As international labor migration becomes a more common livelihood strategy globally, this widespread population and social change has profound demographic and health consequences, including for young children left behind by migrating parents or family members. Many children left behind receive remittance income from migrant parents or family members. However, identifying the effects of this additional… Continue reading Migration, family context, and child health
Research Theme: Population Health
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
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)
Grace Noppert
Dr. Noppert’s work lies at the intersection of biology, sociology, and epidemiology. Her work seeks to explain how social processes across the life course, such as socioeconomic status, impact a person’s biology. For example, does experiencing persistent disadvantage throughout life contribute to premature aging of the immune system? She began her work as an infectious… Continue reading Grace Noppert
Levy,Helen G
Dr. Levy’s research interests include the causes and consequences of lacking health insurance, evaluation of public health insurance programs, and material hardship among older Americans. She is a Co-Investigator on the Health and Retirement Study, a long-running longitudinal study of health and economic dynamics at older ages.
O’Malley,Patrick M
Dr. O’Malley received his Ph.D. degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1975. His primary affiliation is with the Monitoring the Future study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. He is also affiliated with the Youth, Education, and Society study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. His publications deal with… Continue reading O’Malley,Patrick M
Johnston,Lloyd D
Dr. Johnston’s research has been based on two seminal national research studies: Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of American Youth (MTF) and the Youth, Education, and Society (YES) study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, respectively. MTF is an epidemiological study… Continue reading Johnston,Lloyd D
Emily Treleaven
Dr. Treleaven studies the mechanisms through which family and community context shape health outcomes in early childhood, and how health system characteristics affect children’s health and healthcare utilization. This includes how families make decisions and investments related to young children’s health, particularly when facing economic insecurity. She also evaluates interventions related to maternal, newborn, and… Continue reading Emily Treleaven
Langa,Kenneth M
Dr. Langa is the A Regula Herzog Distinguished University Professor of Internal Medicine and Survey Research, Cyrus Sturgis Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Institute for Social Research, a Research Scientist in the Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, and an Associate Director of the Institute of Gerontology, all at the University of… Continue reading Langa,Kenneth M