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.
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Aging and Chronic Disease Statistics Branch:
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Aging and Chronic Disease Statistics
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