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SRC Programs
Survey Research Operations
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.
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.
Events
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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 -
Nov
2
RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Emily M. Briceño)
Measurement of cognitive aging and dementia within its cultural context
Institute For Social Research @ 3:30pm -
Nov
11
MPSDS / JPSM Seminar: Adding Modes without Subtracting Quality: Survey Data Collection in Low and Middle-income Countries
Dr. Abigail (Abba) Greenleaf - Columbia University
Off Campus Location @ 12:00pm
Featured Faculty

Jennifer Ann Smith
PROFESSOR OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND RESEARCH PROFESSOR,...
Steven G Heeringa
RESEARCH SCIENTIST EMERITUS, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...
Erin Bakshis Ware
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER AND FACULTY...
Pablo A Mitnik
ASSISTANT RESEARCH SCIENTIST, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...
Reed Thomas DeAngelis
ASSISTANT RESEARCH SCIENTIST, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...