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Trends in Health and Aging
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About Us

Welcome to the Trends in Health and Aging site at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Our mission is to do research and to disseminate data in the areas of aging and chronic diseases. We are located in the Office of Analysis and Epidemiology and much of our work is supported by the National Institute on Aging.

Our efforts are devoted to the following projects:

Research on aging and chronic diseases.  See staff bios below for our areas of interest.

Please feel free to Contact Us. You can meet us in person at upcoming conferences or events on our What's New page.

 

Aging and Chronic Disease Statistics Branch:

  • Jamie Lorena Salazar, fgw9@cdc.gov, is a STEP Program employee from the University of Maryland- College Park. She is majoring in Government and Politics (B.A.) with a concentration on Latin American Studies and Spanish Language.
  • Liming Cai, lcai@cdc.gov, Economist  

    Dr. Cai received his Ph.D. in economics from Ohio State in 1998. His research is focused on the longitudinal study of functional disability among the elderly.  He is interested in using stochastic models to describe the aging process and to relate changes in health status to medical expenditures.

  • R. F. Gillum, rgillum@cdc.gov, Epidemiologist

    Dr. Gillum received his M.D. from Northwestern University and his MS in epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health. Research interests include the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, sociocultural factors and health, and the health of minority groups

  • Yelena Gorina, YGorina@cdc.gov, Statistician

    Yelena Gorina received her M.S. in mathematics from St. Petersburg State University (Russia) and her M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University. She works on the development of the Trends in Health and Aging site. Her current interests include HIV among the aging population and multiple cause of death.

  • Margie Rauch Goulding, MGoulding@cdc.gov, Statistician

    Dr. Goulding received her Ph.D. in Health Services Research from Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2002. Dr. Goulding's current research interests include prescription drug use among older adults and factors associated with nursing home entry.

  • Ellen Kramarow, EKramarow@cdc.gov, Demographer

    Dr. Kramarow received a Ph.D. in demography and sociology from the University of Pennsylvania and did post-doctoral work at the University of Michigan Population Studies Center. Her research interests include chronic disease and disability status of the older population.

  • Michael Molla, mmolla@cdc.gov, Demographer

    Dr. Molla received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include summary measures of population health, demography of ageing, active ageing and chronic conditions, and the health and ageing of minority groups.

  • Michael E. Mussolino, mmussolino@cdc.gov, Epidemiologist

    Dr. Mussolino received his Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University. His research interests include chronic disease epidemiology with a focus on osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease.

  • James Lubitz, JLubitz@cdc.gov, Acting Chief. Mr. Lubitz worked for many years at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on research on Medicare costs. His current research is on trends in the health of older persons.
  • Laura Pratt, Lpratt@cdc.gov, Epidemiologist

    Dr. Pratt received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health where she concentrated on psychiatric epidemiology. Her research interests include cognitive impairment, depression and medical comorbidities, and trends in the mental health of the older population. Dr. Pratt's work also focuses on improving measures of mental health in national statistics.

  • Kristen Robinson, knrobinson@cdc.gov, Demographer

    Dr. Robinson is the staff director for the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics. Her work focuses primarily on improving and disseminating aging-related data. She received a dual Ph.D. in sociology and demography from Pennsylvania State University in 1997.

  • Sharon Saydah, ssaydah@cdc.gov, Epidemiologist

    Dr. Saydah received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer with CDC/NCHS. Her research interests include diabetes and cancer and associated conditions and risk factors.

  • Julie Dawson Weeks JWeeks@cdc.gov, Demographer

    Dr. Weeks is the project director for the Longitudinal Studies of Aging surveys. She has a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she specialized in demography and social psychology. Her research interests include health transitions and health care utilization patterns in late life, the relationships between elders' social environment and physical status, and the cognitive and methodological issues in interviewing the elderly.

Page Last Modified: December 09, 2008

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