About Us
The Michigan Prevention Research Center (MPRC) is dedicated to a program of prevention research on the problems of employment, economic stress, and well-being throughout the life course. MPRC seeks to extend scientific understanding of the links between conditions of employment and mental and physical health, while at the same time, expanding the policy and practice options available to both the public and private sector.
Center Organization
MPRC capitalizes on the rich resources of the Institute for Social Research and the University of Michigan as well as scientific partnerships with researchers at other universities, both nationally and internationally. MPRC scientists and staff represent a wide range of disciplines, including psychology, economics, sociology, social work and public health.
MPRC research activities are focused on four sets of core Center functions:
- Intervention development - MPRC continues to build a repository of theory driven principles and best practices for the design and development of preventive interventions.
- Methodology - MPRC is a central resource for the maintenance of samples, development of measurement, data management, research design and analysis techniques for survey and epidemiologically based prevention research.
- Training and New Project Development - MPRC convenes a set of focused research planning workshops bringing together senior scientists and predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees in the collaborative development and design of new projects.
- Implementation and Dissemination - MPRC conducts a program of research on the factors essential to the effective implementation and dissemination of scientifically tested prevention programs.
Contact Us
For more information please contact us at: mprcgroup@umich.edu