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Faculty Profiles
ISR’s faculty experts conduct groundbreaking and wide-ranging social science research — representing more than 20 academic disciplines. Included below are two examples of the type of work being done by members of our team.
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Bendek B. Hansen
Faculty Associate, SRC - Education & Well Being Associate Professor, LSA Statistics
Ben Hansen's research interests include optimal matching, propensity-score adjustments for observational studies, quasiexperimental methods, and program assessment. In … more -
Helen G. Levy
Research Professor, SRC-Health Econ & Publc Policy Research Professor, Health Management And Policy Research Professor, Ford School Of Public Policy
Dr. Levy's research interests include the causes and consequences of lacking health insurance, evaluation of public health insurance programs, … more
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July 27, 2018
Applying data science in the public interest
ANN ARBOR— NSF grant will fund research to advance data science training in public sector. Data science, once largely restricted Read more
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July 27, 2018
U-M Surveys of Consumers: Strong economy amid darkening tariff clouds on the horizon
ANN ARBOR—Consumer sentiment was virtually unchanged from last month, and was nearly identical with the average since the start of Read more
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July 17, 2018
U-M researcher named head of NSF program
ANN ARBOR—The National Science Foundation has selected University of Michigan researcher Arthur Lupia to serve as the head of its Read more
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June 29, 2018
Job, income gains offset rising inflation, interest rates
ANN ARBOR—Consumer sentiment has been virtually unchanged for the past three months and has shown only small and insignificant variations Read more
