Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow

Andrea is a quantitative medical sociologist and social demographer, and her research focuses on understanding how environmental shocks experienced by an entire society (e.g., period effects) influence two key demographic processes: fertility and mortality. In her work, she identifies the health consequences of policy changes, institutional practices, and large public health crises – revealing how these trends further exacerbate existing health inequalities. 

Andrea holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Colorado Boulder (2021). Her work has been published in leading interdisciplinary journals including Demography, American Journal of Epidemiology, Population Research and Policy Review, Biodemography and Social Biology, and International Journal of Epidemiology.  

 

Publications

Wednesday, 04 June 2025
Kapelle, N. and Tilstra, A. (2025) “Marital Separation, BMI Decline, and the Myth of the Revenge Body”, Center for Open Science.
Tuesday, 04 March 2025
Tilstra, A. and Kapelle, N. (2025) “Breaking Bonds, Changing Habits: Understanding Health Behaviors during and after Marital Dissolution.”, Journal of health and social behavior, p. 221465251320079.
Monday, 04 November 2024
Dowd, J., Polizzi, A. and Tilstra, A. (2024) “Progress Stalled? The Uncertain Future of Mortality in High‐Income Countries”, Population and Development Review [Preprint].
Thursday, 01 August 2024
Bridger Staatz, C. et al. (2024) “Midlife health in Britain and the United States: a comparison of two nationally representative cohorts.”, International journal of epidemiology, 53(5), p. dyae127.
Saturday, 08 June 2024
Polizzi, A. et al. (2024) “Why is life expectancy in England and Wales falling behind? A cause-of-death decomposition approach.”, SocArXiv.
Friday, 07 June 2024
Polizzi, A. and Tilstra, A. (2024) “The impact of early death on birth counts in the United States, 1950 to 2019”, PNAS Nexus, 3(6).
Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Tilstra, A. and Kapelle, N. (2024) “Breaking Bonds, Changing Habits: Understanding Health Behaviors during and after Marital Dissolution”, SocArXiv.
Thursday, 21 March 2024
Dowd, J. et al. (2024) “US exceptionalism? International trends in midlife mortality”, International Journal of Epidemiology, 53(2).
Friday, 01 March 2024
Tilstra, A. et al. (2024) “Projecting the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. population structure.”, Nature communications, 15(1), p. 2409.
Thursday, 29 February 2024
Frey, A., Tilstra, A. and Verhagen, M. (2024) “Inequalities in healthcare use during the COVID-19 pandemic”, Nature Communications, 15(1).
Thursday, 01 February 2024
Frey, A., Tilstra, A. and Verhagen, M. (2024) “Inequalities in healthcare use during the COVID-19 pandemic.”, Nature communications, 15(1), p. 1894.
Monday, 01 January 2024
Degtiareva, E. et al. (2024) “Cause-Specific Excess Mortality in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, medRxiv.
Sunday, 24 December 2023
Bridger Staatz, C. et al. (2023) “Midlife health in Britain and the US: a comparison of two nationally representative cohorts”, medRxiv [Preprint].
Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Houle, B. et al. (2023) “The effects of HIV and systolic blood pressure on mortality risk in rural South Africa, 2010-2019: a data note”, BMC Research Notes, 16(1).
Thursday, 17 August 2023
Dowd, J. et al. (2023) “Comparing trends in mid-life ‘deaths of despair’ in the USA, Canada and UK, 2001–2019: is the USA an anomaly?”, BMJ Open, 13(8).
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Masters, R. et al. (2023) “Differences in determinants: racialized obstetric care and increases in U.S. state labor induction rates”, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 64(2), pp. 174–191.
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Tilstra, A. et al. (2023) “The Long-term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Population Structure”, SocArXiv.
Friday, 10 March 2023
Masters, R., Tilstra, A. and Coleman-Minahan, K. (2023) “Increases in obstetric interventions and changes in gestational age distributions of U.S. births”, Journal of Women’s Health, 32(6), pp. 641–651.
Monday, 27 February 2023
Angus, C. et al. (2023) “Increases in ‘deaths of despair’ during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and the United Kingdom”, Public Health, 218, pp. 92–96.
Thursday, 05 January 2023
Tilstra, A. (2023) “Invited commentary: Stop analyzing suicides, drug-related deaths, and alcohol-related deaths together”, American Journal of Epidemiology, 192(5), pp. 732–733.
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Andrea is a quantitative medical sociologist and social demographer, and her research focuses on understanding how environmental shocks experienced by an entire society (e.g., period effects) influence two key demographic processes: fertility and mortality. In her work, she identifies the health consequences of policy changes, institutional practices, and large public health crises – revealing how these trends further exacerbate existing health inequalities. 

Andrea holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Colorado Boulder (2021). Her work has been published in leading interdisciplinary journals including Demography, American Journal of Epidemiology, Population Research and Policy Review, Biodemography and Social Biology, and International Journal of Epidemiology.  

 

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Publications

Wednesday, 04 June 2025
Kapelle, N. and Tilstra, A. (2025) “Marital Separation, BMI Decline, and the Myth of the Revenge Body”, Center for Open Science.
Tuesday, 04 March 2025
Tilstra, A. and Kapelle, N. (2025) “Breaking Bonds, Changing Habits: Understanding Health Behaviors during and after Marital Dissolution.”, Journal of health and social behavior, p. 221465251320079.
Monday, 04 November 2024
Dowd, J., Polizzi, A. and Tilstra, A. (2024) “Progress Stalled? The Uncertain Future of Mortality in High‐Income Countries”, Population and Development Review [Preprint].
Thursday, 01 August 2024
Bridger Staatz, C. et al. (2024) “Midlife health in Britain and the United States: a comparison of two nationally representative cohorts.”, International journal of epidemiology, 53(5), p. dyae127.
Saturday, 08 June 2024
Polizzi, A. et al. (2024) “Why is life expectancy in England and Wales falling behind? A cause-of-death decomposition approach.”, SocArXiv.
Friday, 07 June 2024
Polizzi, A. and Tilstra, A. (2024) “The impact of early death on birth counts in the United States, 1950 to 2019”, PNAS Nexus, 3(6).
Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Tilstra, A. and Kapelle, N. (2024) “Breaking Bonds, Changing Habits: Understanding Health Behaviors during and after Marital Dissolution”, SocArXiv.
Thursday, 21 March 2024
Dowd, J. et al. (2024) “US exceptionalism? International trends in midlife mortality”, International Journal of Epidemiology, 53(2).
Friday, 01 March 2024
Tilstra, A. et al. (2024) “Projecting the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. population structure.”, Nature communications, 15(1), p. 2409.
Thursday, 29 February 2024
Frey, A., Tilstra, A. and Verhagen, M. (2024) “Inequalities in healthcare use during the COVID-19 pandemic”, Nature Communications, 15(1).
Thursday, 01 February 2024
Frey, A., Tilstra, A. and Verhagen, M. (2024) “Inequalities in healthcare use during the COVID-19 pandemic.”, Nature communications, 15(1), p. 1894.
Monday, 01 January 2024
Degtiareva, E. et al. (2024) “Cause-Specific Excess Mortality in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, medRxiv.
Sunday, 24 December 2023
Bridger Staatz, C. et al. (2023) “Midlife health in Britain and the US: a comparison of two nationally representative cohorts”, medRxiv [Preprint].
Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Houle, B. et al. (2023) “The effects of HIV and systolic blood pressure on mortality risk in rural South Africa, 2010-2019: a data note”, BMC Research Notes, 16(1).
Thursday, 17 August 2023
Dowd, J. et al. (2023) “Comparing trends in mid-life ‘deaths of despair’ in the USA, Canada and UK, 2001–2019: is the USA an anomaly?”, BMJ Open, 13(8).
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Masters, R. et al. (2023) “Differences in determinants: racialized obstetric care and increases in U.S. state labor induction rates”, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 64(2), pp. 174–191.
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Tilstra, A. et al. (2023) “The Long-term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Population Structure”, SocArXiv.
Friday, 10 March 2023
Masters, R., Tilstra, A. and Coleman-Minahan, K. (2023) “Increases in obstetric interventions and changes in gestational age distributions of U.S. births”, Journal of Women’s Health, 32(6), pp. 641–651.
Monday, 27 February 2023
Angus, C. et al. (2023) “Increases in ‘deaths of despair’ during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and the United Kingdom”, Public Health, 218, pp. 92–96.
Thursday, 05 January 2023
Tilstra, A. (2023) “Invited commentary: Stop analyzing suicides, drug-related deaths, and alcohol-related deaths together”, American Journal of Epidemiology, 192(5), pp. 732–733.

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