Mass Index 2015 Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences Conference The Impact of Late-Career Job Loss and Genotype on Body Mass Index 17 th Annual Retirement Research Consortium Conference National Press Club, Washington, DC Do Working Conditions at Older Ages Shape the Health Gradient? 2014 Allied Social Sciences Association Do Working Conditions at Older Ages Shape the Health Gradient? Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences Conference 4

5 The Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service and Genotype on Labor Force Participation at Older Ages 2013 Allied Social Sciences Association Estimating the Occupational Health Gradient at Older Ages: The Role of Peak Career Earnings 2012 Brookings Institute Symposium on The Arts, New Growth Theory, and Economic Development Do Cultural Tax Districts Buttress Revenue Growth for Arts Organizations? Allied Social Sciences Association How Policymakers and State Pension Funds Can Help Prevent the Coming Retirement Income Crisis 2011 Meeting California s Retirement Security Challenge, UC Berkeley Labor Center California Workers' Retirement Prospects TESTIMONY March 5, 2013: Testimony to the Economic Matters Committee of the Maryland General Assembly Supporting House Bill 1318: An Act Concerning Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program and Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust. March 6, 2012: Testimony to the Committee on Aging of the Connecticut General Assembly Supporting HB 5337: An Act Establishing a Task Force to Evaluate the Utility of Creating a Public Retirement Plan. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2013 Teaching Assistant: Advanced Econometrics I (PhD core course) Department of Economics, New School for Social Research OTHER EDUCATION 2017 Russell Sage Foundation Summer Institute in Social-Science Genomics 2016 RAND Summer Institute: Demography, Economics, and Epidemiology of Aging Conference and Mini Medical School 2015 Genetic Association Course with Application to the Analysis of Sequence and Genotype Data, Max Delbrück Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Economic Association (AEA) and Population Association of America (PAA) 5