Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — 32 University of Michigan faculty members recently completed the five-day Michigan Road Scholars Tour. From May 1-5, the group traveled throughout the state, listening to questions and concerns from students and community members throughout Michigan. Stephanie Chardoul, director of Survey Research Operations at the Institute for Social Research’s… Continue reading ISR’s Stephanie Chardoul participates in U-M Road Scholars Tour
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US families experience more chronic food insecurity now than 20 years ago
Contact: Morgan Sherburne, 734-647-1844, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—More families are chronically food insecure than they were 20 years ago, according to a study led by a University of Michigan researcher. The finding comes at a time when SNAP and similar benefits may decrease because of the expected end of the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19.… Continue reading US families experience more chronic food insecurity now than 20 years ago
Multidisciplinary team blends data and tools to improve vaccine equity in eastern Africa
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — A multidisciplinary team is taking steps to improve vaccine equity in eastern Africa. The team, which includes researchers from the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and the University of Michigan, will blend high-quality data and reliable digital tools that will increase vaccine coverage throughout the region.… Continue reading Multidisciplinary team blends data and tools to improve vaccine equity in eastern Africa
Health surveys, studies exclude trans people and gender-diverse communities, impacting health care
Contact: Morgan Sherburne, 734-647-1844, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—Health surveys and clinical studies have a data collection problem: Because of the way they record sex or gender, they often exclude transgender and gender-diverse people, according to University of Michigan research. Most studies and surveys either ask participants for their sex, a biological construct, or their gender, a… Continue reading Health surveys, studies exclude trans people and gender-diverse communities, impacting health care
Research team receives grant to create digital vaccine card
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan Center for Global Health Equity has awarded $1.9 million in grant funding to two research teams working to advance vaccine equity around the world. One of the teams includes Emily Treleaven, who also holds an appointment as a Research Assistant Professor at the Institute… Continue reading Research team receives grant to create digital vaccine card
Grant to enable creation of new data resources for studying structural racism
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — A grant from the National Institute on Aging will allow researchers at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR) to create and harmonize important data exploring the effects of structural racism on health in the United States. Helen Meier, an assistant research scientist in ISR’s Survey… Continue reading Grant to enable creation of new data resources for studying structural racism