We are only beginning to clarify the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in substantial changes to American neighborhoods. There has been an excess of permanent business closures, particularly among small neighborhood businesses most vulnerable to social distancing, such as local barbershops and nail salons. COVID-19 outbreaks in late September 2021 caused 2,000 neighborhood schools… Continue reading A National Neighborhood Data Resource to Understand Inequities in the Health and Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in the United States
Research Theme: Health
Covid-19 Effects on Children & Families: 2021 Follow-Up of the PSID Child Development Supplement
The Child Development Supplement (CDS) is an integral and on-going component of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), a longitudinal survey of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families that began in 1968. With data collected on the same families and their descendants for 41 waves over 52 years (as of 2020), PSID is… Continue reading Covid-19 Effects on Children & Families: 2021 Follow-Up of the PSID Child Development Supplement
High-intensity drinking and related consequences: Daily data from a national sample aged 19 to 22
High-intensity drinking (consuming 10+ drinks in a row) among young adults has recently been acknowledged as a serious health problem that requires urgent research attention. We have previously documented prevalence, predictors, and developmental change in recollection of any past 2-week high-intensity drinking from ages 18 to 30 through secondary data analysis of the national Monitoring… Continue reading High-intensity drinking and related consequences: Daily data from a national sample aged 19 to 22
Racial inequalities in sleep deficiencies: The role of stress in the workplace
A growing literature documents Black-White inequalities in sleep deficiencies with Black adults experiencing less sleep and lower sleep quality compared to White adults. Because sleep hygiene is tightly linked to health, racial inequalities in sleep deficiencies may be a key determinant of racial inequalities in health. Racial inequalities in work-related stress may be a crucial,… Continue reading Racial inequalities in sleep deficiencies: The role of stress in the workplace
Social Circumstances and Epigenomics Promoting Health in Three Countries
This project supports the analysis of existing social and epigenetic data for three countries and the development of longitudinal epigenetic data for three countries: the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdome (Northern Ireland, specifically). The project will answer basic questions about how life circumstances in both childhood and adulthood affect epigenetic change and how… Continue reading Social Circumstances and Epigenomics Promoting Health in Three Countries
Immunosenescence, socioeconomic disadvantage and dementia in the US aging population
While risk factors for cognitive decline and Alzheimer ’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) have been widely studied, there is still much unknown about the biological pathways that lead to ADRD. This project seeks to improve our understanding of the pathophysiology of cognitive decline and ADRD by examining the role of peripheral immunosenescence in these… Continue reading Immunosenescence, socioeconomic disadvantage and dementia in the US aging population
Health and Well-being Over the Life Course and Across Multiple Generations
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is a longitudinal survey of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families. Begun in 1968, 40 waves of data have now been collected on PSID families and their descendants. Its long-term measures of economic and social wellbeing have spurred researchers and policy makers to attend to the dynamics… Continue reading Health and Well-being Over the Life Course and Across Multiple Generations
Fragile Families Third Generation
The intergenerational persistence of poor health and poverty and the quest to understand underlying processes underscore the importance of rich multigenerational data. Very few existing datasets contain comprehensive information on social, environmental, and biological factors over the life course and across generations; lack of such data has seriously limited attempts to identify the processes shaping… Continue reading Fragile Families Third Generation
A Multi-Ancestry Study of Gene-Lifestyle Interactions and Multi-Omics in Cardiometabolic Traits
Cardiometabolic disease and management of its risk factors, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, adiposity and type II diabetes, constitute a major public health burden across diverse populations. Therefore, understanding the genetic and environmental (lifestyle) factors and their interactions may provide insights into intervention, prevention and therapeutic strategies for addressing this burden. Several genome-wide association studies (GWAS)… Continue reading A Multi-Ancestry Study of Gene-Lifestyle Interactions and Multi-Omics in Cardiometabolic Traits
A More Efficient Web-Based Approach to Collecting National Family, Fertility and Reproductive Health Data
This project develops an optimal web-based approach to conducting national survey data collections on population health. This new methodology will significantly reduce the costs of collecting health-related data from the general population in representative samples of the entire nation or other large groups. The result will be more evidence on population health to guide both… Continue reading A More Efficient Web-Based Approach to Collecting National Family, Fertility and Reproductive Health Data