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NORC at the University Chicago

Kelly M. Pudelek

Senior Research Director
The Bridge at NORC
Kelly has over a decade of experience in the development and management of data collection projects.

Kelly is a senior research director at The Bridge at NORC, with over a decade of experience at the organization. She has expertise in both in-person and web-based studies and has contributed to a wide range of survey research areas, including questionnaire design and instrument testing, participant recruitment, IT systems development, interviewer training, and data collection management.

Throughout her tenure, Kelly has led and supported numerous projects. She is a member of the management team for the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), a 20-year longitudinal national study examining the health and social relationships of older adults. Her primary responsibilities on NSHAP include project management and questionnaire design.

Kelly also serves as the project director for the Latino Aging Network Study (LANS), which involves conducting cognitive interviews and administering web-based surveys to caregivers of older adults. 

Previously, she served as the data collection lead on several projects utilizing ecological momentary assessment (EMA) through app-based surveys targeting both older and younger adults. Her work has also included in-person interviews using address-based sampling, as well as web-based organizational surveys.

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Expertise

Education

MA

University of Connecticut

BA

University of Chicago

Project Contributions

National Social Life, Health & Aging Project

A pioneering nationally representative study of the intersection between social and intimate relationships and healthy aging

Client:

National Institute on Aging

National Social Life, Health & Aging COVID-19 Study

Assessing how resilience or vulnerabilities might affect older adults

Client:

National Institute on Aging

Chicago Health and Activity in Real-Time (CHART)

The first-ever study documenting how activity spaces change as people age

Client:

The National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health

The Interpersonal Conflict and Resolution (iCOR) Study

A nationally representative dyadic study of behaviors in young adult relationships with strangers, friends and family, and intimate partners

Client:

National Institute of Justice

Publications

Research Library & Findings