Honoring Healthy Aging Month

with Julie Zissimopoulos, Co-Director

September is Healthy Aging Month. In honor of this month, the Center for Advancing Sociodemographic and Economic Study of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (CeASES ADRD) is highlighting research on the positive aspects of healthy aging, and featuring related research through the USC Aging and Cognition Twitter.

This month is also World Alzheimer’s Month. The World Alzheimer Report 2022 has just been released with a focus on navigating treatment, care and support after diagnosis. Contributors to the report include USC Professor of Family Medicine, Neurology, Psychology and Gerontology, Dr. Duke Han, who will be speaking at our upcoming Science of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Workshop for Social Scientists.

I invite you to join our network of social scientists informing dementia research by connecting with our center. Please visit our website or contact me at Julie.Zissimopoulos@usc.edu or our Program Administrator, Johanna Thunell, at jthunell@usc.edu.

CeASES ADRD Supported Research

"Given limited federal policies supporting family caregivers, states have adopted policies supporting family caregivers, but availability and generosity of support can vary. Our pilot project first documents state-variation in support for caregivers through Medicaid waivers by constructing a database of state policies supporting caregivers. Second, we will investigate the relationship of these policies and caregiver well-being. Understanding the pathways by which policies and policy interactions impact caregiver well-being can inform the policy discussions regarding evidence-based supports for caregivers."

Katherine Miller, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Pennsylvania

CeASES ADRD Pilot PI

Upcoming Events

Science of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias for Social Scientists Workshop.

On October 27 and 28, USC CeASES ADRD and USC-AD RCMAR will be offering a two-day program where selected social scientists will learn about the biomedical and clinical foundations of ADRD from experts in the field. The workshop will explore relevant topics in the ADRD field. Additional information can be found on the Science of ADRD webpage.

NHATS/NSOC 2022-2023 Webinar Series.

Starting on October 7, NHATS/NSOC webinars will be held monthly from 12 to 1pm ET on Fridays via Zoom. Please register here .

CAPS Panel - Biological Aging: Conceptualization, Construction, and Considerations.

On November 14 from 10am to 12pm CDT, join CAPS for an expert discussion on novel research on aging. The zoom link can be found here.

Center News

CeASES ADRD is pleased to announce the recipients of this years pilot award.

Congratulations to Katherine Miller, PhD, "The Mediating Role of State Policies Supporting Care Partners of Persons with Dementia on Care Partner Outcomes;"

Anna Wu, PhD, "Risk of ADRD among first-, second, - and third-generation Latinos in the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC);"

Roland Sturm, PhD, "Dynamic Microsimulation Projections of ADRD and Associated Functional Limitations in Taiwan and the United States." We look forward to watching your research develop!

Call for Papers in Alzheimer's & Dementia -- Translational Research & Clinical Interventions (A&D - TRCI)

A&D - TCRI announced a Call for Papers on the Practice of Inclusion Science: Reimagining and Retooling Approaches to Diversity, Health Equity and Inclusion. This is an ongoing Call for Papers, however, the deadline for consideration for the first compendium of articles to be published together in a special issue is February 1, 2023.

Request for Information - 2023 NIA Care Summit

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) seeks input on topics of consideration from interested stakeholders, including persons living with dementia, caregivers and care partners, dementia care providers, members of the scientific community, academic institutions, the private sector, health professionals, professional societies, advocacy groups, patient communities, as well as other interested members of the public. The NIA requests comments by October 21, 2022. Steering committee Co-Chairs are Andrea Gilmore and Julie Zissimopoulos.

Recent Publications

Ailshire, J. A ., Walsemann, K. M., & Fisk, C. E. (2022). Regional variation in US dementia trends from 2000-2012. SSM-Population Health, 19, 101164.

Avila-Rieger, J., Turney, I. C., Vonk, J. M., Esie, P., Seblova, D., Weir, V. R., ... & Manly, J. J. (2022). Socioeconomic Status, Biological Aging, and Memory in a Diverse National Sample of Older US Men and Women. Neurology.

Farina, M.P., Ailshire, J.A. Sociodemographic and health status differences in delaying medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults: findings from the Health and Retirement Study. BMC Public Health 22, 1720 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14118-4

Gauthier S, Webster C, Servaes S, Morais JA, Rosa-Neto P. 2022. World Alzheimer Report 2022: Life after diagnosis: Navigating treatment, care and support. London, England: Alzheimer’s Disease International.

Joyce, G., Ferido, P., Thunell, J., Tysinger, B., Zissimopoulos, J., 2022. Benzodiazepine use and the risk of dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 8.. doi:10.1002/trc2.12309

Klopack, E.T., Carroll, J.E., Cole, S.W. et al. Lifetime exposure to smoking, epigenetic aging, and morbidity and mortality in older adults. Clin Epigenet 14, 72 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-022-01286-8

Langbaum, J.B., Zissimopoulos, J., Au, R., Bose, N., Edgar, C.J., Ehrenberg, E., Fillit, H., Hill, C.V., Hughes, L., Irizarry, M., Kremen, S., Lakdawalla, D., Lynn, N., Malzbender, K., Maruyama, T., Massett, H.A., Patel, D., Peneva, D., Reiman, E.M., Romero, K., Routledge, C., Weiner, M.W., Weninger, S., Aisen, P.S., 2022. Recommendations to address key recruitment challenges of Alzheimer's disease clinical trials. Alzheimer's & Dementia.. doi:10.1002/alz.12737

Ramasubramanian, R., Meier, H., Vivek, S., Klopack, E., Crimmins, E. M., Faul, J., ... & Thyagarajan, B. (2022). Evaluation of T-cell aging-related immune phenotypes in the context of biological aging and multimorbidity in the Health and Retirement Study. Immunity & Ageing, 19(1), 1-12.

Walsemann, K. M., Kerr, E. M., Ailshire, J. A., & Herd, P. (2022). Black-White variation in the relationship between early educational experiences and trajectories of cognitive function among US-born older adults. SSM-population health, 19, 101184.

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Contact: Julie Zissimopoulos, PhD, Co-Director, Julie.Zissimopoulos@usc.edu