Nicotine Pouch Use Doubles Among U.S. High Schoolers
May 9, 2025
Nicotine pouches are inserted between the gum and lip & allows teens to use nicotine in an easily concealed way. U.S. News & World Report reported on a study using Monitoring the Future data which finds teens are twice as likely to have used nicotine pouches in the last month or year...
SRC Researchers at the 2025 American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference
May 9, 2025
Here is a list of SRC Researchers at the 2025 American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference in St. Louis, MO. All times are Central Daylight Time.Exhibitors include Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (also a sponsor) in booth 202 and ICPSR in booth 215.Tuesday, May...
How Research Cuts Are Hurting the Science of a Meaningful Life
May 9, 2025
Researchers all over are seeing their funding end due to cuts at the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Toni Antonucci‘s grant was one of them.The National Study of American Life, which studies the social determinants of health in preventing and treating...
ISR Study Links Vision Problems in Older Adults to Higher Mortality Risk, Highlights Role of Falls
May 9, 2025
A recent national University of Michigan study confirms that aging adults who have trouble with their vision are at a higher risk of mortality, and suggests a key factor is their high risk of falling.
The study, published in Innovation in Aging, uses longitudinal data from the National Health and...
Sunghee Lee & Brady West speak about what it’s like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration
May 5, 2025
The Conversation Weekly podcast spoke with Sunghee Lee & Brady West about having their funding by the Trump administration, calling it confusing and opaque.Lee’s study examined risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease across all U.S. racial & ethnic groups: “ Our study...
Sunghee Lee & Brady West speak about what it’s like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration
May 5, 2025
The Conversation Weekly podcast spoke with Sunghee Lee & Brady West about having their funding by the Trump administration, calling it confusing and opaque. Lee’s study examined risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease across all U.S. racial & ethnic groups:...
The human cost of cutting Medicaid
May 2, 2025
Helen Levy & Tom Buchmueller (Stephen M. Ross School of Business & visiting scholar at The Brookings Institution) discuss the impact cuts to Medicaid will have on Americans’ health and mortality, “Medicaid coverage improves children’s health at birth, and...
Consumers aren’t seeing any relief ahead for high prices, says U of M’s Joanne Hsu
April 28, 2025
Surveys of Consumers’ director, Joanne Hsu, joined the CNBC Power Lunch to discuss the latest consumer sentiment numbers and the impact of tariffs on how consumers feel about their personal finances.
Consumers aren’t seeing any relief ahead for high prices, says U of M’s Joanne Hsu
April 28, 2025
Surveys of Consumers’ director, Joanne Hsu, joined the CNBC Power Lunch to discuss the latest consumer sentiment numbers and the impact of tariffs on how consumers feel about their personal finances.
Consumers worried about labor markets amid trade policy volatility
April 25, 2025
ANN ARBOR—Consumer sentiment fell for the fourth straight month, plunging 8% from March and reaching its lowest reading since July 2022. While the April decline in current conditions was relatively modest, the expectations index plummeted with drop-offs in personal finances as well as...
