Edie Kieffer Receives Grant from Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research to Work with Community Health and Social Services Center in Southwest Detroit
Professor Edie Kieffer received a grant from the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) to work in partnership with the Community Health and Social Services Center (CHASS) in Southwest Detroit to explore how social media and/or text messaging interventions may be used - either...
Mathieu Despard Published in Journal of Poverty
Assistant Professor Mathieu Despard's article, "Effects of a Tax-Time Savings Experiment on Material and Health Care Hardship among Low-Income Filers" was published in the Journal of Poverty.
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".
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...
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.
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...
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...
David Cordova Published in Child Development and Addictive Behaviors
Assistant Professor David Cordova's article, "Longitudinal Trajectories of Family Functioning Among Recent Immigrant Adolescents and Parents: Links With Adolescent and Parent Cultural Stress, Emotional Well-Being, and Behavioral Health" was published in Child Development.
His article, "Substance...
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.
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...