The Scholars at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan focus on social inequalities in health and illness.

The major themes of research projects at the Institute for Social Research are:

• macro and micro factors in the etiology and course of health/illness and mental health/illness, including socioeconomic, racial/ethnic and gender disparities in health

• pathogenic factors as well as social, psychological and cultural resources that facilitate processes of coping and adaptation

• promising strategies and policies for reducing inequalities in health

Site Director: David Williams, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Research Scientist, Survey Research Center; Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology; and
Faculty Associate, African American Mental Health Research Center
Co-Director: James Jackson, Ph.D.
Director and Senior Research Scientist, Research Center for Group Dynamics; Director, Center for Afro-American and African Studies; Director, Program for Research on Black Americans
Co-Director: George Kaplan, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology;
Director, Michigan Initiative on Inequalities in Health
The other core faculty of the Institute for Social Research or faculty in teaching departments in the University include:

James S. House, Professor, Sociology; Director and Senior Scientist, ISR
Barbara Israel, Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
Harold Neighbors, Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education; Faculty Associate, ISR
Antonia M. Villarruel, Associate Professor; Director, Center for Health Promotion
Ana Diex Roux, Associate Professor, Epidemiology

For more information about the Institute for Social Research visit here.