Irsay Associate Director Brea Perry has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health, awarded by the American Sociological Association Section on Mental Health. Details: irsay.iu.edu/news-events/...

Irsay Director Bernice Pescosolido has been selected as the recipient of the 2025–2026 Mary Burgan Distinguished Service Award for her sustained service and significant contributions to IU Bloomington and the broader community. Details: irsay.iu.edu/news-events/...

A groundbreaking new study co-authored by Irsay Director Bernice Pescosolido examines 122 years of suicide data in the US and shows that patterns repeat over decades, but the crisis has grown among youth since the mid-to-late 1950s. Details: irsay.iu.edu/news-events/...

Research by Irsay scholars showing that “hasslers” (toxic people) make us age faster continues to make waves! Brea Perry was interviewed on CBC/Radio-Canada & the paper is now covered in the Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle, Times of London, USA Today, & more. Details: irsay.iu.edu/news-events/...

The Irsay’s Kosali Simon was recently quoted in a NYT article looking at how health care has become a dominant engine of the labor market, creating reliable jobs in medical and social care. Details: irsay.iu.edu/news-events/...

Bernice Pescosolido and Sara Evans-Lacko were quoted in a NYT article on One of Us, a program run by Denmark’s health ministry that works with people with mental health conditions to share their stories and change how the public sees mental illness. Details: irsay.iu.edu/news-events/...

The Washington Post's Kathleen Felton highlights recent work by Irsay's Brea Perry and her colleagues on the health effects of hasslers in social networks.

Toxic people make us age faster, research by Irsay scholars shows! A recent publication in PNAS looking at how “hasslers” in close social networks create problems is making waves online. Details: irsay.iu.edu/news-events/...

To my friends here at IU, come to the IMU for the Irsay Research Symposium!! Lots of great talks are scheduled, and you can stop by my poster and hear about my dissertation research 🤓 @irsay-iu.bsky.social

Irsay Director Bernice Pescosolido has been named the inaugural Jim Irsay Mental Health Champion by Kicking The Stigma for her groundbreaking leadership & research on suicide, stigma, healthcare & the social networks that shape mental health treatment. Read more: kickingthestigma.org/news/ius-pes...

The faculty and staff of the Irsay are deeply saddened by the passing of Jim Irsay. To read more about the work of the Irsay Institute, supported by the Irsay family, please visit our website: irsay.iu.edu/about/history/

Irsay Co-Director Kosali Simon has co-authored a paper in Nature Scientific Reports examining how life-saving healthcare devices can raise home power bills by 40%, one of the significant yet hidden costs of lifesaving healthcare. Details: irsay.iu.edu/news-events/...

The Irsay Institute has opened applications for the third cohort of Irsay Fellows, with some funding opportunities available. Read more about the program and watch a recent Q&A here: irsay.iu.edu/training/irs...

An exciting new sociological study contextualizing how unemployment matters to suicide rates just came out in the American Sociological Review by my colleagues BK Lee (NYU) and Bernice Pescosolido.../1

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🌟🌟🚨🚨 Electronic Health Economics Colloquium (EHEC) with the inaugural presentation by Kosali Simon @KosaliSimon
on Wednesday, April 22, 2:30 EDT/1:30 CDT. Register at https://umn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uxmfdL9eSJW2USOpJ4dW1Q
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