From the Director

Greetings, and welcome to the 2nd issue of ISR Update, the electronic publication designed to link our alumni and friends around the world to news and information about the ISR community.

This issue contains news about ISR people and events, along with the latest ISR research news on topics from consumer attitudes toward plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to the health of retired NFL players and the unexpected link between longevity and economic downturns. To read more, visit the full pdf version of the ISR Sampler online (pdf).

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People

Anna Diez-Roux elected to the Institute of Medicine

Epidemiologist Anna Diez-Roux is the latest ISR researcher to be elected to this prestigious group, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

Photo by: U-M Photo Services

George Alter appointed Acting Director of ISR ICPSR

Historian George Alter takes the helm of ICPSR, the world's largest digital social science data archive.

Photo by: Steve Kuzma

Elizabeth "Libby" Douvan: Extending her Legacy

Contribute to the Douvan Junior Scholar Fund in Life Course Development and honor the first female member of the ISR research faculty.

Research News

When they build it, will we buy it?  Consumers and Electric Cars (pdf)

Consumer attitudes about plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are crucial to their success, and new ISR research illuminates what consumers are really looking for.

Public sneezes, private fears

Helping children succeed 

Artwork by: e. kreps

Events

ISR concludes its 60th Anniversary celebration (pdf)

A DC presentation on the Hill followed by a reception at the home of alum Bill and wife Claudia Wilson capped the year-long celebration of a milestone in ISR history.

Corporate sponsors meet with Michigan Program in Survey Methodology students (pdf) 

In the News

David Weir testified October 28 at a Congressional hearing on NFL player health, following release of an ISR study on the health of retired NFL players. The hearing was covered by a wide range of news media, including the New York Times. Read the full ISR report.

A study by ISR researchers Jose Tapia Granados and Anna Diez-Roux, covered in the Toronto Globe and Mail and many other media around the world, finds that economic downturns can be good for your health.

Just one in 10 consumers surveyed in mid-November said their household income had risen in the last 12 months, according to Richard Curtin, Director of the U-M/Reuters Surveys of Consumers. Curtin, quoted in the Los Angeles Times and other media, said that was the lowest reading in the survey's 63-year history.

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