Nafeesa Andrabi is an Assistant Professor of Sociology, a Research Assistant Professor in the Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research, and a Scholar with the Michigan Program for Advancing Cultural Transformation (M-PACT) in the Biomedical Sciences at University of Michigan. She is a sociologist and social demographer who primarily examines how and… Continue reading Andrabi,Nafeesa
Research Theme: PSC
Intergenerational disadvantage and pediatric health disparities in acute respiratory illness and diarrhea
Global literature underscores that certain children and families are more likely to experience persistent social and economic disadvantages often determined by their race, ethnicity, social group, or other socio- demographic characteristics. Simultaneously, studies from diverse settings demonstrate unequal burdens of disease and unequal access to timely, quality health services in early childhood, contributing to lifelong… Continue reading Intergenerational disadvantage and pediatric health disparities in acute respiratory illness and diarrhea
Shaping Real World Policies to Tackle Persistent Health Inequities using Randomized Early Access to COVID-19 Vaccinations through Michigan Medicine
Spearheaded by U-M Economics Professor Amanda Kowalski, the research team featuring U-M Sociology’s Sarah Burgard secured nearly $2M in financial support from U-M’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts for research examining health inequity exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study will examine early access to COVID-19 vaccination data from Michigan Medicine to evaluate… Continue reading Shaping Real World Policies to Tackle Persistent Health Inequities using Randomized Early Access to COVID-19 Vaccinations through Michigan Medicine
Kristi Gamarel
Kristi Gamarel (she/her) is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and a Research Associate Professor at the Population Studies Center. Her research focuses on addressing health inequities among LGBTQ+ communities in the context of HIV, mental health, substance use,… Continue reading Kristi Gamarel
Usman,Hina
Hina received her PhD in Economics from University of California Irvine in 2023. Her areas of interest are applied microeconomics, labor economics, economics of crime, and criminal justice policy. Her expertise lies in utilizing quasi-experimental research methods to generate data-driven insights on topics related to criminal justice. Broadly, her research focuses on studying policies and… Continue reading Usman,Hina
Daniel,Sarah Kathleen
Sarah Daniel serves as an Administrative Assistant (Intermediate) for the ISR’s Administrative Core. Sarah splits her effort between the Population Studies Center, where she supports the Training Program, and the Research Center for Group Dynamics, where she works on procurement and general administration such as purchases, supply orders, PeoplePay paments, non-travel Concur reports, director support,… Continue reading Daniel,Sarah Kathleen
National Campus Climate Survey
This partnership between the University of Michigan and SoundRocket offers universities across the nation affordable access to a national campus climate survey measuring sexual misconduct. Piloted at the University of Michigan, the NCCS successfully measured sexual misconduct experiences for evaluating policies and programs with a response rate of 67%. Funding period: 2015-present Collaborators: William G.… Continue reading National Campus Climate Survey
A More Efficient Web-Based Approach to Collecting National Family, Fertility and Reproductive Health Data
This project develops an optimal web-based approach to conducting national survey data collections on population health. This new methodology will significantly reduce the costs of collecting health-related data from the general population in representative samples of the entire nation or other large groups. The result will be more evidence on population health to guide both… Continue reading A More Efficient Web-Based Approach to Collecting National Family, Fertility and Reproductive Health Data
Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN)
The Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) is a university-based organization that creates demographic media, such as user guides, web sites, and hands-on classroom computer materials that make U.S. census data accessible to policymakers, educators, the media, and informed citizens. SSDAN is directed by demographer William H. Frey and utilizes facilities at the Population Studies… Continue reading Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN)
New Methods to Support Census Bureau Record Linkage
This project will undertake research and software development to improve Census capabilities for entity resolution and record linkage. We will build on ongoing projects linking Census data products to themselves, to external surveys, and to administrative data. We will develop and evaluate approaches that move best practices beyond Fellegi and Sunter (1969) and its implementations, with supervised and unsupervised machine learning to estimate probabilistic models of record linkage and use multiple imputation to propagate uncertainty. We will… Continue reading New Methods to Support Census Bureau Record Linkage