Michal Engelman

Michal Engelman portrait woman with side-swept hair in a blue blazer

Director, UW RISE THRIVE INITIATIVE

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Home Department: Sociology
Location: 2178
Education: PhD, Population & Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

 

Michal Engelman is Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center for Demography of Health & Aging, and Principal Investigator of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. She leads the RISE-THRIVE Collaboration Headquarters based at WID. Her research combines perspectives from the social sciences and public health to examine the social determinants of longevity and physical and cognitive health in later life.