Collin Payne joined the ANU School of Demography following a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University, and completed a Ph.D. in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an ARC DECRA Fellow, an ANU Futures Scheme recipient, an Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, and a visiting faculty member at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. He currently co-ordinates the School of Demography short course and microcredential offerings. 

More information available at: https://collinfpayne.com/

PhD, Demography, University of Pennsylvania; BA, Sociology and Applied Statistics, University of Wisconsin

My substantive research centres on the role of life-course processes in shaping population health, with a focus on understanding health inequalities across contexts, over time, and between generations. I also examine the interrelations between chronic health conditions, disability, mental disorders, and cognitive impairment, and their overlapping implications for both individual health outcomes and health systems. My methodological research centers on advancing multistate analyses and demographic microsimulation. 

Current areas of work include:

• Life-course stressors and healthy longevity
• Generational changes in health across low-, middle-, and high-income contexts
• Interrelations between mental, physical, and cognitive health
• Exposure to life-course trauma and late-life health and well-being

My methodological research interests include:

• Demographic applications of microsimulation models
• Causal methods for population health research
• Formal demography of longevity