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Murphy & Pilkauskas Transportation Security Index will be included in the next wave of SRC's #HealthAndRetirementStudy, allowing researchers to examine how transportation, or the lack thereof, impacts health.
Affecting 1 in 5 people, transportation insecurity is America's overlooked hardship. New research from Alexandra Murphy and @natashap.bsky.social uses the Transportation Security Index to provide insights on this prevalent challenge. #EconSky #PolicySky psc.isr.umich.edu/news/transpo...
April 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🧪Accurate classification of #CognitiveImpairment in population studies has been challenging. In 2016 the #HealthAndRetirementStudy implemented a diagnostic algorithm, the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol Project (HRS-HCAP), to streamline cognitive assessments myumi.ch/R3p6Q
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April 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Kate Cagney & coauthors used the #HealthAndRetirementStudy to examine the interaction btwn social support & strain in relationships with children & older adults' cognitive functioning, finding older adults w/higher function report less later strain w/children myumi.ch/5kyEr @um-psc.bsky.social
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April 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🧪 Using the #HealthAndRetirementStudy, Ken Langa, @helenmeier.bsky.social, Grace Noppert et al. constructed a hierarchical tree structure to map relationships among T and B lymphocyte subsets myumi.ch/R3kR4
Compositional analysis of lymphocytes and their relationship with health outcomes: findings from the health and retirement study - Immunity & Ageing
Background Immunosenescence, the gradual deterioration of the immune system, is critical for aging-related diseases. However, the lack of detailed population-level immune data has limited our understa...
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March 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
UM Board of Regents has honored Kenneth M. Langa with a Distinguished University Professorship.

His research shapes our understanding of #aging, #CognitiveImpairment & #dementia. He is co-director of the NIH-funded #HealthAndRetirementStudy, the largest, most influential study of aging in the U.S.
October 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🧪Amanda Sonnega et al used the #HealthAndRetirementStudy to develop the Index of #Aging in #Midlife and Beyond (IAM+), a 10-item scale accounting for a range of abilities and health. This index can be used for promoting active and productive engagement through later life myumi.ch/Z2qZ9
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October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM