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September 9, 2017

Mathieu Despard Cited in Chicago Tribune Article on Federal Student Loan Debt

Assistant Professor Mat Despard was cited in the Chicago Tribune article, "The fastest-growing category of student debtors may surprise you: Senior citizens".

September 9, 2017

Xiaoling Xiang Receives Grant from National Institute on Aging for Home Care Behavioral Intervention for Depression

Assistant Professor Xiaoling Xiang received a grant from the National Institute on Aging to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of home care aides-administered behavioral intervention for depression from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders, including older African Americans, home...

September 9, 2017

Brittany Schuler (Postdoctoral Fellow) Published in Childhood Obesity

Brittany Schuler's (postdoctoral fellow) article, "Child Development and the Community Environment: Understanding Overweight across the Income Gradient" was published in Childhood Obesity.

September 8, 2017

Addie Weaver Receives NIMH Mentored Research Scientist Development Grant (K01)

Assistant Professor Addie Weaver received a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01). This four-year grant will support her career development in key areas related to mental health intervention and implementation research, as well as her research...

September 8, 2017

Luke Shaefer, Trina Shanks, Kristin Seefeldt, Mat Despard, and Adrienne Lapidos Pilot Summer Youth Employment Program

Associate Professors Luke Shaefer and Trina Shanks, Assistant Professors Kristin Seefeldt and Mat Despard, and LEO Adjunct Lecturer Adrienne Lapidos piloted Summer17, a summer youth employment program in Washtenaw County which pairs county youth ages 16-24 with U-M faculty and staff to help them...

September 8, 2017

Linda Chatters and Robert Taylor Published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Professors Linda Chatters and Robert Taylor's article, "Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Older Adults: Differences between Baby Boomers and Pre-Boomers" was published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

September 8, 2017

Mathieu Despard's Financial Opportunity Project Selected to Receive 2017 Association of Public Data Users Data Viz Award

Assistant Professor Mat Despard's research project, Mapping Financial Opportunity, was selected to receive a 2017 Association of Public Data Users Data Viz Award in the Researchers and Students category. This was a joint effort of researchers at the U-M, University of Kansas and and New America in...

September 7, 2017

Lydia Li's Research Cited in HuffPost Article on Elderly Chinese Americans and Suicidal Thoughts

Associate Professor Lydia Li’s research was cited in the HuffPost Lifestyle article, “Older Chinese-Americans Who’ve Faced Bias Are More Likely To Have Suicidal Thoughts”.

September 7, 2017

Daphne Watkins, Jamie Mitchell, and Jaclynn Hawkins Co-Author Field Scan Report for Research, Integration, Strategies and Evaluation (RISE) for Boys and Men of Color

Director of Joint Doctoral Program and Associate Professor Daphne Watkins, Assistant Professor Jamie Mitchell, and Jaclynn Hawkins (PhD'15) co-authored “Physical and Mental Health Interventions for Black Men in the United States“, one of 8 field scan reports on black men of color literature recently...