lllustrative Research by MiCDA Affiliates

MiCDA affiliates are leading efforts to understand changing life expectancy, late-life disability and dementia and consequences for families of older adults. A few illustrative projects include:

Arline Geronimus is investigating economic distress and growing educational disparities in life expectancy (R01AG059743).
In collaboration with RAND researchers, Ken Langa has been exploring the societal costs of dementia in the United States (R01AG053972)
Vicki Freedman and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University are studying the dynamics and daily experiences of caregivers (R01AG054004) and recent and long-term trends in dementia and other kinds of caregivers (R01AG062477). They are also tracking late-life disability trends through a series of online dashboards and a companion chartbook (U01AG032947 and P30AG012846)
Kira Birditt is studying racial differences in daily experiences among dementia caregivers (R01AG063200) and parent child dyads coping with early stage dementia (R01AG058565).
Several MiCDA affiliates have K awards to study dementia caregiving including Hwajung Choi (K01AG057820), Amanda Leggett (K01AG056557) and Courtney Polenick (K01AG059829).