ANN ARBOR – Poverty Solutions and the Center for Social Solutions have announced an inaugural faculty grants competition to pursue action-based research aimed at ending systemic and institutional racism. The awards, which range from $10,000 to $50,000, are open to faculty at the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. Successful action-based research… Continue reading New funding opportunity aids research to combat racism
Project: Population Studies Center
Interdisciplinary team of researchers receive $3.4M convergence grant from NSF
ANN ARBOR – A group of University of Michigan researchers has been awarded a $3.4 million collaborative National Science Foundation convergence grant to develop and test methodologies for sampling, validating, and analyzing social media. A collaboration between U-M and Georgetown University, the project, “The Future of Quantitative Research in Social Science,” will cross-pollinate ideas from… Continue reading Interdisciplinary team of researchers receive $3.4M convergence grant from NSF
Grant will allow U-M researchers to study how poverty affects the brain
ANN ARBOR—Researchers know that adversity—especially poverty-related adversity—increases the risk for anxiety and depression. Now, University of Michigan researchers have won a $6.7 million grant to study how poverty-related adversity might affect the development of threat and reward systems in the brain, and how that developmental process might increase the risk for people to develop anxiety… Continue reading Grant will allow U-M researchers to study how poverty affects the brain
S. Miller speaks with NPR’s Stateside about how the Affordable Care Act boosted financial well-being along with physical health
The Affordable Care Act was designed to give more Americans “the financial security of health insurance.” Multiple studies have found that the ACA has led to improvements in people’s physical health. Now, a recent study suggests that the ACA also improved their financial well-being. We talk to Sarah Miller, an assistant professor in economics at… Continue reading S. Miller speaks with NPR’s Stateside about how the Affordable Care Act boosted financial well-being along with physical health
Sarah Miller comments on the U.S. Census Bureau report that found that the percentage of Americans without health insurance jumped.
Health insurance coverage is no exception, says Sarah Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Childhood access to health insurance improves health and economic outcomes later in life. Miller herself has found that that the children of early childhood Medicaid recipients were healthier than comparable peers. “There can be a… Continue reading Sarah Miller comments on the U.S. Census Bureau report that found that the percentage of Americans without health insurance jumped.
Sarah Miller & team finds that the expansion of Medicaid not only improves enrollee health, but the full expansion nationwide would’ve averted 15,600 deaths among the vulnerable Medicaid-eligible population.
A new study should put that argument to rest, permanently. The researchers found not only that the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act brought appreciable improvements in health to enrollees, but also that full expansion nationwide would have averted 15,600 deaths among the vulnerable Medicaid-eligible population. In other words, the 22 mostly red… Continue reading Sarah Miller & team finds that the expansion of Medicaid not only improves enrollee health, but the full expansion nationwide would’ve averted 15,600 deaths among the vulnerable Medicaid-eligible population.
Jacqui Smith Awarded Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award
Jacqui Smith was awarded the 2019 Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award by the Gerontological Society of America. This award is given to an individual who has fostered excellence in, and had a major impact on, the field by virtue of their mentoring, and whose inspiration is sought by students and colleagues.
Jacqui Smith (Michigan) receives Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award from the Gerontological Society of America
Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award Recipient: Jacqui Smith, PhD, FGSA, of the University of Michigan This award is given to an individual who has fostered excellence in, and had a major impact on, the field by virtue of their mentoring, and whose inspiration is sought by students and colleagues.
Special Issue of Work, Aging, and Retirement devoted to Health and Retirement Study
In December, Gwenith G. Fisher (Colorado State University) and Lindsay H. Ryan (SRC) published 'Overview of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and Introduction to the Special Issue' in the Oxford journal Work, Aging and Retirement. This introduction article describes the HRS and highlights relevant research that utilizes this rich and complex dataset. It describes… Continue reading Special Issue of Work, Aging, and Retirement devoted to Health and Retirement Study
1/10/18: ISR panel on effects of gentrification on inequality
1/10/2018: ISR invites the community to a discussion on how gentrification maintains and deepens inequities (both racial and socioeconomic), particularly with regard to unequal access to high-quality education. Panel moderator: Dr. Kesha Moore, Associate Professor of Sociology at Drew University and UM alumna. Discussants: Dr. Tam Perry (Assistant Professor of Social Work at Wayne State… Continue reading 1/10/18: ISR panel on effects of gentrification on inequality