Mark D. Hayward

Hayward’s primary research addresses how life course exposures and events influence the morbidity and mortality experiences of the adult population. Most recently; he has been investigating the fundamental inequalities in adult mortality in the United States arising from educational experience; differences in these associations by race and gender; and the growing educational inequality in mortality. 

Hayward is the chair-elect of the Sociology of Population section of the ASA; a member of the Committee on Population; National Academy of Sciences; and has served on a number of advisory boards of national studies of population health; the Population Association of America; the Society of Biodemography ad Social Biology; and others. He has a long-standing interest in enhancing the measurement and collection of population health data; particularly longitudinal data; and has served as the president of the Southern Demographic Association; chair of the Aging and Life Course section of the American Sociological Association; among other appointments.