Two HRS core cognitive classification methods informed by HRS/HCAP

Friday, October 23rd, 2026

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST

Richard N. Jones, ScD

Professor
Director, Quantitative Science Program
Co-Director, HCAP-XC Training Program
Statistical Harmonization Core Leader, HCAP Network
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School
Brown University

Rich is an investigator in the area of mental health and aging, with a specific focus on the epidemiology of cognitive aging, cognitive reserve, and environmental influences on cognitive function. Cognitive reserve is a hypothesis proposing that personal experiences and characteristics (e.g., educational attainment) provide a buffer against the clinical effects of underlying disease. Rich is an epidemiologist and methodologist. He trained in Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Mental Hygiene.

Measurement of cognition and classification of dementia in the CVFS-SCAN study

Friday, December 11th, 2026

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST

Emily M. Briceño, PhD

Associate Professor
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Neurology
University of Michigan Medical School
Faculty Associate
Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Co-Investigator, CVFS-SCAN

Emily’s research focuses on neuropsychological assessment for the detection of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) across culturally and linguistically varied populations. She studies cognitive aging and the measurement of cognitive and functional impairment in international population-based aging studies, including studies in the HCAP Network. She is the neuropsychologist for the Cognitive Health Services Research Program and is a member of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI), Global REACH, and the Center for Global Health Equity. Dr. Briceno is also an affiliate of the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA).

Incidence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in the HRS-HCAP, 2016/17 to 2022/23

Friday, January 29th, 2027

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST

Lindsay C. Kobayashi, PhD

Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Global Public Health
Associate Director for Research, Center for Global Health Equity
Co-Director, HCAP-XC Training Program
Co-Principal Investigator, HCAP Network
Director, Health and Retirement Study (HRS) – Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP)
University of Michigan

Lindsay’s research focuses on the social epidemiology of cognitive aging from a global perspective. She investigates social and economic life course influences on cognitive aging, primarily using data from internationally harmonized longitudinal studies of aging. She is an innovator in theoretical and methodological approaches to cross-national comparisons of laterlife cognitive aging. She is the Co-Director of the NIA-funded U24 HCAP International Network, an ongoing international research collaboration to measure and understand dementia risk within harmonized longitudinal studies of aging around the world.

Validating the Manly-Jones Algorithm in ADAMS

Friday, March 26th, 2027

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST

Zachary J. Kunicki, PhD

Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Quantitative Science Program
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Warren Alpert Medical School
Brown University

Zach’s research focuses on examining trajectories of cognitive decline, and what factors alter said trajectory. He uses latent variable modeling, such as item response theory and growth curve modeling, to examine these trajectories.

Emma Nichols, PhD

Epidemiologist and Research Scientist
Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR)
University of Southern California (USC)

Emma’s research interests focus on cognitive aging and dementia, as well as methodological problems common in epidemiologic studies of older adults. Her current work focuses on international aging studies and cross-national comparisons.