ANN ARBOR—Health economist Amanda Kowalski, a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan and a faculty associate of the Population Studies Center and the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research, received the Willard G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics June 12 from the… Continue reading U-M Professor Amanda Kowalski Receives Econometrics Award
News Tag: Honors & Awards
Christian Sandvig wins Public Policy Research Award
Christian Sandvig of the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research and collaborators won the 2023 Outstanding Public Policy Research Award of the International Communication Association (ICA) at last week’s ICA Conference in Toronto. They were honored for their research on “algorithm auditing,” a technique for detecting illegal behavior by online platforms… Continue reading Christian Sandvig wins Public Policy Research Award
Jane Furey Named a 2023 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow
The National Academy of Education (NAEd) has named Jane Furey, a joint PhD student in Sociology and Public Policy at the University of Michigan and a graduate trainee of the Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research, a recipient of the 2023 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship. She is one of 35 dissertation fellows selected… Continue reading Jane Furey Named a 2023 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow
Next-Generation Vaccine Cards: New Technology for Improved Equity in East Africa
The University of Michigan Center for Global Health Equity has awarded $1.1 million to the Next Generation Vaccine Project co-led by Kenyan health researcher Gershim Asiki and Emily Treleaven of the Population Studies Center and Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research. The project will develop a digital vaccine card and registry to… Continue reading Next-Generation Vaccine Cards: New Technology for Improved Equity in East Africa
PSC Affiliate Shoshana Shapiro Chosen as National Poverty Fellow
Ford School doctoral candidate Shoshana Shapiro (PhD ’23) was chosen as one of five 2023-24 National Poverty Fellows (NPF). As part of her postdoctoral fellowship, Shapiro will be in residence in the Office of Community Services (OCS) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in Washington, DC. “I’m looking forward to working on equity… Continue reading PSC Affiliate Shoshana Shapiro Chosen as National Poverty Fellow
U-M PhD Candidate Erin Ice Receives the PAA Dorothy S. Thomas Award
ANN ARBOR—Erin Ice, a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and a trainee at the Population Studies Center (PSC) at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, received the Dorothy S. Thomas Award established by the Population Association of America (PAA) on Friday, April 14, during the PAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans. “This… Continue reading U-M PhD Candidate Erin Ice Receives the PAA Dorothy S. Thomas Award
‘Weathering,’ the Life’s Work of Arline Geronimus
Arline Geronimus, who coined the term “weathering” to describe the corrosive effects of systemic oppression on marginalized people’s bodies, has a new book that is the culmination of almost 40 years of research furthering our understanding of how population groups who experience systemic cultural oppression, long-term material hardship, exploitation, stigma and political marginalization suffer biological… Continue reading ‘Weathering,’ the Life’s Work of Arline Geronimus
A Rarely Bestowed Grant Returns Suzanne Perkins to Research on Child Trauma and Mistreatment
A rarely bestowed grant will allow a University of Michigan researcher to complete work she had to put on hold due to a cancer diagnosis. Suzanne Perkins, a Research Center for Group Dynamics affiliate and a lecturer in psychology at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, will use the funding… Continue reading A Rarely Bestowed Grant Returns Suzanne Perkins to Research on Child Trauma and Mistreatment
17 U-M faculty members named 2022 AAAS Fellows
Contact: Jared Wadley, 734-834-7719, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—The American Association for the Advancement of Science elected 17 University of Michigan faculty and staff members as 2022 Fellows. AAAS, which is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, announced that 506 scientists, engineers and innovators have been chosen for their… Continue reading 17 U-M faculty members named 2022 AAAS Fellows
‘Dunning-Kruger effect’ scholars win 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology
Contact: Tevah Platt, 734-660-4999, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—Social psychologists David Dunning of the University of Michigan and Justin Kruger of New York University have been named co-winners of the 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology for their work identifying a cognitive bias that causes people to overrate their own competence. The Grawemeyer Awards, administered by the University… Continue reading ‘Dunning-Kruger effect’ scholars win 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology