Director
Contact Information
Survey Research Center
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248
Phone: 734.936-0314
Fax: 734.647.1186
Email: dweir@umich.edu
Education
A.B., History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Research and Projects
Dr. Weir's current research interests include population-based international comparisons of dementia and cognitive impairment, social disparities in biomarkers of aging, the effects of health, gender, and marital status on economic well-being in retirement; and the effects of early-life experience on longevity and health at older ages.
Selected Recent Publications
. Associations of Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity and Education with 13 Epigenetic Clocks in a Nationally Representative US Sample: The Health and Retirement Study. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A . 2021;76(6):1117-1123. doi:10.1093/gerona/glab016.
. Recent trends in wealth inequality among older Americans in two surveys. Journal of Economics and Social Measurement. 2020;45(3-4):215-236. doi:10.3233/jem-210477.
. Widowhood and Depression in a Cross-National Perspective: Evidence from the United States, Europe, Korea, and China. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 2019;73(8):e143-e153. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbx021.
. New Measures and New Designs in Demography of Aging Research. In: Future Directions for the Demography of Aging: Proceedings of a Workshop . Future Directions for the Demography of Aging: Proceedings of a Workshop . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2018:371-396. doi:https://doi.org/10.17226/25064.
Heterogeneity in polygenic scores for common human traits. bioRxiv. Forthcoming. doi:10.1101/106062.