Fellows Feature: Maria Ahmed & Chris Borst

The fourth year of the Population Analytics in an Aging Society Training Program held its kick-off on September 6^th. The 22 accomplished Fellows who compose the 2023-24 cohort were competitively selected from CAnD3’s (Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making) partner higher education institutions. The new cohort comes from diverse backgrounds, with eight in master’s programs, 13 in PhD programs, and one completing postdoctoral training. They bring a range of disciplinary training from political science and geography to gerontology and medicine.

Here, we feature two of our new Fellows, Maria and Chris, who share the paths that brought them to CAnD3 and how they hope to use the training to make a positive impact.