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Stephen Smith

Pronouns: He/Him

Senior Vice President
Health Sciences
Steve has over 30 years of experience in survey design and implementation, collection of biomeasure data, administrative data, and health services research.

Steve serves as senior vice president of the Health Sciences department at NORC. In addition to leading the department, Steve serves as principal investigator, project director, or senior advisor on some of the department’s most complex projects. The department has a broad array of projects for clients, such as the National Institutes for Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), states, associations, and foundations.

Steve currently serves as NORC’s corporate oversight and data collection expert for the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), that is using innovative methods for the collection of biomeasures using field interviewers and assessing sensitive topics associated with aging. He also serves as the NORC Principal Investigator for data collection on High School and Beyond (HS&B), and a similar role for the National Longitudinal Study for the Class of 1972. He is also the NORC Project Director for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Connect Study.

Prior to joining NORC, Steve spent several years conducting social research as a Senior Social Survey Officer in England's Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS), now called the Office of National Statistics (ONS). At ONS he worked on the British Labor Force Survey, Census Validation Study, and a study on Electoral Registration.

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Expertise

Education

MA

University of Manchester, England

BA

University of Sussex, England

Appointments & Affiliations

Member

American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)

Project Contributions

Connect for Cancer Prevention Study

Understanding the causes of cancer and how to prevent it

Funder:

National Cancer Institute

Nationwide Consumer Survey of Medicaid Providers and Systems

A first-of-its-kind survey of adults enrolled in Medicaid

Client:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

High School and Beyond Sixth Follow-Up Survey

Ongoing study of 1980 sophomores/seniors tracks influence of education and labor on health and aging

Client:

University of Minnesota

The Chicago RECOVER Serology Study

Examining COVID-19’s impact on Chicagoans to better understand the most affected communities

Client:

University of Chicago

All of Us Participant & Partner Services Center

Providing subject matter expertise and secure technology for All of Us staff and participants

Client:

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

The nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital care data

Client:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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

Publications

Research Library & Findings