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HMCA event announcement. Hybrid seminar event with speaker Dante Chinni of the American Communities Project. This seminar is titled: Understanding American Divisions in the 21st Century. This free event will take place February 11th at noon in person at ISR building Thompson room 6080 and online via a zoom link - no registration needed. More information is within the link in the description.

#HMCA is pleased to announce a hybrid seminar with speaker Dante Chinni of the American Communities Project - Feb. 11th at noon. This event is free to the public. More info and zoom link here: myumi.ch/e3Wxr #RWJF #ACP #ISR

Picture of a squirrel eating red berries on a snowy branch announcing the HMCA Winter Newsletter. This newsletter features a researcher spotlight on Dante Chinni, a new funding opportunity from RWJF, and upcoming conferences.

The #HMCA Winter Newsletter is now available: myumi.ch/G2Ap7. Read about upcoming webinars featuring interesting researchers, data events, conferences, and our latest data releases. #data #RWJF

An infographic showing a hand stacking blocks to spell out "grant funding". This is an announcement from the Health and Medical Care Archive announcing the latest call for grant funding proposals from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The call for proposals is for the Local Data for Equitable Communities grant program.

#HMCA is pleased to announce a new @rwjf.org grant opportunity! Call for proposals: Local Data for Equitable Communities - apply for a grant to collect and use #data to address inequities in the physical, economic, and social conditions of a place. Learn more: myumi.ch/61Xd8 #RWJF #funding #equity

An infographic depicting flowers spilling out from the top of a silhouette of a head. The text of the infographic is the title of a new Health and Medical Care Archive data release: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Mindset Intervention for Depression and Immune Dysregulation, United States, 2022-2023 (ICPSR 39316)

#HMCA has new data! In a 548-adult RCT, researchers tested a brief “Catastrophes can be Opportunities” mindset intervention vs. control to examine post-COVID post-traumatic growth trajectories. myumi.ch/R34ry #ICPSR #RWJF #MentalHealth #RCT

Promotion by the Health and Medical Care Archive of the ICPSR Data Fair and Love Data Week 2026. Theme: Where's the Data? February 9-13, 2026

#HMCA is excited for the #ICPSR Data Fair during Love Data Week Feb. 9-13! Join a global celebration of data, research, and open science. Check the events calendar for the free offerings and learn more here: myumi.ch/15zdz

Did you know the #HMCA Find Data page provides useful Search Tips to help you find the data you are looking for? Put these tips into action and check out our data here: myumi.ch/4mE2P #RWJF #ICPSR #publicdata #publichealth

Infographic honoring Veterans Day depicting U.S. military veterans sitting in a circle having a conversation.

HMCA honors those who served by sharing their data stories. Explore our data about veterans dating back to 1975. myumi.ch/P3xGD

Infographic announcing an upcoming webinar titled "Examining Tentant Right to Counsel Policy" featuring a gavel and toy house.

Join us next week 11/18! Examining Tenant Right to Counsel Policy. The speakers will discuss their findings from the first comprehensive description of state and local tenant Right to Counsel policies around the country. Register here: myumi.ch/W6gk9

Image of a young boy and father kneeling on the floor playing with blocks. This infographic is promoting the latest data release from HMCA: Perspectives on Families in America Survey, United States, 2021.

Have you seen #HMCA's new data? The Perspectives on Families in America Survey explores the views of U.S. adults toward families with young children and their needs. Learn about mindsets towards adequate income, access to healthy food, and child-care. myumi.ch/G2EZV #RWJF #publichealth #data

Happy World Digital Preservation Day 2025! (via Digital Preservation Council) www.dpconline.org/news/start-o... #dpc

Infographic inviting you to visit HMCA at booth #1321 with image of two women standing behind a booth at the APHA conference 2025

Are you at #APHA2025 in Washington D.C.? #HMCA is too! Come see us in booth #1321.

Infographic describing the American Health Values Survey Series which is a data collection available from HMCA that reveals what Americans believe about health, equity, and community.

The American Health Values Survey Series is the Data Spotlight in the #HMCA Fall newsletter! Learn more about these data, upcoming events, and see highlights by reading our newsletter here: myumi.ch/jJD8V @norc.org @rwjf.org

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HMCA is hosting a webinar 11/18/2025 at 11am ET: Examining Tenant Right to Counsel Policy. The speakers will discuss their findings from the first comprehensive description of state and local tenant Right to Counsel policies around the country. Register here: myumi.ch/W6gk9

Infographic announcing an upcoming webinar titled "Examining Tentant Right to Counsel Policy" featuring a gavel and toy house.

HMCA is hosting a webinar 11/11/2025: Examining Tenant Right to Counsel Policy. The speakers will discuss their findings from the first comprehensive description of state and local tenant Right to Counsel policies around the country. Register here: myumi.ch/W6gk9 #HMCA #RWJF #ICPSR #policy

Infographic announcing a new data release for the Health and Medical Care Archive. The infographic features an image of a persons finger choosing a smiling cube instead of a cube with a sad face.

#HMCA has new public-use data! Interested in how individuals' mindsets may influence health and well-being? Download the data OR, you can analyze this data online with our SDA tool - no stats software required! myumi.ch/XyrPd #RWJF #ICPSR #publichealth

Infographic of people shaking hands announcing that HMCA will be exhibiting at the 2025 APHA meeting in Washington, DC.

#HMCA is going to #APHA2025! Join us in booth #1321, November 2-5 in Washington, D.C. and online to learn how we're helping make #PublicHealth a national priority. #RWJF #ICPSR #data

Infographic about September 29th as World Heart Day with an image of a stethoscope wrapped around a red heart.

September 29th is World Heart Day. #HMCA invites you to review our data related to cardiovascular disease which is a leading cause of premature death across the globe: myumi.ch/w9jpp. You can learn more about World Heart Day 2025 from the World Heart Federation. #RWJF #publichealth #WorldHeartDay

Infographic declaring September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month with a depiction of a person holding another persons hand.

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. A large part of suicide prevention is understanding who is at an increased risk. Visit the #HMCA website for studies and variables related to suicide. myumi.ch/jJQN1 #suicideprevention #RWJF

Infographic about the latest HMCA data release of the American Communities Project. This image shows a diverse group of hands all meeting in the center.

New #HMCA data! The American Communities Project's study of American Fragmentation. This research connects demographic and economic data with electoral outcomes and consumer behavior, aiming to improve understanding of the types of #communities across the US. myumi.ch/VVbQ2 #RWJF #ICPSR #data

Infographic promoting an upcoming event and inviting the reader to join the conversation. The event is promoted by HMCA and hosted by ISR and is scheduled for October 9-10, 2025. The title of the event is Complexity in the Social World: The Challenging Case of Structural Racism

Did you join (or miss) our #HMCA Summer Program Workshop? Join #ISR Oct 9-10 for their symposium: Complexity in the Social World. This meeting focuses on 'structural racism' and is intended to address the challenges to the social science literature on race. myumi.ch/E8A8k @umisr.bsky.social

Anthropomorphic donut graph with speech bubble, "Back to school"

Join us for Data-Savvy Teaching Office Hours: Back to School Edition! We'll share ready-to-use assignments and exercises for bringing data into the classroom. September 29 and October 2, register here: myumi.ch/8qNrz
#HigherEd
#SocialScience
#UndergradEd
#FacultyLife
#PoliSci
#Econ
#Sociology

Celebrate National Swap Ideas Day! Discover how the Virtual Data Enclave (VDE) boosts cross-discipline research and idea sharing by removing barriers to collaboration: myumi.ch/g3gpV

Infographic of people in a large hall announcing that HMCA will be exhibiting at the 2025 APHA meeting in Washington, DC.

Save the date! #HMCA is heading to APHA’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo in Washington, D.C. from November 2-5! Join us in the expo hall at #APHA2025 to explore how we're helping to make #PublicHealth a national priority. #RWJF #ICPSR #healthdata

Did you know that you can analyze #HMCA data online with our Survey Documentation Analysis (SDA) tool? Run regressions, create correlation matrices, build graphs, and download custom CSV files - no stats software required! SDA studies linked here: myumi.ch/VVn2Z #Teach #Stats

Infographic announcing the latest data release of the Forces of Change Survey featuring a piggy bank and stethoscope on a table.

New #HMCA data release! The Forces of Change Survey measures changes in local health departments' (LHDs) budgets, staff, programs, and the impact of forces affecting change in LHDs. Explore this data using our Survey Documentation Analysis (SDA) tool here: myumi.ch/G2DRp #NACCHO #publichealth #RWJF

Infographic of an open laptop with a rocket ship launching from the screen designating the launch of a new website for HMCA

The Health and Medical Care Archive has a new website! Explore our new look while you browse our collection of #health #data. Examples from our extensive list of subject terms are chronic illness, friendship, food security, and political partisanship. myumi.ch/E8D5X #HMCA #publichealth #RWJF

Infographic about National Radio Day including a vintage-style radio.

It's National Radio Day! Explore public opinion polls collected by the Harvard Opinion Research Program in conjunction with #NPR and #RWJF. This series focuses on questions related to health and health care: myumi.ch/MkJPp #publichealth

Infographic of an open laptop with information about a live website demo

#ICPSR has a new website! Join us on August 21 at 1pm ET for a live demonstration of the site. Discover data resources, learn about data in the news, and more. Visit myumi.ch/n1y1m to learn more and register. #data #savethedata

Infographic about immunizations with smiling child showing the bandaid on her shoulder.

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. #HMCA has more than 300 variables across 47 studies related to #immunizations! Browse data that includes state vaccination requirements, child immunizations, and profiles of local health departments: myumi.ch/A1y2n
#health #medicaldata #ICPSR #RWJF