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Colter Mitchell

@colterm.bsky.social
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Research Associate Professor Institute for Social Research University of Michigan I investigate biological and health implications of early life context New Mexican living in Michigan

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Historic redlining’s harms persist. Researchers find early evidence linking the practice to teen brain networks, a pathway by which structural racism may shape socioemotional risk. myumi.ch/mVZpE @helenmeier.bsky.social @eneblett.bsky.social @colterm.bsky.social @christophermonk.bsky.social
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
🎡 U of M affiliates Ryan Tung, Joshua Goode, Luke W. Hyde, @christophermonk.bsky.social , @colterm.bsky.social, & Trey Smith in collaboration with Dan Notterman show childhood internalizing symptoms—especially around age 9—may shape DNA methylation. #PAA2026
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
🎡 Edward Huntley, Joshua Goode, Allison LaMonica, Hannah Dees & @colterm.bsky.social find that insufficient sleep in childhood is linked to accelerated biological aging—highlighting a critical early-life window. #PAA2026
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🎡 Jessica Faul & @colterm.bsky.social examine how social and behavioral factors shape biological aging—showing consistent links to accelerated epigenetic aging across the life course. #PAA2026
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
And don't forget to visit our exhibitors: Chitwan Valley Family Study (booth 305 Health and Retirement Study (booth 406) @mtfstudy.bsky.social (booth 207 @nacda-icpsr.bsky.social (booth 204) @NHATS_NSOC (booth 408) @umnanda.bsky.social (booth 205) @umpsid.bsky.social (booth 303).
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
In the news: Negative social ties can influence not just our well-being but our health and longevity. A study by @colterm.bsky.social et al is this week's most discussed @umisr.bsky.social research. @um-src.bsky.social www.rd.com/article/anno...
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It’s Not Your Imagination: Annoying People Are Literally Taking Years Off Your Life
The annoying people in your life don't just ruin your day. They actually take years off your life, a new study says.
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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Congress is making key funding decisions now—and your voice matters. Urge lawmakers to prioritize robust funding for research and statistics in FY 2027. 📢 Take action: Send a message to your Members of Congress using our template. buff.ly/gYP35XX
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MiCDA-UMISR @micda-umisr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social affiliates @colterm.bsky.social Jessica Faul in Social Science & Medicine Remarkable concordance in associations between epigenetic clocks and health behaviors across three countries myumi.ch/Nr8bV
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Remarkable concordance in associations between epigenetic clocks and health behaviors across three countries
Research utilizing epigenetic clocks has accelerated in recent years, but it is largely unknown how consistently these measures perform across country…
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Jacobs Foundation @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
📢 Applications are open for the 2026 #JacobsCIFARFellowship! A new partnership between the Jacobs Foundation and CIFAR supports early- & mid-career researchers advancing how children learn & develop worldwide. 🗓️ Apply by 2 February 2026 → cifarportal.smapply.io/prog/jacobs_...
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Causes behind childhood mental health problems classed as internalizing (e.g., anxiety, depression) or externalizing (aggression, ADHD) aren't fully known, but epigentics may play a role. A new scoping review looks at how DNAm summary measures relate to these traits: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🚨 New Paper Alert🚨 focused on #representation and #generaliability in #neuroscience. A real labor of love. Was rejected from [… checks list 🤔] SIX journals and originally presented in 2020 at FLUX to find a home at AMPPS #persistence
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...
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A deadly shooting at the CDC shook its scientists. Now they want answers from RFK Jr.
CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy’s rhetoric specifically.
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Tomorrow is a busy day at the @esrasurvey.bsky.social‬ 2025 conference. This morning SRC researchers are presenting on post-survey observations, biomeasures, neuroimaging, wearable sensor data & mixed-mode household screening protocols. See our full schedule of activities at #ESRA25 myumi.ch/z9jDP
SRC at ESRA 2025 | Morning, Wednesday, July 16
9:00-10:30 – Chendi Zhao (Presenting Author), Brady T. West, Abdelaziz Adawe, Understanding the Variability in Post-Survey Interviewer Observations in a National Panel Survey: Evidence from Health and Retirement Study. Room: Ruppert 0.33.

9:00-10:30 – Mari Toomse-Smith, Erica Wong, Colter Mitchell, Jonathan Burton, Christine Woods, Shaun Scholes, Anne Conolly (organizers), Session: New approaches to biomeasure collection in social surveys. Room: Ruppert 116.

9:00-10:30 – Jessica Faul (Presenting Author), The effect of returning results on consent to medical history and record linkage in the Health and Retirement Study. Room: Ruppert 116.

9:00-10:30 – Colter Mitchell, Making Neuroimaging Research More Generalizable: Factors Related to Participation in Neuroimaging Research. Room: Ruppert 116.

9:00-10:30 – Deji Suolang (Presenting Author), Brady West, Assessing the Generalizability of Imputation-Based Integration of Wearable Sensor Data and Survey Self-Reports: Insights From a Simulation Study. Room: Ruppert Wit – 0.52.

11:00-12:30 – Brady West (Presenting Author), Chendi Zhao, Heather Schroeder, Paul Burton, Eva Leissou, Andrew Hupp, The Effects of Alternative Mixed-Mode Household Screening Protocols and Invitation Letter Envelope Types on Participant Recruitment: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. Room: Ruppert 042.
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🧪Using the Health & Retirement Study, Farah Ammous, Mark D. Peterson, @colterm.bsky.social‬ & Jessica Faul find physical activity is linked to slower epigenetic aging. Lifelong & current activity strongly predict healthier aging myumi.ch/W6p1D
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Physical Activity Is Associated With Decreased Epigenetic Aging: Findings From the Health and Retirement Study
Background Epigenetic aging measures or clocks are DNA methylation-based indicators of biological aging, linked to health outcomes and disease risk. Physical activity and exercise may influence epig...
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🧪Using @ffcws.bsky.social‬, @colterm.bsky.social‬ & coauthors find that educational effort is consistently protective for depressive symptoms in adolescents, but is linked to accelerated epigenic aging among disadvantaged Hispanic youth myumi.ch/79Jzr #epigenetics #education
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The social context of educational effort – implications for psychological and physiological health in adolescence
Individual educational effort usually promotes educational success and attainment, and generally has long-lasting positive consequences. However, ther…
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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Grant terminations have gotten most of the attention, but death-by-non-renewal has been pretty devastating, too.
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Another #DemographyMinute from #PAA2025: Farah Ammous of @um-src.bsky.social describes Health and Retirement Study research demonstrating that physical activity is associated with reduced risk of chronic disease in older adults. With Helen Meier, @colterm.bsky.social and Jessica Faul
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MiCDA-UMISR @micda-umisr.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social affiliate @colterm.bsky.social in Clinical Epigenetics Maternal epigenetic index links early neglect to later neglectful care and other psychopathological, cognitive, and bonding effects myumi.ch/D8kqm
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Maternal epigenetic index links early neglect to later neglectful care and other psychopathological, cognitive, and bonding effects - Clinical Epigenetics
Background Past experiences of maltreatment and life adversity induce DNA methylation changes in adults, but less is known about their impact on mothers’ maladaptive neglectful parenting and its…
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
🌸 This is the 1st analysis of the relationship btwn social connectedness & epigenetic clocks using an egocentric network approach. The lack of social connectedness may be linked to epigenetic markers of risk for multimorbidity & accelerated aging. @colterm.bsky.social #PAA2025 myumi.ch/e3k2x
Social Network Bridging, Social Isolation, and Biological Aging
Session: Social Isolation Across the Life Course
Saturday, April 12th, 2:00-3:15PM
Room: Cherry Blossom
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Siyun Peng
Byungkyu Lee
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
🌸 @maggielevenstein.bsky.social is the discussant in the #PAA2025 session where @colterm.bsky.social will present Longitudinal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Socioeconomics Outcomes in a Vulnerable Population with @helenmeier.bsky.social & @christophermonk.bsky.social myumi.ch/XydmW
Longitudinal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Socioeconomics Outcomes in a Vulnerable Population
Session: Exploring the Broader Context of COVID-19: Results From the Social, Behavioral, and Economic COVID Coordinating Center
Saturday, April 12th, 9:30AM-10:45PM
Room: Monument
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Helen Meier
Christopher Monk
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🌸 🧬 Childhood poverty is associated with poor health across the lifespan, but how do early-life socioeconomic conditions become biologically embedded? Joshua Goode, Trey Smith, Jessica Faul, @colterm.bsky.social, and Daniel Notterman present at #PAA2025. @um-src.bsky.social myumi.ch/qZk4m 🧪

Session:  Aging and the Life Course; and Applied Demography
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DNA Methylation as a Surrogate Biomarker for Early-Life Poverty
Friday, April 11th, 8:30 - 10:00AM
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Daniel Notterman
Joshua Goode
Trey Smith
Jessica Faul
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Joshua Goode, Trey Smith, Jessica Faul, @colterm.bsky.social & Daniel Notterman will report on their findings regarding DNA Methylation as a Surrogate Biomarker for Early-Life Poverty at #PAA2025. Friday, 4/11, 8:30am More details: myumi.ch/n18Qd
DNA Methylation as a Surrogate Biomarker for Early-Life Poverty Friday, April 11, 2025, 8:30-10:00, Poster Session: Aging and the Life Course; and Applied Demography Joshua Goode, Trey Smith, Jessica Faul, Colter Mitchell, Daniel Notterman
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
🌸 New research Farah Ammous, @helenmeier.bsky.social , Jessica Faul & @colterm.bsky.social #HRS indicates that physical activity is associated with lower inflammation levels, along with a diminished risk of chronic disease in older adults. #PAA2025. @um-psc.bsky.social myumi.ch/A1dXx
Physical Activity Is Associated With Lower Inflammation and Reduced Risk of Chronic Disease in Older Adults From the Health and Retirement Study
Poster Session: Health and Health Behavior
Friday, April 11th, 1:45-3:15PM
Room: Liberty & Independence Ballrooms
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Helen Meier
Jessica Faul
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Colter Mitchell @colterm.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Today I got to visit my 14th @bigtenplus.bsky.social campus, Indiana University, a day before an Aging Symposium. I know it’s not even Spring yet but this campus is gorgeous. These pictures don’t do it justice—need to come back when it’s green.
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Sarah Laurent, @colterm.bsky.social, Luke Hyde, @christophermonk.bsky.social, @helenmeier.bsky.social et al. find redlining - discriminatory lending practices from the early 20th century - continues to impact present day neighborhood poverty, resulting in increased adolescent stress. myumi.ch/61r26
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Historic Structural Racism and Perceived Stress in Adolescents
This study is the first to examine the impact of structural racism from historic redlining practices on present-day perceived stress in adolescents.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
NIH is likely cutting up to 25% of its workforce this week. NIH staff have substantial expertise, typically PhDs. And they really *believe* in the work. NIH's will not be able to meet its mission w/these cuts. The scientific threat is not just direct funding cuts www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n...
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At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control
As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The damage being done to American science, particularly in the area of medical research will cost countless lives and take decades to repair. This is truly a catastrophe.
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
🧪 Edward Huntley, Luke Hyde, @colterm.bsky.social, @christophermonk.bsky.social et al leveraged qualitative data to outline recommendations for incorporating underrepresented populations in neuroimaging studies, which is important for improving these studies' generalizability myumi.ch/4mnpZ
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Increasing diversity in neuroimaging research: Participant-driven recommendations from a qualitative study of an under-represented sample
Enhancing the generalizability of neuroimaging studies requires actively engaging participants from under-represented communities. This paper leverage…
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/03/2025
These are not "transgender mice" These are mouse models used to determine the effects of certain medications on health. You know, the thing even those opposed to transgender healthcare often state we should be doing. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
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Yes, Biden Spent Millions on Transgender Animal Experiments
Last night, President Donald J. Trump highlighted many of the egregious examples of waste, fraud, and abuse funded by American taxpayers, including $8
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/02/2025
From an FDA probationary employee: the firings are coming from outside the agency without cause and with zero input from supervisors (as promised.) More firings expected between now and Tuesday. Do not open the termination email before you download your documents and performance evals.
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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 01/02/2025
“A group of researchers and students at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is gathered today for a data preservation marathon, scraping and downloading data related to health equity from U.S. government agency websites before they disappear.”
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Researchers rush to preserve federal health databases before they disappear from government websites
Journalists have long relied on federal health data for their reporting. We include several tips that they can use to help researchers preserve the data.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
CNN has now confirmed this. www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...
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Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications | CNN
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
A thread on the research and science that is done at the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan @um-src.bsky.social. I think many people think we just collect surveys--but we are so much more! Our focus is on interdisciplinary social science to understand human behavior through surveys
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Nicole McNeil @nicolemmcneil.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
“Women leave or consider leaving [faculty positions] because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty
Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Research published in @jama.com -- top mentioned among @um-psc.bsky.social research this fall -- found harsh parenting can have widespread effects on the brain, with distinct effects in preschool years. @colterm.bsky.social 🧪From @michigandaily.bsky.social: www.michigandaily.com/news/researc...
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Parenting styles affect brain changes differently based on age
How parents treat their children is associated with brain changes and mental health outcomes that differ by developmental stages.
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Item Response Warehouse @itemrespwarehouse.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Do you need educational and psychological item response data to do your research? The IRW has 600 item response datasets (more coming!), distributed in a standardized format and ready for analysis.
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