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🧪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

Congratulatory announcement for Kenneth M. Langa with a portrait and University of Michigan logos. Text: CONGRATULATIONS Kenneth M. Langa Cyrus Sturgis Research Professor of Internal Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine, Research Professor, Institute of Gerontology, Medical School, Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research and Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health Regula Herzog Distinguished University Professor of Internal Medicine and Survey Research University of Michigan Board of Regents October 17, 2025 ISR Survey Research Center UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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.

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.

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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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🧪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

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...

🧪 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