News, 2011-05-12
US Nobel laureate Prof. J. Heckman awarded ERC grant
Professor James J. Heckman, American Nobel Prize winning economist from the University of Chicago, has been awarded a prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He and his team will carry out the funded research project at the University College Dublin, Ireland.
Professor Heckman this month launches his pioneering, highly interdisciplinary ERC project on "understanding health across the lifecourse", combining health, social and economic research. Studying the origins and the evolution of health inequalities over the entire life of human beings and across generations will bring the team to for instance focus on experiences and conditions during early childhood (e.g. family environment, early health, cognitive ability) and their long-term effects on health. The research will also explore policy implications for health prevention and remediation.
Ana Beramendi
ERC President Professor Helga Nowotny commented: "It is encouraging and exciting for the ERC to welcome Professor James Heckman, Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economic Science, among our grant holders. This most recent example of an American top researcher attracted by an ERC grant to work in Europe is further recognition of the attractiveness of the ERC. It is a very positive signal for European research in general and for Ireland in particular".
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