Join Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science for Sofi Sinozich & @moynihanpatrick.bsky.social (@pewresearch.org): Rethinking Methods in the Global Attitudes Project: Explorations in Australia and Sweden Wednesday, February 18, 12:00-1:00pm EDT Information/zoom: events.umich.edu/event/139829

The latest issue of Serving the Public Interest: Insights & Innovations into the Human Lifetime is out! myumi.ch/g3m32 We feature Noah Webster of Life Course Development program and Urban & Environmental Studies program. His interest is in the impact of the environment on our social relationships.

@jameswagner254.bsky.social is co-organizing the @aapor.bsky.social 2026 Survey Costs Workshop Feb 9-10 in Bethesda, MD Wagner will present Cost Estimation Problems Stephanie Chardoul will present Dashboards for Survey Cost Monitoring Both will be part of the plenary panel: Why discuss cost?

Join us TODAY, February 3 at 1:00 for @arielhasell.bsky.social: The Way We News Now: How information abundance, news negativity, and media distrust are changing the way Americans engage with journalism More information & zoom link: myumi.ch/JPVze 1430 ISR-Thompson

Celebrating 80 years of social science in the public interest. SRC’s founders believed social behavior could be understood in terms of attitudes and motivational behaviors, and links could be formed between an academic culture & the applied research of business and government. youtu.be/giSsP7o4PZg

The @umisr.bsky.social celebration of #MLK Day highlighted the 25-year follow-up of the National Survey of American Life. Stephanie Chardoul said, "We learned lots of really valuable lessons on implementing this large, complex study of a special population and we are better for it" myumi.ch/w9Gwe

January's Coffee and Donuts with the SRC Director was hosted by the #LifeCourseDevelopment program. Noah Webster chatted with SRC director @umpamdk.bsky.social chatted about the work LCD does and how important all social ties are to healthy aging youtu.be/1GX_M-dQY-s?...

Join us, Tuesday, February 3 at 1:00 for @arielhasell.bsky.social: The Way We News Now: How information abundance, news negativity, and media distrust are changing the way Americans engage with journalism More information & zoom link: myumi.ch/JPVze 1430 ISR-Thompson

Join us, TODAY at 1:00 for Luke Hyde: Parents, Neighborhoods, and the Developing Brain More information: myumi.ch/4mPDn 1430 ISR-Thompson Zoom: myumi.ch/Z2EqZ Meeting ID: 993 5134 5515 Passcode: 265270

SRC director, @umpamdk.bsky.social, says, "This generous support allows us to continue to address some of the most pressing research questions of our time."

Join us, Tuesday, January 27 at 1:00 for Luke Hyde: Parents, Neighborhoods, and the Developing Brain More information: myumi.ch/4mPDn 1430 ISR-Thompson Zoom: myumi.ch/Z2EqZ Meeting ID: 993 5134 5515 Passcode: 265270

Today at 12 EST at #umich @umisr.bsky.social! We’re thrilled to host our own @joelabriola.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social faculty as he presents, “The Tax Treatment of Housing as a Source of Racial Inequality.” Join us in person or Zoom – 📧 DM us for the link.🥳 inequality.umich.edu/speaker-seri...

TOMORROW: Join the @umichstonecid.bsky.social for @johnvoorheis.bsky.social (US Census Bureau): Housing Capital and Intergenerational Mobility in the United States Tuesday, January 13, 10:30am-12:00pm EDT RSVP to save your seat: myumi.ch/15erV 1430 ISR-Thompson

Bill Axinn and Stephanie Chardoul visited Chulalongkorn University’s College of Population Studies in Bangkok to discuss future collaborations in demographic research and innovations in population data survey methods myumi.ch/E8Qm7

Join the @umichstonecid.bsky.social for @johnvoorheis.bsky.social (US Census Bureau): Housing Capital and Intergenerational Mobility in the United States Tuesday, January 13, 10:30am-12:00pm EDT RSVP to save your seat: myumi.ch/15erV 1430 ISR-Thompson

We invite applications for a Research Assistant Professor in the Survey Methodology Program. We are seeking candidates who are developing methods for acquiring & integrating non-traditional sources & applying AI & emerging technologies to survey methodology myumi.ch/R3AWy @umisr.bsky.social

"For the fifth year in a row, use of most substances among teenagers in the United States continues to hover around the low-water mark reached in 2021." More results from the #MonitoringtheFuture study released today: myumi.ch/MkGNE

"The home is not just background; it's a key shaper of risk." PSC & SRC postdoc Shu Xu et al share 5 concrete tips to prevent falls for older adults with vision loss: myumi.ch/D8Q5M @nhats-nsoc.bsky.social @micda-umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social @umichnews.bsky.social

December's Coffee and Donuts with the SRC Director was hosted by the Survey Research Center. Pamela Davis-Kean, SRC director, and Mary Mangum, SRC assistant director, discuss the wide breadth of the research SRC does and the work SRC staff do to support that research

🧪With global mental health challenges rising, rigorous data tools matter more than ever. @yajuansi.bsky.social, James Wagner & Ronald Kessler urge combining online panel surveys with high-quality probability samples for valid, practical studies. Details: myumi.ch/dgDP1

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SRC and @umisr.bsky.social are seeking an Associate Research Scientist to serve as a survey methodologist for the @nhats-nsoc.bsky.social and collaborate on externally funded projects related to aging, disability, dementia, and care myumi.ch/8qDxR

🧪Research by Wei Zhao, Jessica Faul, Jennifer A. Smith et al. suggest a connection between mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy and nuclear DNA methylation in aging and disease. The direction & mechanisms of the connection are in need of further study. myumi.ch/pVWmD

Noelle Carlozzi et al. find the Paradigm Shift Program, a comprehensive parent training program for parents of neurodivergent children with pathological demand avoidance shows promise. The program improved children's behavior & boosted parents' health-related quality of life myumi.ch/9pAdd

The Chitwan Valley Family Study (or CVFS) was launched in 1995 and celebrated its 30th anniversary this year with a series of events in Nepal. Read more about this important study and the November celebration: myumi.ch/n13z2

At the next PSC Brown Bag, we'll get to hear from our own @emilytreleaven.bsky.social presenting insights from her recent household survey work that could reduce error in mortality estimates. #Demography @um-src.bsky.social Join us live or on Zoom: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/trele...

Join us TODAY at 1:00 for Lindsay Kobayashi: Insights into cognitive aging around the world: evidence from the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol More information: myumi.ch/dgJy6 1430BD ISR-Thompson umich.zoom.us/s/926988713 Meeting ID: 926 9887 1329 Passcode: 588465

Shiyu Zhang, @yajuansi.bsky.social & John Dziak clarify the assumptions and mechanisms by which different missing data strategies accommodate missingness in covariates and reconcile recommendations that sometimes appear contradictory in the literature myumi.ch/5kGMD

Climate-related disasters threaten the health & wellbeing of human populations. Elizabeth Fussell, Kate Burrows & @narayansastry.bsky.social review key survey design elements from 4 demographic surveys disrupted by large-scale disasters to pinpoint what’s critical in disaster research myumi.ch/8q8Nq

Political partisanship has become so persistent in sentiment surveys that some economists say it’s getting harder to accurately measure moods of consumers. Surveys of Consumers director, Joanne Hsu, says looking at how independents feel is a better gauge of sentiment myumi.ch/Mk87V

Jess Francis-Levin is using RCGD's new VR Lab for a project on aging and connection among older adults. Join us TODAY at the @rcgd-isr.bsky.social seminar series on the science of social relationships! @um-src.bsky.social @micda-umisr.bsky.social buff.ly/eSVuAL4

Hanyu Sun & Fred Conrad examine the differences in interviewer and respondent paralinguistic behaviors (such as “uh” and “um” or laughter) between video and in-person interviews and whether these difference influence respondents' answers myumi.ch/rAPZ7

November's Coffee and Donuts with the SRC Director was hosted by the @d3center.bsky.social. Billie Nahum-Shani and Shiyu Zhang chatted with SRC director @umpamdk.bsky.social about adaptive interventions and the integration of human and mobile delivered approaches myumi.ch/qZxd4

@erinware.bsky.social et al. conducted a review of randomized clinical trials, finding no reliable evidence that pain neuroscience education plus any one physical therapy method boosts effectiveness vs. the single intervention alone for patients focused on pain & function: myumi.ch/pVJDg

Join us Tuesday, December 2 at 1:00 for Lindsay Kobayashi: Insights into cognitive aging around the world: evidence from the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol More information: myumi.ch/dgJy6 1430BD ISR-Thompson umich.zoom.us/s/926988713 Meeting ID: 926 9887 1329 Passcode: 588465

Joanne Hsu, director of the #SurveysOfConsumers, tells @businessinsider.com that Americans are well aware that #inflation has fallen, but prices haven't come down and consumers know that, too. She says, "People are broadly feeling pretty negative about the economy." myumi.ch/bV3WW

In this scoping review, @pngumich.bsky.social researchers highlight key methodological trends and gaps in the literature on the associations between DNA methylation and internalizing or externalizing traits or behaviors in children and adolescents.

🧪@d3center.bsky.social researchers discuss the sources and impact of missing data in microrandomized trials. They provide a conceptual framework to guide future investigators in anticipating missing data and making informed decisions to manage them myumi.ch/61MWn @leb112358.bsky.social

Jess Francis-Levin is using RCGD's new VR Lab for a project on aging and connection among older adults. Learn more and join us for the @rcgd-isr.bsky.social seminar series on the science of social relationships! @um-src.bsky.social @micda-umisr.bsky.social buff.ly/eSVuAL4

Meet Zachary Winograd, student at the Michigan Program for Survey and Data Science and research assistant at @d3center.bsky.social at the Survey Research Center (SRC)! Learn more about the MPSDS and students here: surveydatascience.isr.umich.edu #masters #research #datascience

Given the rising number of older adults with disability and dementia, unpaid caregivers are increasingly vital in the long-term care of older adults. SRC's Kira Birditt and co-authors use data from UAS-CLEAR to describe the experiences of family and non-family caregivers #GSA2025

@spattersearch.bsky.social & co-authors show that lacking close friends or wanting more is tied to higher loneliness for adults 50+. Less weekly contact also predicts loneliness. Women have more friends/contacts than men, but loneliness rates are similar by gender. #GSA2025

Trust drives social cohesion and well-being for older adults, and supports social norms and civic life. SRC & @rcgd-isr.bsky.social’s Noah Webster, Kristine Ajrouch, and Toni Antonucci study how social networks foster societal-wide trust #GSA2025

Caregivers to those with dementia are often an overlooked group. SRC's Yee To (Crystal) Ng, alongside her co-authors, have examined loneliness experienced by these caregivers, and the quality of their social relationships. #GSA2025

It's very busy last day of #GSA2025! Grab a donut and check out our full schedule of SRC presentations: myumi.ch/e3dVX

SRC's Lindsay Kobayashi will be the chair for the session Novel Approaches to Understanding Education and Later-Life Cognitive Health at #GSA2025

US adults have become increasingly concerned with staying "mentally sharp". ISR's Jacqui Smith and Marina Larkina used the Health and Retirement Study to examine to examine concerns about cognitive health and if there is a mismatch between actual cognitive performance and subjective status. #GSA2025

Using @mtfstudy.bsky.social, @meganepatrick.bsky.social, Yvonne Terry-McElrath & Joy Jang examine changes over time in cannabis & nicotine use, focusing on trends in early & late midlife, finding substance use is evolving among adults, with implications for health and wellbeing while aging #GSA2025

Yuk Pang & coauthors used @mtfstudy.bsky.social to study how heavy substance use in young adulthood affects poor memory later in life. Sustained use may have long-term cognitive impacts, partly via early midlife problematic use. #GSA2025

Members of the LGBTQ+ community are innovative in their ability to create community through social media use. Jess Francis-Levin & Bolu Dolgari examine the differences in motivations behind social media use among older adults & young adults in the LGBTQ+ community #GSA2025 @rcgd-isr.bsky.social