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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Aug 21

Need central AC data for US neighborhoods?

Using methods Carina Gronlund & Veronica Berrocal developed (📝 doi.org/10.1038/s413...), @umnanda.bsky.social predicted central AC access across census tracts.
📊 doi.org/10.3886/E237...

@icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Aug 7

Those dispensaries everywhere? They might be saving lives 🏪

💊New @washingtonpost.com opinion piece uses @umnanda.bsky.social data: counties with their first dispensary saw opioid deaths drop ~30% vs counties without.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... @um-src.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social

Opinion | Data shows a new remedy for the opioid crisis

Counties with easy access to weed have far fewer opioid deaths. That’s not a coincidence.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Aug 1

🏠Your ZIP code shapes heart health in surprising ways.

New paper: MORE grocery stores = HIGHER heart disease risk for people with disabilities. Why? Proximity ≠ accessibility. Tight budgets + narrow aisles = barriers.

📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2025.108001
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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Jun 12

NaNDA Call for Proposals: Seeking collaborators to develop new neighborhood measures. Apply now!
🔗 nanda.isr.umich.edu/2025/06/12/2025pilot/

#NaNDA #Research #DataScience #OpenData @icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social

NaNDA Call for Proposals: NaNDA researchers are looking for collaborators to develop new neighborhood measures. Learn More & Apply: nanda.isr.umich.edu/2025/06/12/2025pilot/

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Jul 1

heads up: ICPSR is testing their new interface with this release—data & docs are ready to download, but the page might look a little funky while they work out the kinks

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Jul 1

📚New NaNDA drop: US neighborhood libraries data (1992-2021)

30 years of library counts & density at neighborhood level.

Perfect for studying community change, educational access, infrastructure patterns.

doi.org/10.3886/ICPS... @icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social #imls #libraries

New data: need libraries data for US neighborhoods? Nanda just dropped our latest dataset: library counts and density from 1992-2021

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Jun 27

🧠 Plot twist: Stats upgrade
New study proves advanced methods spot health patterns that basic approaches miss.
HLD data = game-changing 🤷‍♀️

📖 Paper: doi.org/10.1093/aje/...
🗺️ Map: ncrc.org/hld/
📊 Data: nanda.isr.umich.edu/project/hld/

@icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @justeconomy.bsky.social

Image of a house on a palm describing a new paper based on data from NaNDA and NCRC's HLD

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Jun 23

🧪SRC researchers used the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study & ‪@umnanda.bsky.social‬ to examine the impact of long-term exposures to temperature extremes on cognitive decline in elderly people myumi.ch/61w2w

Long-term exposure to extreme heat and cold and cognitive decline in older adults: Results from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort

Evidence suggests that short-term exposures to extreme heat and/or cold are associated with cognitive decline in elderly people. The effects of long-t…

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Jun 23

In order to better characterize heat burden inequalities, Carina Gronlund et al. developed an approach to estimate individual and subgroup-specific health impacts before and during extreme heat events for three U.S. cities: Atlanta (hot-humid), Detroit (temperate) & Phoenix (hot-dry) myumi.ch/y1VER

Advancing extreme heat risk assessments to better capture individually-experienced temperatures: A new approach to describe individual and subgroup vulnerabilities | Environmental Health Perspectives ...

Background: Extreme heat risk assessments often rely on epidemiologic studies that used the nearest available outdoor airport temperatures (OATs) rather than individually-experienced temperatures (IET...

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Jun 12

🚨 New research just dropped!
"Long-term exposure to extreme heat and cold and cognitive decline in older adults" in Environmental Research.

📖 Read it today doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

@ketlynesol.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social

New Paper Alert: Long Term exposure to extreme heat and cold and cognitive decline in older adults: Results from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort)

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Jun 12

NaNDA Call for Proposals: Seeking collaborators to develop new neighborhood measures. Apply now!
🔗 nanda.isr.umich.edu/2025/06/12/2025pilot/

#NaNDA #Research #DataScience #OpenData @icpsr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Jun 10

So cool to see NaNDA data helping uncover how our social ties shape politics across the country! 🌎✨ Got a research project using NaNDA? Drop a line or tag us — we want to highlight YOU next! 🚀📊 #DataInTheWild #ResearchSpotlight

The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Jun 10

🚨 New research alert!
NaNDA broadband data featured in Applied Geography! 📚
Andreas Mastrosavvas' "The geography of partisan homophily in the 2020 US presidential election" 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...

Thanks @iassistdata.bsky.social for the connection—and to early-career researchers making waves! 💻

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Jun 10

Are you using NaNDA in your research, class project, presentation, or paper?

We want to see where our neighborhood data ends up—and we’d love to feature your work! 📚📊🌍

📸 Tag us or drop a comment to let us know how you’re using

#DataInTheWild #OpenData #SDOH #HealthEquity #FAIR #ResearchSpotlight

Spotted in the wild: NaNDA data on the loose! Have you used NaNDA in your research? We want to show it off

The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · May 29

🌦️ New: Daily climate data at the US Census Tract

Daily min/max temp & precipitation for all U.S. tracts in the contiguous U.S. Includes annual summaries of extremes + percentile-based indicators for climate-health research.

doi.org/10.3886/E230...
#ClimateData #PublicHealth #OpenData #SDoH

The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · May 29

🎵 What if data could SING?

Join Will Clary at #IASSIST2025 as he explores how sonification transforms complex datasets (including
@datarescueproject.org efforts) into engaging auditory experiences.

📅 June 5, 2:45-3:45 PM
🎯 "The Crash of Sound Waves"
@iassistdata.bsky.social #Sonification

Decorative image - album cover with presentation title

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · May 8

🚗 1 in 4 older adults stop driving due to vision loss, a new study from U-M finds. Co-authored by NaNDA's Philippa Clarke & powered by our Public Transit Stops data. Aging, mobility & access—this matters.

#NaNDA #Aging #TransitData @icpsr.bsky.social

Off the road: 1 in 4 seniors quit driving due to sight issues

Older drivers with vision impairment are dramatically more likely to stop driving or avoid challenging road conditions—with severe cases four times more likely to give up driving altogether, a nationa...

news.umich.edu

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MiCDA-UMISR @micda-umisr.bsky.social · May 8

"Late-life visual impairment (VI) increases driving difficulty and affects driving outcomes, such as driving cessation and avoidance. Existing studies are limited by small sample sizes and a lack of objective VI measures in older drivers on a national scale."

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MiCDA-UMISR @micda-umisr.bsky.social · May 8

New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @umichsph.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social UMKelloggEye affiliates Philippa J. Clarke Joshua Ehrlich in Journal of Transport & Health

Driving status, avoidance, and visual impairment among older adults in the United States

myumi.ch/y19zn

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Apr 23

Forget DNA tests—your ZIP code’s been spilling the tea for years.☕️At NaNDA, we decode neighborhood-level truths—no swabs required.

NaNDA: your one-stop shop for neighborhood-level truth bombs. 💣

#ZIPcodeSaidWhat #DataDontLie #NaNDAKnows #NeighborhoodNerds #OpenData #FAIR #ZCTA @icpsr.bsky.social

MIT Technology Review: "Ready for a world in which a $50 DNA test can predict your odds of earning a PhD or forecast which toddler gets into a selective preschool?" Luther M Siler "You can do this already with a ZIP code

The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Apr 21

Check it out! @justeconomy.bsky.social's HMDA Longitudinal Dataset (published by yours truly) was featured in
@icpsr.bsky.social's Current Events in the Bib!

📊 Chen et al. (2025) link mortgage density to better mental health. www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/IC... #ResearchImpact #NCRC #HMDA #HLD

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ICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · Apr 14

✨ That’s a wrap on #PAA2025! ✨
Thank you to everyone who joined our sessions, stopped by our exhibit booths, and connected with us. We’re already looking forward to what’s next! #ISRatPAA

#umisr @mtfstudy.bsky.social @umnanda.bsky.social @nacda-icpsr.bsky.social #sbeccc #ICPSRconference

A collage of four images of UM ISR projects at the PAA 2025 conference.

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Apr 13

Frankie went of and introduced themself to Max! @mpidr.bsky.social

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · Apr 13

🌸 Happy Sunday and last day of #PAA2025! To see a full SRC schedule myumi.ch/y19xR

Looking for something to do or somewhere to eat when PAA is over? Check out our What to Do/Eat in DC guide (PDF)! myumi.ch/Mk9dP

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The National Neighborhood Data Archive @umnanda.bsky.social · Apr 13

Who are Pinky and Max? I don’t believe we’ve had the pleasure.

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