Jacqui Smith

Jacqui Smith, Photograph
Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study

Contact Information

3444 ISR
426 Thompson St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Phone: 734.647.0591
Email: smitjacq@umich.edu

Education

Ph.D., Macquarie University, 1984
B.A. (with Honors), University of Sydney, 1974

Research and Projects

My research deals with the heterogeneity of psychological functioning, well-being, and health in midlife and old age. I use experimental and survey methodologies to investigate age-cohort differences and age-related change in cognitive functioning, self-regulation, and well-being. My current research focuses on time use and experienced wellbeing after age 50, psychological vitality in the oldest-old, life course predictors of subjective well-being and health, self-perceptions of aging, and cognitive aging.

Selected Recent Publications

Nakamura JS, Hong JH, Smith J, et al. Associations Between Satisfaction With Aging and Health and Well-being Outcomes Among Older US Adults. JAMA Network Open. 2022;5(2):e2147797. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.47797.
Smith J, Larkina M. Early-life Health as a Lifelong Precursor of Self-related Views of Aging in Later Life. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 2021;76(5):894-899. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa141.