Juan Manuel Garcia Gonzalez
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia Department of Sociology III (Social Trends) c/ Obispo Trejo, s/n
28040Madrid (Spain)
Phone: +34 91 3987048
Cell: +1 (510) 692-3720 / +34 653 181607 Email: jmgarcia@bec.uned.es
Education
Currently: Ph.D. Candidate, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, expected 2011.
Visiting Scholar at Department of Demography, University of California at Berkeley, September–
December 2009
M.A. Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, June 2009 - Sociology and Demography. Gradua- tion Grade: Summa Cum Laude
B.S. Universidad de Salamanca, June 2006 - Sociology.
B.S. Universidad de Salamanca, June 2004 - Statistics.
Major Areas of Professional Interest
Mortality at Advanced Ages, Extreme Longevity, Variability at Age of Death, Supercentenarians, Health Expectancies
Fellowship and Awards
2009Fellowship - Visiting Scholar, Department of Demography, University of California, Berkeley September–
December 2009.
2008Fellowship - Visiting Scholar, Peking University, Beijing, China June 2008.
2007Fellowship - Formacion de Personal Investigador, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (Spain) August 2007–July 2011
2007 Fellowship - Formacion de Profesorado Universitario, Mathematics, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) April 2007–declined
2007 Award - Third Best Academic Record in BA Sociology in Spain in 2006, Ministry of Education and Science June 2007.
2006 Fellowship - Introduction to Research, University of Castilla-La Mancha September–December 2006.
2006Fellowship - Introduction to Research and Teaching, University of Salamanca January–June 2006.
2005Award - Best Academic Record in BA Statistics in Castilla y Leon in 2004, Government of Castilla y Leon May 2005.
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Publications
Book Chapters
Gomez-Redondo, R and Garcia-Gonzalez, JM (2010). Emergence and Verification of Supercentenarians in Spain, in Maier H, Gampe J, Jeune B, Robine JM, Vaupel JW (eds): Supercentenarians. Berlin, Springer, in press.
Gomez-Redondo, R; Robles, E y Garcia-Gonzalez, JM (forthcoming). Mortalidad en Madrid, in Del Campo, S (ed): Demografia de Madrid, in press.
Conference Presentations
2009 - XXVI International Union for the Scientific Study of Population Conference, Marrakech, September 27- October 2
Trends of Mortality in European Mediterranean Countries (poster)
2008- 7th International Workshop in Supercentenarians, Montreal, September 27-28 Verification and emergence of the supercentenarians in Spain
2008- IX European Population Conference, Barcelona, July 9-12
Emergence of centenarians and supercentenarians in Southern Europe: verification and trends of extreme longevity in Spain
Research Experience
Research Assistantto Rosa Gomez Redondo, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, March 2007– Currently, for the Project - Longevity, Dependency and Quality of Life at Advanced Ages in Spain at the beginning of 21st Century, Ministry of Innovation and Science, Spain, SEJ2006/10972.
Teaching Experience
Graduate Level
Longevity, Student Instructor, Master of Aging, Demography and Society, Universidad Nacional de Edu- cacion a Distancia, Spain, 2009
Demographic Analysis, Teacher Assistant, Master of Public Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain, Fall 2007, Fall 2008
Degree Level
General Population Theory, Teacher Assistant, Sociology, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Dis- tancia, Spain, 2009, 2010
Population Theory, Teacher Assistant, Anthropology, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain, 2009, 2010
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Additional Training
2009 - Graduate Studies, Population Health. Statistical and Demographic Analysis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain, November 2008–June 2009
2008- Graduate Studies, Advanced Statistical Methods, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain, November 2007–September 2008
Computer Programming Skills
Programming and data analysis experience in SPSS, R, StatView, Stata Familiarity with Windows, Mac OS and UNIX
Languages
Spanish native speaker. Fluent in English. Semi-fluent in French.
Professional Affiliations
Member, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Asociacion Madrilena de Sociologia
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Last updated: July 6, 2010
