Biography
Gerald Roman Nowak III is a PhD candidate (ABD) in Sociology at Michigan State University and a research assistant on Dr. Angela Chia-Chen Chen’s team at the MSU College of Nursing, where he contributes to the MSU Vaccine Health Game study (https://nursing.msu.edu/research/research-projects/hpv-vaccine-game). In that role, he supports study recruitment, administers the study’s digital health game with families, and contributes to data analysis, quality assurance of study materials, and manuscrip
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Master of Arts, Wayne State University 2019
Bachelor of Arts, Wayne State University 2017
Associate of Applied Science, Schoolcraft Community College 2015
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Copeland, Molly, Gerald R. Nowak III, and Hui Liu. 2026. “Changes in Social Network Size and Older Adults’ Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Applied Gerontology 45(9):1732–42. doi: 10.1177/07334648251389285.
Copeland, Molly, Gerald R. Nowak III, and Hui Liu. 2023. “Social Participation and Self-Reported Depression during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Older Adults.” Aging & Mental Health 27(8):1559–66. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2022.2126821.
Liu, Hui, Molly Copeland, Gerald R. Nowak III, William J. Chopik, and Jeewon Oh. 2023. “Marital Status Differences in Loneliness Among Older Americans During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Population Research and Policy Review 42(5):74. doi: 10.1007/s11113-023-09822-x.
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