News and Events
If you have a news item about an upcoming conference or other event, a publication based on HRS data products, or a research proposal of interest to HRS researchers, we'll be glad to consider it for inclusion on this site. Submit news items to hrsquestions@umich.edu.
HRS Interviewer Observations
In large national surveys like the Health and Retirement Study that include in-person data collection, the interviewers collecting the survey data are often also asked to record observations of household and neighborhood characteristics.
2022 Summer Workshop: Introduction to the Health and Retirement Study
June 6-10, 2022
Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques
GeSS Workshop June 2022
Researchers from the University of Michigan invite you to apply to the 6th annual Genomics for Social Scientists workshop, held June 13-17, 2022.
HRS Offering its Week Long Workshop in December
Introduction to the Health and Retirement Study is offered every year in June as part of the SRC Summer Institute. Due to overwhelming demand, the program will begin to offer the workshop semi-annually. The same workshop that is offered in June will now also be offered in the first week in December.
2021 Summer Workshop: Introduction to the Health and Retirement Study
June 7-11, 2021
Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques
CAPRA/NBER symposium
The Michigan Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer's and the NBER Center for Aging and Health Research are sponsoring a half day symposium on Research Opportunities in the Economics of Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline.