Victoria Vignare is an operations manager in Westat’s large-scale survey group. She specializes in developing and leading deployment of performance dashboards, GPS and mobile technologies. She has managed a number of large household studies including the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health, the National Health and Aging Trends Study and the National Epidemiologic Survey on […]
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Mike Kearney is an assistant professor at the University of Missouri where he holds a joint appointment in the School of Journalism and the Informatics Institute. His research examines the spread of political information through digital media using computational social scientific methods. Kearney earned his Ph.D. in communication studies along with a graduate minor in […]
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Joe Murphy is senior survey methodologist at RTI International. His research focuses on the application of new technologies to improve the quality, relevance, and efficiency of survey research. He also investigates optimal designs for multimode data collection platforms, data visualization, and using social media to supplement surveys.
Continue ReadingBrady T. West
Brady T. West is a Research Professor in the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science, located within the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research on the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (U-M) campus. He earned his PhD from the Michigan Program in Survey Methodology in 2011. Before that, he received an MA […]
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James Wagner completed a bachelor’s degree in political science from Macalester College in 1987, and completed a master’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan in 1992. He has over 15 years experience working on surveys. He received his PhD from the Program in Survey Methodology in 2008. He currently is Research Professor […]
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Z. Tuba Suzer-Gurtekin is a Research Fellow in the Survey Methodology Program within the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan. She holds a PhD in Survey Methodology from University of Michigan. Before that, she earned an MS in survey methodology from University of Michigan and an MBA from Western Michigan University. Before focusing on her […]
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Dr. Treleaven studies the mechanisms through which family and community context shape health and health disparities in early childhood, and how health system characteristics affect children’s health and healthcare utilization. This includes how families make decisions and investments related to young children’s health, with particular interests in economic insecurity, migration, and gender. She also evaluates […]
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Nick Seewald is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Statistics at the University of Michigan. He is a methodologist interested in the design and analysis of randomized trials which enable the construction of effective adaptive interventions. Initially trained as a biostatistician, Nick has experience with analyzing data from multi-center cancer trials, as well as […]
Continue ReadingAmanda Sonnega
Amanda Sonnega is Associate Research Scientist in the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan (UM), where she directs communication, outreach, and education efforts for the Health and Retirement Study. She received her Ph.D. through the Department of Health, Behavior & Society at the Johns Hopkins University and […]
Continue ReadingYajuan Si
Yajuan Si is a Research Associate Professor in the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science, located within in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in Statistical Science in 2012 from Duke University. Dr Si’s research lies in cutting-edge methodology development in streams of Bayesian statistics, linking […]
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