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.
Research Theme: SRC
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)
Improving Reproducibility of Respondent Driven Sampling through Adaptive Design
Respondent driven sampling (RDS) is a recruitment method for hard-to-sample populations that are rare in number and/or elusive due to highly-stigmatized or illicit behaviors. For these groups, traditional probability sampling loses its feasibility, because it requires prohibitively high screening costs to locate eligible persons, and, even when eligible persons are located, their desire to hide… Continue reading Improving Reproducibility of Respondent Driven Sampling through Adaptive Design
Exploring Design Aspects of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling for Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Increasing minority data availability is a priority of the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Currently available research data for racial/ethnicity minorities are, however, inadequate in their sample sizes and, hence, do not provide sufficient statistical power for analysis. Web-based respondent driven sampling (Web-RDS) is an extension of RDS, which exploits… Continue reading Exploring Design Aspects of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling for Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Epigenetic Mediation of Adverse Social Context on Stress Response, Socioemotional Development, and Health in a Population-based Study of Minority and Low SES Children and Adolescents
Pronounced disparities exist by race, ethnicity, and SES in children and adolescents across a range of health conditions, and many adult health disparities can be traced to childhood social contextual inequalities. Epigenetics — modifications to the genome that are not changes in nucleotide sequence — holds great promise as potential indicators of contextual effects and… Continue reading Epigenetic Mediation of Adverse Social Context on Stress Response, Socioemotional Development, and Health in a Population-based Study of Minority and Low SES Children and Adolescents
Caregiving for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Enhancing the National Study of Caregiving (NSOC)
The goal of this project is to build upon the National Health and Aging Trends Study and the National Study of Caregiving to provide new national data that will enhance understanding of caregiving for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Aims are to: 1. Re-interview caregivers that participated in the 2015 NSOC… Continue reading Caregiving for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Enhancing the National Study of Caregiving (NSOC)