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.

Survey Research Operations (SRO) is the data collection unit within the Survey Research Center and the largest academic based survey research organization in the country. We offer comprehensive survey design, project management, sampling, data collection, and data processing services for researchers both within and beyond the U-M community. SRO collects cross-sectional and longitudinal data from local, regional, and national study populations, and we are devoted to innovative and high quality measurement, data collection, and implementation of survey methodology in the social sciences.