Research Scientist Publications

Epidemiology

Kim, Y., & Jang, S. (2025). Socioeconomic Disparities in Cognitive Impairment: The Role of Neighborhood Social Cohesion. Innovation in aging, 9(6), igaf031. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf031

Jang, S., & Kim, Y. (2025). Being Connected to Community: The Protective Role of Neighborhood Social Cohesion Against Loneliness During COVID-19 By Race/Ethnicity and Educational Level. Journal of Social Service Research, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2025.2529194.

Lee, J. H., Scambray, K. A., Morris, E. P., Sol, K., Palms, J. D., Zaheed, A. B., Martinez, M. N., Schupf, N., Manly, J. J., Brickman, A. M., & Zahodne, L. B. (2025). Marital status, brain health, and cognitive reserve among diverse older adults. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 31(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617724000638

Kindratt, T. B., Zahodne, L. B., Dallo, F. J., & Ajrouch, K. J. (2025). Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Diagnosis in the United States Among US-Born and Foreign-Born White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian Older Adults. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 12(3), 1847–1855. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-02014-z

Kindratt, T. B., Moncriffe, B., Ajrouch, K. J., Zahodne, L. B., & Dallo, F. J. (2024). Diabetes Among Racial and Ethnically Diverse Older Adults in the United States with Cognitive Limitations. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 11(1), 238–247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01514-8

Nguyen-Rodriguez, S. T., Gao, X., Falcón, L. M., Tucker, K. L., & Arévalo, S. P. (2024). Longitudinal associations between biopsychosocial stress indicators and sleep in older Puerto Rican adults. Sleep health, 10(4), 418–424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2024.04.001

Kindratt, T. B., Zahodne, L. B., Ajrouch, K. J., & Dallo, F. J. (2024). Modifiable Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Among Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants to the United States. Innovation in aging, 8(3), igae025. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae025

Guduguntla, B. A., Vasbinder, A., Anderson, E., Azam, T. U., Blakely, P., Webster, N. J., Gonzalez, R., Atonucci, T., Heidebrink, J. L., Giordani, B., Zahodne, L., Hampstead, B. M., Ajrouch, K. J., & Hayek, S. S. (2024). Biomarkers of chronic inflammation and cognitive decline: A prospective observational study. Alzheimer’s & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 16(1), e12568. https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12568

Sol, K., Morris, E. P., Lee, J. H., Zaheed, A. B., Palms, J. D., Scambray, K., Clarke, P., & Zahodne, L. B. (2024). Histories of neighborhood socioeconomic status contribute to race differences in later-life cognition. Alzheimer’s & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, 20(5), 3342–3351. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13786

Wilhoite, S. R., Zaheed, A. B., Palms, J. D., Morris, E. P., Sol, K., Martino, A., & Zahodne, L. B. (2024). Mechanisms underlying the association between adverse childhood experiences and racial disparities in later-life cognition. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 30(3), 253–263. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617723000474

Moon, K. A., Sol, K., Simone, S. M., Zaheed, A. B., Krasnova, A., Andrews, R. M., Vonk, J. M. J., Widaman, K. F., & Armstrong, N. M. (2024). Depression, loneliness, and lower social activity as partial mediators of the association between visual impairment and cognitive decline. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 39(7), e6123. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.6123

Springstead, J., Sol, K., Morris, E. P., Kraal, A. Z., & Zahodne, L. B. (2024). Specific aspects of religious involvement protect against depressive symptoms among immigrant versus U.S.-born, Hispanic older adults. Aging & mental health, 28(4), 658–666. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2023.2265848

Kindratt, T. B., Ajrouch, K. J., Zahodne, L. B., & Dallo, F. J. (2023). Suspected undiagnosed ADRD among Middle Eastern and North African Americans. Research square, rs.3.rs-1983254. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1983254/v1

Sol, K., Brauer, S., & Antonucci, T. C. (2023). Longitudinal Associations Between Loneliness and 
Self-Rated Health Among Black and White Older Adults. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 78(4), 639–648. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac200

Lee, J. H., Sol, K., Zaheed, A. B., Morris, E. P., Meister, L. M., Palms, J. D., & Zahodne, L. B. (2023). Coping Styles and Cognitive Function in Older Non-Hispanic Black and White Adults. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 78(5), 789–798. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad005

Palms, J. D., Zaheed, A. B., Morris, E. P., Martino, A., Meister, L., Sol, K., & Zahodne, L. B. (2023). Links between early-life contextual factors and later-life cognition and the role of educational attainment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 29(8), 734–741. https://doi.org/10.1017/S135561772200090X

Morris, E. P., Turney, I. C., Palms, J. D., Zaheed, A. B., Sol, K., Amarante, E., Beato, J., Chesebro, A. G., Morales, C. D., Manly, J. J., Brickman, A. M., & Zahodne, L. B. (2023). Racial and ethnic differences in the relationship between financial worry and white matter hyperintensities in Latinx, non-Latinx Black, and non-Latinx White older adults. Neurobiology of aging, 129, 149–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2023.05.008

Kindratt, T. B., Dallo, F. J., Zahodne, L. B., & Ajrouch, K. J. (2022). Cognitive Limitations Among Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants. Journal of aging and health, 34(9-10), 1244–1253. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643221103712

Kindratt, T. B., Dallo, F. J., & Zahodne, L. B. (2022). Cognitive Disability Among Arab Americans by Nativity Status and Arrival Year: Lack of Evidence for the Healthy Migrant Effect. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 9(5), 2056–2062. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01144-y

Hamlin, A. M., Kraal, A. Z., Sol, K., Morris, E. P., Martino, A. G., Zaheed, A. B., & Zahodne, L. B. (2022). Social engagement and its links to cognition differ across non-Hispanic Black and White older adults. Neuropsychology, 36(7), 640–650. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000844

Morris, E. P., Brown, L. L., Zaheed, A. B., Palms, J. D., Sol, K., Martino, A., & Zahodne, L. B. (2022). Childhood financial hardship and adult financial hardship mediate racial disparities in depressive symptoms: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. Aging & mental health, 26(12), 2570–2577. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1888665

Turney, I. C., Lee, J. H., Morris, E. P., Sol, K., Palms, J. D., & Zahodne, L. B. (2022). Race differences in the role of sleep and lifestyle behaviors in later-life cognition: The Health and Retirement Study. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders, 36(1), 49–55. https://doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0000000000000459

Health Economics

Stokes, J. E., Kindratt, T. B., Antonucci, T. C., Cox, C. G., & Choi, H. (2024). Employment Dynamics Among Adult Children at the Onset of Parental Dementia: Variation by Sociodemographic Characteristics. Journal of aging and health, 36(9), 546–558. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643231201547

Westrick, A. C., Esiaka, D. K., Meier, H. C. S., Rooks, R. N., Manning, M., & Tarraf, W. (2024). Cognition and Wealth Changes in Mid-to-later Life: A Latent Class Trajectories Approach Using the Health and Retirement Study. Journal of aging and health, 36(9), 510–522. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643241232003

Byrd, D. R., Gonzales, E., Moody, D. L. B., Marshall, G. L., Zahodne, L. B., Thorpe, R. J., Jr, & Whitfield, K. E. (2020). Interactive Effects of Chronic Health Conditions and Financial Hardship on Episodic Memory among Older Blacks: Findings from the Health and Retirement Study. Research in human development, 17(1), 41–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2020.1746159

Tailored Care

Yoshikawa, A., Bouldin, E. D., López-Anuarbe, M., Kindratt, T. B., Sylvers, D. L., & Webster, N. J. (2024). Use of Caregiving Support Services Among Diverse Dementia Caregivers by Geographic Context. The Gerontologist, 64(2), gnad067. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad067

Roche-Dean, M., Baik, S., Moon, H., Coe, N. B., Oh, A., & Zahodne, L. B. (2023). Paid Care Services and Transitioning out of the Community Among Black and White Older Adults With Dementia. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 78(Suppl 1), S91–S100. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac117

Kindratt, T. B., Sylvers, D. L., Yoshikawa, A., López-Anuarbe, M., Webster, N. J., & Bouldin, E. D. (2023). Dementia Caregiving Experiences and Health Across Geographic Contexts by Race and Ethnicity. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 78(Suppl 1), S48–S58. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac182

Wyman, M. F., Vega, I. E., Cabrera, L. Y., Amini, R., Kim, K., & Tarraf, W. (2023). Influence of Care Network Characteristics on Physician Visit Experiences for Black, White, and Hispanic Older Adults With Dementia. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 78(Suppl 1), S59–S70. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac150

Garcia, M. A., Diminich, E. D., Lu, P., Arévalo, S. P., Sayed, L., Abdelrahim, R., & Ajrouch, K. J. (2023). Caregiving for Foreign-Born Older Adults With Dementia. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 78(Suppl 1), S4–S14. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac153