Dr. Montez’s research examines the large and growing inequalities in adult mortality across education levels and geographic areas within the United States. She is particularly interested in why the growing inequalities have been most troublesome among women.
Dr. Masters studies long-term trends in US morbidity, chronic diseases, and mortality rates. His research has focused on cohort-based changes in life course mechanisms of health outcomes, the health consequences of the US obesity epidemic, and new methodological approaches to studying period-based and cohort-based factors related to adult health.
Dr. Martin has conducted research on population aging in the United States and Asia. Her work has ranged from the labor force consequences of aging to the living arrangements of older people and, most recently, to trends in their health.
Dr. Landrum’s primary research focus is on the development and application of statistical methodology for health services research.This research has several related themes, including the development of medical guidelines and the profiling of health care providers.
Dr. Himes’ expertise is in the areas of demography of aging, family caregiving, and patterns of health and mortality in later life. Her recent research examines the role of obesity in health and functioning at older ages.
Dr. Hayward’s primary research addresses how life course exposures and events influence the morbidity and mortality experiences of the adult population. He has recently collaborated with a team of researchers examining the role of federal and state policies shaping the growing inequality in life chances in the US adult population.
Dr. Crimmins’ research focuses on changes over time in health and mortality. She has been instrumental in organizing and promoting the recent integration of the measurement of biological indicators in large population surveys. Dr. Crimmins directs the USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health.
Dr. Beltran-Sanchez studies the demography of health and aging, with particular focus on Latin American countries; biodemographic patterns of health in adult populations; and development and application of demographic methods to investigate health inequalities using macro and micro data.
Dr. Langa’s research focuses on the epidemiology and costs of chronic disease in older adults, with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Dr. Langa’s is currently studying the relationship of cardiovascular risk factors to cognitive decline and dementia in middle-age and older adults. He serves as an Associate Director for the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and as a MiCDA Advisory Panel Member.
Dr. Ehrlich is a clinician-scientist whose research on vision impairment cross-cuts population health and health services research. He has an interest in the health and disability trajectories of older adults with visual and multisensory impairments. He conducts research on low vision and vision rehabilitation; aging and vision; and the epidemiology of eye disease. As a co-investigator on the National Health and Aging Trends Study, he has collaborated on the design of a set of vision tests for use by interviewers in the home. He is also one of the PIs of the Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK) project.