Faculty Profiles

BIO

Jody Schimmel Hyde, PhD, is a Research Scientist in the Survey Research Center (SRC) of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan (UM). She is a co-investigator and an associate director of the Health and Retirement Study. Dr. Schimmel Hyde’s research focuses on financial independence, employment, and public programs to support self-sufficiency and community living for people with disabilities and older adults. She is interested in survey measurement of disability, and the value of survey-administrative data linkages to understand participation in and outcomes for participants of income support programs. Prior to joining SRC, Dr. Schimmel Hyde was a Senior Fellow at Mathematica and the managing director of its Center for Studying Disability Policy. While at Mathematica, she was involved in research projects for federal agencies including the Social Security Administration, the Administration for Children and Families, the Administration for Community Living, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.