The overall purpose of this research program is to understand how stress and social contexts affect health and the biopsychosocial factors that account for those links. We seek to foster a multidisciplinary collaboration that capitalizes on advances in mobile technology and biopsychosocial methods to gain better understanding of social, psychological and biological factors influencing healthy… Continue reading Aging & Biopsychosocial Innovations
Research Theme: ISR
Sol,Ketlyne
Dr. Sol is a clinical psychologist with clinical training emphasis in rehabilitation psychology. Her research interests are in ethnic minority health and disparities in cognitive aging and dementia using large epidemiological datasets for longitudinal analyses.
Josh Ehrlich
Dr. Ehrlich is an ophthalmologist and population health researcher. His research is focused on understanding and addressing the adverse impact of vision impairment and blindness on health, disability, and quality-of-life, with a particular focus on older adults. He is the principal investigator of NIH funded research in this field, and also collaborates with a number… Continue reading Josh Ehrlich
Hasell,Ariel
Ariel Hasell is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. Broadly, her research examines how the contemporary media environment influences exposure to information about science and politics, the effects of that exposure on knowledge and beliefs, as well as public engagement with science and politics in society. She uses quantitative… Continue reading Hasell,Ariel
Re-Inventing Measurement of Key Economic Indicators
The aims of this project is to provide improved measurement of retail trade. This project will pilot new approaches that have the potential to improve measurement of key economic indicators by increasing their accuracy, timeliness, and detail while potentially reducing the burden that statistical agencies place on businesses through surveys.
Racial inequalities in health throughout adulthood: The cumulative impact of neighborhood chemical and non-chemical stressors on epigenomic pathways
Racial inequalities in healthy aging have been well-documented. Compared to White Americans, Black Americans experience illness and death at early ages and show steeper age-related declines in health. Our neighborhoods, as the site of where we live, learn, play, and pray, may serve as a powerful source of these racial inequalities. Racial residential segregation (which… Continue reading Racial inequalities in health throughout adulthood: The cumulative impact of neighborhood chemical and non-chemical stressors on epigenomic pathways
Prenatal Exposures and Child Health Outcomes: A Statewide Study
This project will include investigators at five Michigan institutions and will focus on three primary aims: AIM 1: To investigate the effects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and heavy metals, assessed across two generations, on ECHO outcomes. AIM 2: To assess the effect of maternal nutritional/weight status in pregnancy on ECHO outcomes. AIM 3: To… Continue reading Prenatal Exposures and Child Health Outcomes: A Statewide Study
Novel use of mHealth data to identify states of vulnerability and receptivity to JITAIs
Smoking cessation decreases morbidity and mortality and is a cornerstone of cancer prevention. The ability to impact current and future vulnerability (e.g., high risk for a lapse) in real-time via engagement in self-regulatory activities (e.g., relaxation techniques, behavioral substitution, mindful attention) is considered an important pathway to quitting success. However, poor engagement represents a major… Continue reading Novel use of mHealth data to identify states of vulnerability and receptivity to JITAIs
Novel Longitudinal Methods for SMART Studies of Drug Abuse and HIV
The treatment of drug use and HIV often requires sequential, individualized decision-making concerning the type or delivery of treatment. An adaptive intervention is a treatment design that uses ongoing information from the patient to guide whether, and how to modify the treatment over time. By providing the appropriate treatment to those who need it, when… Continue reading Novel Longitudinal Methods for SMART Studies of Drug Abuse and HIV
Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD)
Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) aims to foster and enhance innovative research in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) with the long term goals to 1) advance ADRD-relevant social and behavioral science research in underserved and underrepresented communities while; 2) diversify the research workforce dedicated to healthy aging. This center will… Continue reading Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD)