Research Theme: ISR

McGonagle,Katherine A

Katherine McGonagle is a Research Professor at the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Dr. McGonagle is a social psychologist with research interests in the areas of survey research methods, health, and well-being. McGonagle’s recent work is on the design and evaluation of data collection protocols… Continue reading McGonagle,Katherine A

Axinn, William G

William Axinn is professor of survey research, population studies, sociology and public policy (by courtesy) and a faculty associate in South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan. He directs the Society, Population, and Environment (SPE) program at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR). The SPE program spans both the Survey Research… Continue reading Axinn, William G

Antonucci,Toni C

Toni C. Antonucci is the Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Program Director and Research Professor in the Life Course Development Program at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Dr. Antonucci’s research focuses on social relations and health across the life span, including the family, life span and life… Continue reading Antonucci,Toni C

West,Brady Thomas

Brady T. West is a Collegiate Research Professor in the Survey Methodology Program, located within the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research on the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (U-M) campus, and also in the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health. He earned his PhD from the Michigan Program in… Continue reading West,Brady Thomas

House,James S

4/9/08 Professor James House presents his lecture “Beyond Sicko: Social Determinants and Disparities in Health and America’s Paradoxical Crisis of Health and Health Care”.

Dr. House’s research career has focused on the role of social and psychological factors in health and illness, initially on occupational stress and health. He then studied social relationships and support in relation to health, and currently focuses on the role of psychosocial factors in understanding and alleviating social disparities in health and the way… Continue reading House,James S

Gronlund,Carina Jane

As an environmental epidemiologist and with funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and Detroit community input, I study how social, economic, health, and built environment characteristics and/or air quality affect vulnerability to extreme heat and extreme precipitation. This research will help cities understand how to adapt to heat,… Continue reading Gronlund,Carina Jane

VanEseltine,Matthew

Matt VanEseltine is a research area specialist with the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS), part of the Innovation, Networks, and Knowledge (INK) at the Survey Research Center. Prior to joining IRIS, he served as a research manager in the Population Studies Center (PSC), and a research associate at ICPSR. He earned his… Continue reading VanEseltine,Matthew

Keating,Daniel P

7/8/05 Dan Keating, Director of the Center for Human Growth and Development.

Keating’s research focuses on integrating knowledge about developmental processes, population patterns in developmental health, and social factors affecting individual and population development. The first program of research (funding from NICHD, Keating is PI) focuses on adolescent cognitive and brain development, including neurocognitive and neuroimaging methods, aimed at understanding the neurodevelopmental pathways in adolescent and early… Continue reading Keating,Daniel P

Shapiro,Matthew D

11/1/21 Studio headshot portraits of Matthew Shapiro.

Dr. Shapiro is a macroeconomist who has carried out research on business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, consumption and saving, financial decision-making, economics of aging, and economic measurement. His current research includes using naturally-occurring data, also known as big data, for studying economic outcomes. This work uses checking and credit card accounts to estimate how… Continue reading Shapiro,Matthew D

Morenoff,Jeffrey D

Dr. Morenoff’s research interests focus on neighborhood environments and population dynamics, community and economic development, crime and criminal justice policy, the social determinants of health, and methods for analyzing multilevel and spatial data. He is also one of the faculty leads of the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study (DMACS), an ongoing public opinion panel survey… Continue reading Morenoff,Jeffrey D