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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.
Health and Retirement Study
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.
Events
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Sep
16
International Research Hub Lunch
Institute For Social Research @ 12:00pm -
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 -
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
Featured Faculty

Kate Duchowny
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Adriene Marie Beltz
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William G Axinn
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Kate Cagney
DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, RESEARCH PROFESSOR, SURVEY...
Grace Noppert
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER AND FACULTY...