Historical social and environmental determinants of memory decline and dementia among U.S. older adults

Lucas RF Henneman, PI, Xiaorong Shan
Last updated on Jul 15, 2022

This project, funded by the NIH and begun in 2021, leverages the recently completed data linkage between the 1940 census and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Our overall objective is to evaluate effects of early-life community-level social and environmental factors on late-life Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) and the extent to which these factors contribute to racial disparities on ADRD.

At GMU, our role is to quantify source-specific air pollution exposures for study locations in 1940.

exposure modeling air pollution health impacts team science environmental contaminants source impacts
Lucas RF Henneman, PI
Lucas RF Henneman, PI
Assistant Professor

Linking regulations to emissions, air quality, and health

Xiaorong Shan
Xiaorong Shan
PhD Student

Linking air quality to emissions, meteorology and policy regulations