October 2, 2026 | Jason Falvey, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine "Trends in Rehabilitation Insurance Exhaustion Among Older Adults in the United States" |
November 13, 2026 | Yongxin Shang, Postdoc, Social Science Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University "Turnover in Caregiver Networks of Older Adults: Prevalence, Inequalities, and Consequences" |
December 4, 2026 | Bernard Steinman, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wyoming "Supportive Environmental Features at Home as Proactive/Reactive Associates of Disability and Mortality Status in Older Adults" |
February 5, 2027 | Emilie Duchesneau, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine "Longitudinal Transitions Across Physical Function States Among Older Cancer Survivors" |
March 5, 2027 | Aaron Troy, Clinical and Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center "Social Drivers of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Older Adults: Characterizing Targets for Tailored Intervention" |
April 9, 2027 | Sara Moorman, Professor of Sociology, Boston College "Trajectories of Social Activity Engagement and Physical and Cognitive Function During the Last Years of Life" |
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2025-2026
October 3 - Shu Xu (University of Michigan) The Central Role of Home Hazards in Shaping the Association of Visual Function and Falls Among Older Adults
November 7 - Yiqing Qian (Johns Hopkins University) Social Isolation and Loneliness in Family Caregiving: Leveraging NSOC and NHATS to Examine the Epidemiology and Dyadic Perspectives
December 5 - Zhiyong Lin (UT San Antonio) & Zhuoer Lin (University of Illinois Chicago) The Role of Social Isolation and Dementia in Exacerbating Unmet Care Needs among Older Adults
February 6 - Lacey Etzkorn (Johns Hopkins University) Implementing a Frailty Phenotype in NHATS
March 13- Mengyao Hu (UTHealth Houston) Deep Learning-Based Scoring of the Clock Drawing Test in the National Health and Aging Trends Study
April 3 - Chris Kaufmann (University of Florida) Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment and Cognitive Trajectories: Results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study
2024-2025
October 4, 2024 – Julia Burgdorf (Center for Home Care Policy & Research) Strain and Support among Caregivers for Community-Living Persons with Dementia: Critical Context for the GUIDE Model
November 1, 2024 – Darina Petrovsky (Duke) and Elizabeth Luth (Rutgers) Predictors of Sleep in Caregivers of People Living with Dementia
December 6, 2024 – Janecca Chin and I-Fen Lin (Bowling Green State University) Incongruent Care recipient-Caregiver Reports by Relationship Type and Care Task
February 7th, 2025 – Chanee Fabius (Johns Hopkins University) Black-White Differences in Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) and Unmet Care Needs
March 7th, 2025 – Aisha Dickerson (Johns Hopkins University) To Breathe or Not to Breathe: What was the Question?
April 4th, 2025 – Andrew Jopson (Johns Hopkins University) Variation in Characteristics and Outcomes Among Older Dual-Enrollees Living in Areas with Managed Long-term Services and Supports (MLTSS)
2023-2024
October 6th, 2023 – Thomas Cudjoe (JHU) Leveraging NHATS to examine the social connections of older adults
November 3rd, 2023 – Pablo Martinez Amezcua (JHU) Hearing loss, physical activity and frailty among older adults in the U.S.
December 1st, 2023 – Kate Duchowny (UM) Examining the association between land cover and physical mobility: findings from NHATS
February 2nd, 2024 – Sarah Patterson (UM) Do you have them and do they help you?
March 1st, 2024 – Amanda Leggett (WSU) Who’s on your team? Exploring the variability in family caregiver networks for individuals living with dementia
April 5th, 2024 – Alden L. Gross (JHU) & Yuan Zhang (CU) Co-Calibration of Cognitive Ability and Dementia Classification in NHATS and HRS
2022-2023
October 7th, 2022 – Ken Lam (UCSF): Leveraging NHATS to study the transition into long-term care
November 18th, 2022 – Jennifer Schrack (JHU): Late-life physical activity: Early findings from NHATS’ 2021 accelerometry substudy
December 2nd, 2022 – Joshua Ehrlich (UM), Nicholas Reed (JHU), Mengyao Hu (UM): Objective measures of late-life vision and hearing function: new results from NHATS
February 3rd, 2023 – Vicki Freedman, Jennifer Cornman, Sarah Patterson (UM): Recent trends in late-life disability and care, 2011-2021
March 3rd, 2023 – Jennifer Reckrey (Mt. Sinai), Mary Louise Pomeroy and Katherine Ornstein (JHU): Characterizing Long-term Services and Supports for Community-dwelling Older Adults
April 7th, 2023 – Jennifer Wolff & Chanee Fabius (JHU): Place-based factors and the care experiences of older adults with LTSS needs and their family and unpaid caregivers: Linking contextual factors to NHATS and NSOC
2021-2022
October 1st, 2021 – Loretta Anderson (JHU): Economic hardship and adverse mental health outcomes in community-dwelling older adults
November 5th, 2021 – Terrance Murphy (Yale): Longitudinal analysis of older critically ill persons
February 4th, 2022 – Lianlian Lei (UM): A national profile of sandwich caregivers
March 4th, 2022 – Claire Ankuda (Mt. Sinai): The impact of Medicare policies on older adults with activity limitations
April 1, 2022 – William Chopik (Michigan State): Modeling bivariate change processes of health and well-being in NHATS