Selected Publications on Aging and Social Epidemiology
Chen, R., Lee, H., Wang, J., Yang, Y., Okuzono, S. S., Nishimi, K., Kobayashi, L., Glymour, M. M., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2025). Independent and joint associations of key social exposome components with cognitive aging: Triangulating evidence through cross-national data. American Journal of Epidemiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaf189
(co-first with Scott Zimmerman). Zimmerman, S. C.,* Chen, R.,* Thoma, M., Pacca, L., Hebert, J., Riley, A., ... & Torres, J. M. (2025). The Association of Alzheimer’s Disease Genetic Risk with Social Connectedness in Middle-And Older-Ages. American Journal of Epidemiology, kwaf122. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaf122
Chen, R., Charpignon, M.-L., Raquib, R. V., Wang, J., Meza, E., Aschmann, H. E., DeVost, M. A., Mooney, A., Bibbins-Domingo, K., Riley, A. R., Kiang, M. V., Chen, Y.-H., Stokes, A. C., & Glymour, M. M. (2023). Excess Mortality with Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias as an Underlying or Contributing Cause During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Neurology, 80(9), 913–922. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2226
Chen, R., Calmasini, C., Swinnerton, K., Wang, J., Haneuse, S., Ackley, S. F., Hirst, A. K., Hayes-Larson, E., George, K. M., Peterson, R., Soh, Y., Barnes, L. L., Mayeda, E. R., Gilsanz, P., Mungas, D. M., Whitmer, R. A., Corrada, M. M., & Glymour, M. M. (2023). Pragmatic approaches to handling practice effects in longitudinal cognitive aging research. Alzheimer's & Dementia. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13067
Chen, R., Aschmann, H. E., Chen, Y.-H., Glymour, M. M., Bibbins-Domingo, K., Stokes, A. C., & Kiang, M. V. (2022). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Excess Mortality From External Causes in the US, March to December 2020. JAMA Internal Medicine, 182(7), 776–778. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1461
Chen, R., Wang, J., Pederson, A. M., Prather, A. A., Hirst, A. K., Ackley, S., Hokett, E., George, K. M., Mungas, D., Mayeda, E. R., Gilsanz, P., Haneuse, S., Whitmer, R. A., & Glymour, M. M. (2024). Evaluation of racial and ethnic heterogeneity in the associations of sleep quality and sleep apnea risk with cognitive function and cognitive decline. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 10(1), e12441. https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12441
Chen, R., Williams, D. R., Nishimi, K., Slopen, N., Kubzansky, L. D., & Weuve, J. (2022). A life course approach to understanding stress exposures and cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults. Social Science & Medicine, 314, 115448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115448
Chen, R., Weuve, J., Misra, S., Cuevas, A., Kubzansky, L. D., & Williams, D. R. (2022). Racial Disparities in Cognitive Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The Roles of Cumulative Stress Exposures Across the Life Course. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 77(2), 357-364. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab099
Chen R, Kessler RC, Sadikova E, NeMoyer A, Sampson NA, Alvarez K, Vilsaint CL, Green JG, McLaughlin KA, Jackson JS, Alegría M, Williams DR. Racial and ethnic differences in individual-level and area-based socioeconomic status and 12-month DSM-IV mental disorders. J Psychiatr Res. 2019 Dec;119:48-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.09.006