Landscapes of Population Health
Recent Publication
Residential context and epigenetic age acceleration among older-age black and white Americans: Findings from the health and retirement study, 2010-2016
An observational study examined 3,187 non-Hispanic Black and White older adults in the Health and Retirement Study, whose mean age was 69. Researchers combined survey and neighborhood data with blood samples collected in 2016. They combined three DNA-based aging measures into a score of epigenetic age acceleration, a marker of premature aging.
Collaborator Spotlight
Lindsey Burnside
What do you find challenging or exciting about interdisciplinary collaboration? Though it can be convenient to have a shared language within a discipline, I find interdisciplinary collaboration to be an especially considered and innovative approach to research. Plus, pressing issues affecting population health are of interest to many parties, including scholars across many fields–maintaining disciplinary silos is an artificial boundary.