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Our first issue of Serving the Public Interest: Insights & Innovations into the Human Lifetime is out! myumi.ch/NrR5M
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This is our new quarterly newsletter that will share Survey Research Center research, media mentions, and publications. Sign up here: myumi.ch/G2pXR
@geronsociety.bsky.social 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting starts on Wednesday. SRC is well represented: myumi.ch/e3dVX
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
@geronsociety.bsky.social 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting starts on Wednesday. SRC is well represented: myumi.ch/e3dVX
Join @umpsid.bsky.social for @emilydore.bsky.social Postdoc at the SPHERE Center at Harvard School of Public Health: How State Context Shapes the Long Arm of Childhood.
Wednesday, November 19, 12:00-1:00
RSVP: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/psid-...
Wednesday, November 19, 12:00-1:00
RSVP: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/psid-...
PSID Seminar: How State Context Shapes the Long Arm of Childhood
Emily Dore Postdoctoral Research Fellow Social Policies for Health Equity Research (SPHERE) Center Harvard School of Public Health Wednesday, November 19, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Institute for Social...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Join @umpsid.bsky.social for @emilydore.bsky.social Postdoc at the SPHERE Center at Harvard School of Public Health: How State Context Shapes the Long Arm of Childhood.
Wednesday, November 19, 12:00-1:00
RSVP: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/psid-...
Wednesday, November 19, 12:00-1:00
RSVP: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/psid-...
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Find us at #GSA2025 booth 323
We're here to talk neighborhoods, data, and all the ways community context shapes brain health and aging
Using NaNDA data? Curious about NaNDA? Stop by for swag & data
@icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
We're here to talk neighborhoods, data, and all the ways community context shapes brain health and aging
Using NaNDA data? Curious about NaNDA? Stop by for swag & data
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November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Find us at #GSA2025 booth 323
We're here to talk neighborhoods, data, and all the ways community context shapes brain health and aging
Using NaNDA data? Curious about NaNDA? Stop by for swag & data
@icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
We're here to talk neighborhoods, data, and all the ways community context shapes brain health and aging
Using NaNDA data? Curious about NaNDA? Stop by for swag & data
@icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
Jerald Bachman passed away on October 31, 2025. Bachman was one of the founding investigators of the @mtfstudy.bsky.social. Founded in 1975, Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of Americans from adolescence through adulthood myumi.ch/E8pg6
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Jerald Bachman passed away on October 31, 2025. Bachman was one of the founding investigators of the @mtfstudy.bsky.social. Founded in 1975, Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of Americans from adolescence through adulthood myumi.ch/E8pg6
@tschepis.bsky.social, Philip Veliz, @bradytwest.bsky.social, Jason A. Ford, and Sean Esteban McCabe used national survey data to identify motive classes for nonmedical tranquilizer use among US teens & young adults and explored links to other substance use and mental health outcomes myumi.ch/XykGZ
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November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@tschepis.bsky.social, Philip Veliz, @bradytwest.bsky.social, Jason A. Ford, and Sean Esteban McCabe used national survey data to identify motive classes for nonmedical tranquilizer use among US teens & young adults and explored links to other substance use and mental health outcomes myumi.ch/XykGZ
@emilytreleaven.bsky.social et al examined the relationship between #GotongRoyong participation-an Indonesian practice of 'joint bearing of burdens'-and #COVID19 vaccine uptake, highlighting the importance of aligning vaccine campaigns with culturally embedded #SocialStructures myumi.ch/w9r1J
Gotong Royong and COVID-19 Vaccination in Indonesia: Linking Communal Values to Collective Immunity
This study examines the relationship between gotong royong participation and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.Cross-sectional surveyWe…
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November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@emilytreleaven.bsky.social et al examined the relationship between #GotongRoyong participation-an Indonesian practice of 'joint bearing of burdens'-and #COVID19 vaccine uptake, highlighting the importance of aligning vaccine campaigns with culturally embedded #SocialStructures myumi.ch/w9r1J
Roderick Little contributed Pattern-Mixture Models for Missing Data to the JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods. In the essay, Little discusses the advantages and limitations of pattern-mixture models which allow the predictive distribution of missing variables myumi.ch/bVwZk
Pattern-Mixture Models for Missing Data
This JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods article discusses designing and implementing clinical trials to minimize the number of missing data.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Roderick Little contributed Pattern-Mixture Models for Missing Data to the JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods. In the essay, Little discusses the advantages and limitations of pattern-mixture models which allow the predictive distribution of missing variables myumi.ch/bVwZk
Maura Spiegelman & Fred Conrad explore strategies to increase alignment between researchers’ intentions and respondents’ answers by taking advantage of the unique affordances of online surveys compared to paper or other analog formats myumi.ch/bVNM6
Improving Understanding of Survey Questions with Multimodal Clarification
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October 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Maura Spiegelman & Fred Conrad explore strategies to increase alignment between researchers’ intentions and respondents’ answers by taking advantage of the unique affordances of online surveys compared to paper or other analog formats myumi.ch/bVNM6
Walter Dempsey of @d3center.bsky.social is part of LowSalt4Life 2 which is testing a scalable, context-aware digital intervention designed to reduce dietary sodium and improve blood pressure management. myumi.ch/g3PeR
A Just-In-Time Adaptive Mobile Application Intervention to Reduce Sodium Intake and Blood Pressure in Patients with Hypertension: Rationale and Design of the LowSalt4Life 2 Trial
Excess dietary sodium intake is a major contributor to hypertension (HTN) and cardiovascular disease in the U.S., yet most Americans exceed recommende…
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October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Walter Dempsey of @d3center.bsky.social is part of LowSalt4Life 2 which is testing a scalable, context-aware digital intervention designed to reduce dietary sodium and improve blood pressure management. myumi.ch/g3PeR
🧪A new study from @pngumich.bsky.social finds Black teens with police contact show heightened #amygdala activity in response to neutral faces. This form of #RacializedAdversity is important to consider when elucidating #neurobiology in marginalized youth myumi.ch/R3en8
What’s the Harm? Examining Police Contact and Amygdala Reactivity Among Black Adolescents
Abstract. A growing literature links various experiences of adversity to brain activity, particularly in regions that support threat processing and the str
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October 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🧪A new study from @pngumich.bsky.social finds Black teens with police contact show heightened #amygdala activity in response to neutral faces. This form of #RacializedAdversity is important to consider when elucidating #neurobiology in marginalized youth myumi.ch/R3en8
Work by Bill Axinn & Sarah Brauner-Otto was cited in a sweet @upworthy.com article about a first dance. Their work showed that stronger emotional connections between parents can positively influence their children, helping them view marriages positively myumi.ch/g3PDQ
Bride pauses first dance to let Mom and her dad finally have the dance they never got to have at her wedding
Erin and her dad stepped onto the dance floor as the guests awaited their first dance, but they paused to make an announcement.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Work by Bill Axinn & Sarah Brauner-Otto was cited in a sweet @upworthy.com article about a first dance. Their work showed that stronger emotional connections between parents can positively influence their children, helping them view marriages positively myumi.ch/g3PDQ
#Adolescent #DrugUse declined markedly after the onset of the #COVID19 pandemic in 2020. @mtfstudy.bsky.social’s Richard Miech finds use isn’t yet “hardened” with heavy users & #prevention programs have the potential to reduce teen drug use further myumi.ch/A1mXQ
The Intensity of Adolescent Substance Use Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Adolescent cannabis and alcohol use declined substantially following the COVID-19
pandemic onset in 2020. This study tests whether substance use “hardened,” defined
as an increased proportion of heavy...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
#Adolescent #DrugUse declined markedly after the onset of the #COVID19 pandemic in 2020. @mtfstudy.bsky.social’s Richard Miech finds use isn’t yet “hardened” with heavy users & #prevention programs have the potential to reduce teen drug use further myumi.ch/A1mXQ
Daniel Almirall (@d3center.bsky.social) et al. use Replicating Effective Programs as the foundational implementation strategy to test the effects of two additional strategies on improving the number of IDEAL Goals sessions for clients in Maryland & Michigan mental health orgs myumi.ch/w9Jjp
Achieving cardiovascular health equity in community mental health: study protocol for a cluster-randomized hybrid Type 3 effectiveness-implementation trial - Implementation Science
Background People with serious mental illness die 10–20 years earlier than the overall population, mainly from cardiovascular disease. Although effective interventions to manage cardiovascular disease...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Daniel Almirall (@d3center.bsky.social) et al. use Replicating Effective Programs as the foundational implementation strategy to test the effects of two additional strategies on improving the number of IDEAL Goals sessions for clients in Maryland & Michigan mental health orgs myumi.ch/w9Jjp
David Weir, Ken Langa, Lindsay Kobayashi et al advocate for the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol as a structured & adaptable framework that prioritizes measurement precision and cultural relevance. HCAP's uniformity enables effective statistical harmonization myumi.ch/R3eED
October 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
David Weir, Ken Langa, Lindsay Kobayashi et al advocate for the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol as a structured & adaptable framework that prioritizes measurement precision and cultural relevance. HCAP's uniformity enables effective statistical harmonization myumi.ch/R3eED
The UM Board of Regents honored Kenneth M. Langa with a Distinguished University Professorship, who in turn honored A. Regula Herzog. Learn more about the impact Regula Herzog had on Ken Langa's career, research, and how he creates teams that do good work and have fun myumi.ch/8qj23
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The UM Board of Regents honored Kenneth M. Langa with a Distinguished University Professorship, who in turn honored A. Regula Herzog. Learn more about the impact Regula Herzog had on Ken Langa's career, research, and how he creates teams that do good work and have fun myumi.ch/8qj23
🧪Farah Ammous et al. found a higher genetic predisposition to specific insulin resistant (IR)-related type 2 diabetes subtypes, such as metabolic syndrome and mechanisms of IR mediated through obesity and lipodystrophy, is potentially involved in cognitive decline. myumi.ch/XyD83
Association of genetic scores related to insulin resistance with neurological outcomes in ancestrally diverse cohorts from the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program - Communications Biol...
Polygenic scores and partitioned polygenic scores related to insulin resistance derived in multiancestry populations show distinct association with neurological outcomes
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October 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🧪Farah Ammous et al. found a higher genetic predisposition to specific insulin resistant (IR)-related type 2 diabetes subtypes, such as metabolic syndrome and mechanisms of IR mediated through obesity and lipodystrophy, is potentially involved in cognitive decline. myumi.ch/XyD83
Lindsay Kobayashi, Ken Langa et al. share lessons from the HRS International Network of Surveys & HCAP on developing cross-national cognitive testing protocols for aging studies, guiding future research on comparability and validity in cross-national aging studies myumi.ch/XyDye
The measurement of cognition in large-scale cross-national surveys: Lessons from the Health and Retirement International Network of Studies and the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol
AbstractObjectives. Global dementia prevalence is expected to triple by 2050 with the majority of cases occuring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs
myumi.ch
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Lindsay Kobayashi, Ken Langa et al. share lessons from the HRS International Network of Surveys & HCAP on developing cross-national cognitive testing protocols for aging studies, guiding future research on comparability and validity in cross-national aging studies myumi.ch/XyDye
🧪Amanda Sonnega et al used the #HealthAndRetirementStudy to develop the Index of #Aging in #Midlife and Beyond (IAM+), a 10-item scale accounting for a range of abilities and health. This index can be used for promoting active and productive engagement through later life myumi.ch/Z2qZ9
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October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🧪Amanda Sonnega et al used the #HealthAndRetirementStudy to develop the Index of #Aging in #Midlife and Beyond (IAM+), a 10-item scale accounting for a range of abilities and health. This index can be used for promoting active and productive engagement through later life myumi.ch/Z2qZ9
Their results suggest that military personnel may experience pandemic-related declines in mental health similar to those observed in civilian populations, emphasizing the importance of appropriate support during pandemic conditions.
Due to their involvement in #PandemicRelief efforts, #military personnel are at increased risk of #pandemic-related stressors. Using #STARRS-LS, researchers including @jameswagner254.bsky.social examine the degree to which #COVID19 affected army soldiers' mental health myumi.ch/mRpAw
Effects of pandemic-related stressors on anxiety and mood difficulty during versus before the COVID-19 pandemic in US Army soldiers and veterans - Nature Mental Health
Military personnel face increased exposure to pandemic-related stressors, yet their mental health impacts remain underexplored. Here, the authors analyze data from the STARRS Longitudinal Study, revea...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Their results suggest that military personnel may experience pandemic-related declines in mental health similar to those observed in civilian populations, emphasizing the importance of appropriate support during pandemic conditions.
Due to their involvement in #PandemicRelief efforts, #military personnel are at increased risk of #pandemic-related stressors. Using #STARRS-LS, researchers including @jameswagner254.bsky.social examine the degree to which #COVID19 affected army soldiers' mental health myumi.ch/mRpAw
Effects of pandemic-related stressors on anxiety and mood difficulty during versus before the COVID-19 pandemic in US Army soldiers and veterans - Nature Mental Health
Military personnel face increased exposure to pandemic-related stressors, yet their mental health impacts remain underexplored. Here, the authors analyze data from the STARRS Longitudinal Study, revea...
myumi.ch
October 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Due to their involvement in #PandemicRelief efforts, #military personnel are at increased risk of #pandemic-related stressors. Using #STARRS-LS, researchers including @jameswagner254.bsky.social examine the degree to which #COVID19 affected army soldiers' mental health myumi.ch/mRpAw
Changes in #family structure across the #LifeCourse can have lasting effects on parent–child relationships. Using @umpsid.bsky.social, @spattersearch.bsky.social & Paula Fomby find past and present family arrangements contribute to adult children's support of their parents myumi.ch/qZ9bE
myumi.ch
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Changes in #family structure across the #LifeCourse can have lasting effects on parent–child relationships. Using @umpsid.bsky.social, @spattersearch.bsky.social & Paula Fomby find past and present family arrangements contribute to adult children's support of their parents myumi.ch/qZ9bE
Brooke Arterberry et al found that alcohol obsessive passion & coping motives are most associated with greater alcohol-related problems among college students who use both alcohol and marijuana myumi.ch/A1Gr4
Multivariate associations between passion, coping motives, and substance use outcomes in college students engaging in simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use
Prior studies have demonstrated separate impacts of passion and coping motives on substance use (SU). However, their joint influences on SU outcomes remain unexplored among college students engagin...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Brooke Arterberry et al found that alcohol obsessive passion & coping motives are most associated with greater alcohol-related problems among college students who use both alcohol and marijuana myumi.ch/A1Gr4
🧪Researchers with SRC's @pngumich.bsky.social & @um-psc.bsky.social developed a novel DNAm biomarker of pubertal age that was consistently associated with earlier age at menarche across three adolescent cohorts myumi.ch/Nr5J3
Salivary DNA methylation and pubertal development in adolescents - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Salivary DNA methylation and pubertal development in adolescents
myumi.ch
October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🧪Researchers with SRC's @pngumich.bsky.social & @um-psc.bsky.social developed a novel DNAm biomarker of pubertal age that was consistently associated with earlier age at menarche across three adolescent cohorts myumi.ch/Nr5J3
This month's Coffee and Donuts with the SRC Director was hosted by the Survey Research Operations. Grant Benson and Nicole Kirgis chatted with @umpamdk.bsky.social about the work SRO does and the long-time interviewers who make that work possible. youtu.be/Fk31bEtZX5U
Coffee with Survey Research Operations
YouTube video by Survey Research Center, University of Michigan
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October 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This month's Coffee and Donuts with the SRC Director was hosted by the Survey Research Operations. Grant Benson and Nicole Kirgis chatted with @umpamdk.bsky.social about the work SRO does and the long-time interviewers who make that work possible. youtu.be/Fk31bEtZX5U
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New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social umichmedicine @um-src.bsky.social affiliate Kenneth M. Langa
Particulate air pollution from different emission sources, cognitive performance, and cognitive declines in India
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Particulate air pollution from different emission sources, cognitive performance, and cognitive declines in India
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Particulate air pollution from different emission sources, cognitive performance, and cognitive declines in India
Low- and middle-income countries experience some of the highest fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposures globally, with emissions from sources like r…
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October 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social umichmedicine @um-src.bsky.social affiliate Kenneth M. Langa
Particulate air pollution from different emission sources, cognitive performance, and cognitive declines in India
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Particulate air pollution from different emission sources, cognitive performance, and cognitive declines in India
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