Kristi Gamarel, Associate Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Research Associate Professor of the Population Studies Center, has been awarded the 2024 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Sexual & Gender Minority (SGM) Mid-Career Investigator Award. The award given… Continue reading Kristi Gamarel wins NIH Award for Sexual & Gender Minority Research
Project: Population Studies Center
New Research Sheds Light on the US Shift toward Smaller Families
The national fertility rate has been in steady decline in recent decades, but the fundamental transition from high to low fertility in the United States occurred between the mid-nineteenth century and the 1930s. New research just out in Demography sheds new light on how fertility decline began in late nineteenth-century America, sparking the historic shift… Continue reading New Research Sheds Light on the US Shift toward Smaller Families
Sarah Burgard Elected VP of PAA; President of APC
ANN ARBOR – Population Studies Center (PSC) Director Sarah Burgard has been elected Vice President of the Population Association of America (PAA) with a term that will begin Jan. 1, 2025. One of the world’s largest professional demographic associations, PAA is known for its flagship journal, Demography, and for its annual meeting, the premier conference… Continue reading Sarah Burgard Elected VP of PAA; President of APC
Landmark Research Trial in Mali Shows Dramatic Reduction in Under-Five Mortality Rates in Conflict Zones
Community health workers– trained laypersons who provide rapid, critical front-line public health services to rural and underserved populations– are dramatically impacting newborn, infant, and child mortality rates in Mali, according to a landmark research study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO). The results could inform how we protect children in areas… Continue reading Landmark Research Trial in Mali Shows Dramatic Reduction in Under-Five Mortality Rates in Conflict Zones
ISR support guides first-generation college student from community college to Ph.D.
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Ph.D. candidate Giovanni Román-Torres acknowledges that his path to academia is somewhat non-traditional. The first in his family to graduate from high school, Román-Torres took several years off before attending community college and then ultimately ending up at the University of Michigan. But his time between high school… Continue reading ISR support guides first-generation college student from community college to Ph.D.
Defying global trends: U-M study finds high happiness, low depression among oldest Americans
ANN ARBOR—The oldest North Americans are among the happiest in the world despite increased depression and loneliness among their peers in other regions, according to a recent University of Michigan study. Published in the Journal of Aging and Health, the research highlights significant global variation in well-being among older adults, with European and North American populations generally… Continue reading Defying global trends: U-M study finds high happiness, low depression among oldest Americans
Climate change ignored? U-M study reveals sociology’s blind spot
Climate change is a social crisis. Societies drive climate change, bear the brunt of its effects, and carry alone the task of responding. Yet a new University of Michigan study finds a peculiar and pervasive lack of attention to climate change in the field of sociology, a field that can uniquely attend to these issues.… Continue reading Climate change ignored? U-M study reveals sociology’s blind spot
2024 Rural Life Program initiative will study longterm impacts of flooding
Demography-Engineering collab will focus on Nepal’s Chitwan Valley ANN ARBOR — A new project to study the cumulative consequences of recurrent flooding is one of four initiatives to be supported by the 2024 Rural Life Program– a partnership of the Institute for Social Research and the College of Engineering to address the unique challenges and… Continue reading 2024 Rural Life Program initiative will study longterm impacts of flooding
Sarah Burgard and Team Win LSA Meet the Moment Initiative Grant for Health Equity Research
U-M’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts has awarded $4.7 million to five new faculty research projects that are seeking to enact global change across multiple fields and disciplines. Known as the LSA Meet the Moment Research Initiative, LSA Dean Anne Curzan notes the initiative’s efforts to combat “generational challenges that impact us socially,… Continue reading Sarah Burgard and Team Win LSA Meet the Moment Initiative Grant for Health Equity Research
Researchers hope new report fuels reproductive health care research involving minors
EXPERT Q&A ANN ARBOR—A new report from Youth Reproductive Equity, a national collaborative of researchers and clinicians, outlines a research agenda to examine the impact of the Dobbs decision on minors. The lead author of the report, “Adolescence Post-Dobbs: A Policy-Driven Research Agenda for Minor Adolescents and Abortion,” is Julie Maslowsky, associate professor at the… Continue reading Researchers hope new report fuels reproductive health care research involving minors