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HCAP Network Team
David Weir
HCAP Network Co-Principal Investigator and Sampling Core Leader
Director, Health and Retirement Study; Research Professor, Institute for Social Research
Ken Langa
HCAP Network Co-Principal Investigator and Diagnosis and Validation Core Leader
Associate Director, Health and Retirement Study; Cyrus Sturgis Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School; Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Jessica Faul
HCAP Network Biomarker Core Leader
Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study; Associate Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Richard Jones
HCAP Network Statistical Harmonization Core Leader
Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study; Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University; Professor, Neurology, Brown University
Lindsay Ryan
HCAP Network Protocol Content and Administration Core Leader
Associate Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Amanda Sonnega
HCAP Network Outreach and Dissemination Core Leader
Associate Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
HCAP Network Members
The researchers of the HCAP Network represent an international group of eleven aging and cognition studies.
Chile Cognitive Aging Study (Chile-Cog)
Jere Berhman
Chile-Cog Co-Principal Investigator
WR Kenan Jr Professor of Economics & Sociology, Research Associate of Population Studies Center and Population Aging Research Center, University of Pennsylvania
David Bravo
Chile-Cog Co-Principal Investigator
Director, Center of Surveys and Longitudinal Studies, Universidad Católica de Chile
Irma Elo
Chile-Cog Co-Principal Investigator
Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology; Chair, Graduate Group in Demography; Research Associate, Population Studies Center & Population Aging Research Center
John Strauss
CHARLS Co-Principal Investigator
Co-Principal Investigator, China Health and Retirement Study; Principal Investigator; Indonesia Family Life Survey; Professor, Economics, University of Southern California
Qinqin Meng
CHARLS Team
Research Assistant, China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
Huali Wang
CHARLS Team
Professor & Chair, Dementia Care & Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Peking University Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital)
Caribbean American Dementia and Aging Study (CADAS)
Will Dow
CADAS Principal Investigator
Director, Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging; Professor, School of Public Health and Department of Demography
Daisy Acosta
CADAS Team
Principal Investigator, 10/66 Dementia Research Group; Physician, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Amal Harrati
CADAS Team
Researcher, Mathematica
Ivonne Z. Jimènez-Velàzquez
CADAS Team
Jorge J. Llibre-Guerra
CADAS Team
Washington University School of Medicine in St.Louis, USA; National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Habana, Cuba
English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
Andrew Steptoe
ELSA Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Professor, Psychology and Epidemiology, University College London
Carol Brayne
ELSA Team
Co-Investigator, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Professor of Public Health Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
David Llewellyn
ELSA Team
Co-Investigator, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Digital Health, University of Exeter
Shabina Hayat
ELSA Team
Senior Research Fellow, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI)
Lisa Berkman
HAALSI Principal Investigator
Thomas Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Epidemiology and Global and Population Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Darina Bassil
HAALSI Team
Research Associate, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Meagan Farrell
HAALSI Team
Research Associate, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Julia Rohr
HAALSI Team
HAALSI Project Director, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Beth Truesdale
HAALSI Team
Research Associate, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
Ken Langa
HRS-HCAP Principal Investigator
Associate Director, Health and Retirement Study; Cyrus Sturgis Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School; Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
David Weir
HRS Principal Investigator; HRS-HCAP Co-Investigator
Director, Health and Retirement Study; Research Professor, Institute for Social Research
Jessica Faul
HRS-HCAP Co-Investigator
Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study; Associate Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Richard Jones
HRS-HCAP Co-Investigator
Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study; Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University; Professor, Neurology, Brown University
Deborah Levine
HRS-HCAP Co-Investigator
Jennifer Manly
HRS-HCAP Co-Investigator
Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study; Professor, Neuropsychology, Columbia University
Lindsay Ryan
HRS-HCAP Co-Investigator
Associate Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Eileen Crimmins
HRS-HCAP Collaborator
Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study; AARP Chair in Gerontology; Co-Director, USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health. NIA Biomarker Network and Multidisciplinary Research Training in Gerontology Program
Lindsay Kobayashi
HRS-HCAP Collaborator
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
Ryan McCammon
HRS-HCAP Collaborator
Research Associate Social/Behavioral Sciences Lead, Survery Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Amanda Sonnega
HRS-HCAP Collaborator
Associate Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Carrie Wixom
HRS-HCAP Staff
Research Area Specialist, Michigan Medicine, Division of General Medicine
The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
Rose Anne Kenny
TILDA Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing; Chair of Medical Gerontology and Head of Department of Medical Gerontology, Trinity College Dublin; Physician and Director of Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing, St James Hospital, Dublin; Co-Director Syncope and Falls Unit, St James Hospital, Dublin
Christine McGarrigle
TILDA Team
Senior Research Fellow Epidemiology, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
Longitudinal Aging Study in India – Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (LASI-DAD)
Jinkook Lee
LASI-DAD Principal Investigator
Research Professor of Economics & CESR Director, Program on Global Aging, Health & Policy, University of Southern California; Senior Economist, RAND Corporation
Ying Liu
LASI-DAD Team
Research Scientist, Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California
Erik Meijer
LASI-DAD Team
Senior Economist, Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California
Sarah Petrosyan
LASI-DAD Team
Research Programmer I, Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California
Lebanon Study on Aging and Health (LSAHA)
Carlos Mendes de Leon
LSAHA Overall Principal Investigator
Research Professor, Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Monique Shaya
LSAHA Principal Investigator
Associate Dean, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, American University of Beirut
Frederick Conrad
LSAHA Principal Investigator at the University of Michigan
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research and Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan
Hala Ghattas
LSAHA Principal Investigator at the University of South Carolina
Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina
Sawsan Abdulrahim
LSAHA Co-Principal Investigator
Professor of Public Health, Health Promotion & Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut; Inaugural Fellow (2023-2024), Palestine Program in Health and Human Rights, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health
Abla Mehio Sibai
LSAHA Co-Principal Investigator
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences; Director, University for Seniors Program, American University of Beirut
Martine El Bejjani
LSAHA Co-Investigator
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut
Stephen McCall
LSAHA Co-Investigator
Assistant Professor of Public Health Practice; Acting Director Center for Research on Population and Health, American University of Beirut
Nazem Bassil
LSAHA Co-Investigator
Geriatric medicine, Geriatric psychiatry, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Palliative care at American University of Beirut Medical Center; Clinical Associate professor, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut.
Aya El Sammak
LSAHA Field coordinator
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, American University of Beirut
Alexandra Abi Nassif
LSAHA project coordinator
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, American University of Beirut
Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK)
Josh Ehrlich
LOSHAK Co-Principal Investigator
Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Social Research; Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan
Anthony Ngugi
LOSHAK Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Aga Khan University, Kenya
Muthoni Gichu
LOSHAK Team
Head of the Health and Ageing unit at the Ministry of Health, Kenya
Eunice Muthoni Mwangi
LOSHAK Team
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, Aga Khan University, Kenya
Roselyter Riang'a
LOSHAK Team
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, Aga Khan University, Kenya
Niranjani Nagarajan
LOSHAK Team
Research Area Specialist, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan
Mexican Health and Aging Study – Cognitive Aging Ancillary Study (Mex-Cog)
Rebeca Wong
Mex-Cog Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator, Mexican Health and Aging Study; Associate Director, Sealy Center on Aging: Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch
Silvia Mejia-Arango
Mex-Cog Team
Expert Collaborator, Mexican Health and Aging Study; Research Professor, Professor, Department of Population Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Alejandra Michaels-Obregon
Mex-Cog Team
Research Project Manager, Univeristy of Texas Medical Branch, Sealy Center on Aging
Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA)
Bernadette McGuinness
NICOLA Principal Investigator
Consultat Geriatrician, The Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Clinical Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, Denistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast
Charlotte Neville
NICOLA Team
Scientific Officer (Senior Research Fellow), The Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA), Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast
Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
Axel Börsch-Supan
SHARE Principal Investigator
Managing Director, Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe; Director, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
