This study examines social determinants of health (SDOH) screening practices in a variety of clinical settings through an evidence review, interviews with patients and clinicians, observations, and development of a prototype tool for SDOH screening. We anticipate that findings will benefit create generalizable knowledge about standardization, its impact on health care providers and patients, and the design of screening tools to to reflect the unique characteristics of SDOH data.
This research examines a series of sociotechnical experiments in the American Midwest that invest in the promise of entrepreneurial agency and data-driven solutions to address complex economic and societal challenges. Drawing from ethnographic research and co-design, this project examines both the challenges and opportunities of such regional experimentation, working closely with the most vulnerable groups of the population who are often harmed by rather than benefitting from the experimental interventions currently unfolding.
A grant from the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan is funding research on how people use social media during life transitions.
This project will advance data-driven methods to generate localized and community-centric insights, using new social media sources, about health behaviors and attitudes at the census tract level.
