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SRC Programs
Social Environment & Health
Social Environment & Health (SEH), founded in 1962, is a leader in the development of theory and research on the role of psychosocial factors in the etiology and course of both mental and physical health and illness. SEH specializes in integrating knowledge from across multiple disciplines and using cutting-edge methods to characterize the social and environmental contexts in which people live their lives.
Demography of Aging, Disability, and Care (DADC)
The Demography of Aging, Disability and Care program focuses on population aging, disability, and long-term care and related measurement and survey issues. The program provides leadership for several national studies of late-life disability and care. The program also supports the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA), one of 15 centers funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to advance research on the demography of aging.
Events
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Sep
29
SRC Seminar Series Presents: Reservation Wages Revisited: Empirics with the Canonical Model
Pawel Krolikowski, Senior Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Institute For Social Research @ 1:00pm -
Oct
6
SRC Seminar Series Presents: From Evidence to Action: Precision Implementation of Classroom Physical Activity Breaks
Rebecca Hasson, Victor L. Katch Collegiate Professor of Kinesiology
Institute For Social Research @ 1:00pm -
Oct
26
RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Lindsay Kobayashi)
How Culture Shapes the Measurement of Cognitive Aging: Lessons from the HCAP International Network
Institute For Social Research @ 3:30pm
Featured Faculty

Lindsay H Ryan
RESEARCH SCIENTIST, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
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RESEARCH PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
Natalie Colabianchi
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Carina Gronlund
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Shiyu Zhang
RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL...