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Life Course Development

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Founded in 1957, Life Course Development (LCD) aims to expand knowledge of social relationships across the lifespan and their implications for mental and physical health. LCD examines a wide variety of relationships, identifying the aspects of relationships that are most beneficial and/or harmful to health and whether these associations vary by demographic and contextual factors. With this knowledge, the program hopes to help in the design and implementation of intervention and prevention programs.

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Aging & Biopsychosocial Innovations

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Aging & Biopsychosocial Innovations (ABI) is a research program founded in 2019, which aims to understand how stress and social contexts affect health. ABI also examines the biophysical factors that account for these links, using a multidisciplinary research approach.

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Sun Kyoung Lee

Sun Kyoung Lee

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

Jason Owen-Smith

Jason D Owen-Smith

PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, PROFESSOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES, COLLEGE OF...

Helen Meier

Helen Carmon Spink Meier

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

Jody Schimmel Hyde

Jody Schimmel Hyde

RESEARCH SCIENTIST, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Carina Gronlund

Carina Gronlund

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

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