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Faculty Spotlight: Reed DeAngelis

October 7, 2026

A Musician’s Guide to Population HealthTouring the United States as a musician in his teens and twenties exposed Reed DeAngelis to the lasting effects of mid-century urban planning. He witnessed segregated, impoverished neighborhoods divided by interstate highways, alongside favored...

Traveling the United States as a touring musician in my teens and twenties exposed me to the legacies of mid-century urban planning. On the one hand, I witnessed starkly segregated and impoverished communities with interstate highways tearing through them, and people having to get around isolated in cars. On the other, I saw a few favored communities with access to all the amenities conducive to health and longevity: clean air, walkable infrastructure covered in lush greenspace, gourmet restaurants, museums, parks, the list goes on. Reed DeAngelis, Assistant Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research

Abortion bans make healthcare more expensive

October 5, 2026

ANN ARBOR—Research finds abortion bans are associated with higher out-of-pocket health insurance premium costs for women, particularly among Black and Hispanic women. A new University of Michigan preliminary study shows that state abortion bans implemented following the Supreme...

A stethoscope rests on top of a very expensive medical invoice that has line items for different services provided.

ISR heads discussion on risks of AI to social surveys

September 29, 2026

ANN ARBOR — Representatives from the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR), the NORC Center on AI & Data Quality, and leaders of both federally funded studies and their funding agencies convened recently for a daylong forum on threats to survey research from...

Trade tensions, high prices and interest rates drive slip in consumers’ outlook

September 25, 2026

ANN ARBOR—Consumer sentiment ticked down less than four index points in September, reaching the lowest reading in four months and down 15% from January 2026, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.Views of current and year-ahead expected personal finances both weakened...

University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers

Black progress in real time—public art from Rick Lowe informed by U-M social research

September 24, 2026

20 new works in Lowe’s largest U.S. solo exhibit to-date, ‘Black Wall Street Journey: Re and De Imagining Black Progress,’ which opens Sept. 26ANN ARBOR—”The narrative around Black people, for me, is very problematic; it’s all about the deficit, the wealth gap...

Neighborhood by neighborhood: Mapping what shapes healthy aging

September 17, 2026

ANN ARBOR—With an $11 million award from the National Institute on Aging, University of Michigan researchers will build and share national data that track how neighborhood conditions change over time, helping scientists study how local environments affect older adults’...

Gerontological Society of America recognizes ISR faculty member

September 15, 2026

ANN ARBOR — Seoyoun Kim of the Institute for Social Research’s (ISR) Population Studies Center (PSC) and ICPSR has been named a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. Fellow status is the highest honor bestowed by the GSA and is an acknowledgment of outstanding and continuing...

Food Insecurity Later in Life Linked to Nearly 4 Times Higher Dementia Risk

August 31, 2026

Newsweek discussed a Panel Study of Income Dynamics study which finds that older adults who struggle to afford food face a higher risk of developing dementia. Noura Insolera says the generosity of SNAP benefits during the pandemic was very beneficial to American families. If there is one thing I...

“If there is one thing I could change, it would be to go back to the generosity of benefits that SNAP was able to provide during the pandemic. The federal government was able to swiftly intervene and help American families in a very successful way.” Newsweek August 28, 2026 Noura Insolera, Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Survey Research Center

When a Friend Becomes a Caregiver

August 28, 2026

The New York Times cited the National Health and Aging Trends Study in an article about the ways which friends & neighbors help older adults with tasks like transportation or shopping, but Crystal Yee To Ng, a postdoc in the Demography of Aging, Disability and Care (DADC) says “There are...

There are some tasks friends might not be well equipped to provide or be comfortable with. Those can infringe on people’s self-esteem. With family, we accept that when you’re really ill, they step up with intimate activities. It’s embarrassing to have your friends help you use the toilet. New York Times August 22, 2026 Crystal Yee To Ng, Demography of Aging, Disability and Care, Survey Research Center

Penn State bust put focus on cocaine but on most campuses the big risk is alcohol

August 28, 2026

While an alleged cocaine ring at Penn State University has drawn national headlines, cocaine use among young adults has been decreasing over the last 5 years. Megan Patrick tells NPR’s All Things Considered that the prevalence of cocaine use among young people is about 5% in the last...

There's been a decrease over the past five years of cocaine use among young adults in the U.S. The prevalence is about 5% in the past 12 months [of young adults who] used cocaine. All Things Considered August 24, 2026 Megan Patrick, Monitoring the Future, Survey Research Center

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