MyVoice team members Tamara and Sam at the MacArthur Blvd Community Fun Day in Ypsilanti, Michigan MyVoice is a national survey project, but our roots are in southeast Michigan and the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. This summer, MyVoice has been co-hosting local pop-up events. It’s given us a chance…
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MyVoice loves Key Club! MyVoice leader and Key Club alumna Tammy Chang traveled to Chicago this summer to deliver the keynote address at the International Convention of Key Club International.
From BuzzFeed to the American Medical Association, folks are talking about MyVoicers’ thoughts and opinions on gun regulations. MyVoice recently published a research paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association – Pediatrics entitled “Youth Opinions About Guns and Gun Control in the United States.”The study finds that teens…
The 2018 MyVoice Annual Report is a token of gratitude to the 1500+ voices, and 340,000+ text messages, from youth across all 50 states. It's an act of love, in service of our mission to lift up the voices and experiences of today's youth in ways that help local and national leaders create more youth-friendly policies and programs.
MyVoice performed on stage at Chicago’s Writers Theater with college students from the University of Michigan, in an experimental approach to sharing our research and mission. There were Dear Evan Hansen songs! Spotlights! Set pieces from the 1970s! And MyVoice researchers, Tammy and Kendrin, explaining how MyVoice bridges the gap…
From predicting the next president to deciding the products sold in major stores, public opinion polling is a powerful tool to capture societal trends, values, and behaviors. This month, MyVoice leader Tammy Chang travelled to the premiere conference for public opinion pollsters, the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)…
MyVoice highlights the real experiences and opinions of youth on important health and health policy issues. This May, members of the MyVoice team traveled to the nation’s Capitol to share findings from several MyVoice surveys at the national conference for the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM). Here’s Christine…
A recent piece in Health Lab, an online news publication from Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan, featured work from the MyVoice research team on youth stress surrounding the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. The post provides highlights from a 2018 MyVoice commentary paper published in the journal Child and Adolescent…
Members of the MyVoice team are in Seattle this week, presenting at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) annual meeting. The conference brings together adolescent health professionals from around the world. MyVoice is there to share youth perspectives on topics like: transgender bathroom laws, sleep issues, how clinicians…
You (or a high schooler you know) could be our next intern! See details below about our Summer 2018 MyVoice Scholars Internships Program. The online application can be found here. Applications due by June 1, 2018. We are looking for highly motivated high school students who are interested in the health sciences and health policy research to apply to our summer internship program. The…