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Health and Retirement Study

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The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a long-running study that examines middle-aged and older adults in the US, producing data that is used both domestically and internationally. As a panel survey, HRS follows approximately 20,000 U.S. adults, some of whom have participated in the study for 30 years, through the retirement and aging process.

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Landscapes of Population Health

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Landscapes of Population Health ("Landscapes") is an interdisciplinary research team of historians, social-behavioral scientists , and statisticians, merging expertise in the study of  American society, population health, and cutting-edge data science. Through our collaborations, we aim to clarify the social drivers and biological mechanisms that underlie variation in population health.

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Margaret Hicken

Margaret Takako Hicken

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, FACULTY ASSOCIATE,...

Helen Levy

Helen G Levy

RESEARCH PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH,...

Jessica Faul

Jessica Danielle Faul

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...

Helen Meier

Helen Carmon Spink Meier

RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...

Maggie Levenstein

Maggie Levenstein

PROFESSOR OF INFORMATION, SCHOOL OF INFORMATION, RESEARCH PROFESSOR,...

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