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Advisory Committees / Boards

NHATS Scientific Advisory Panel

Current Member Title / Institution / Link
Kathleen Cagney, PhD Director, Population Research Center and Associate Professor
Department of Sociology & Public Health Sciences
University of Chicago
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Ken Covinsky, MD, MPH Professor
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
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Luigi Ferrucci, MD Scientific Director
Chief, Longitudinal Studies Section
National Institute on Aging
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Jack Guralnik, MD, PhD, MPH Professor
Division of Gerontology
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Kenneth Langa, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
VA HSR&D Center of Excellence
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
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Linda Martin, PhD Senior Fellow
RAND Corporation
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Kathleen McGarry, PhD Professor, Department of Economics
University of California, Los Angeles
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Brenda Plassman, PhD Associate Research Professor
Director, Program in Epidemiology of Dementia
Department of Psychiatry
Duke University Medical Center
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Former Member Title / Institution / Link
Eileen Crimmins, PhD Associate Dean, Davis School of Gerontology
Edna M. Jones Professor of Gerontology and Sociology
University of Southern California
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Dana Goldman, PhD Norman Topping Chair In Medicine and Public Policy
Director, Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
University of Southern California
National Institute on Aging
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Helen Levy, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Center
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
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Teresa Seeman, PhD Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Associate Chief, Research Division of Geriatrics
Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
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David Weir, PhD Director, Health and Retirement Study
Research Professor, Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
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NHATS Data Monitoring Board

A Data Monitoring Board has been appointed by NIA to review major design and operational decisions and make recommendations related to the safety and integrity of NHATS and overall study progress. This board advises NIA on the study's readiness to advance through its major phases including content and survey design, data collection activities, and data dissemination. back to top