Kenneth M. Langa

Kenneth M. Langa, photograph
Associate Director

Contact Information

Department of Internal Medicine and Institute for Social Research
2800 Plymouth Road, Bldg 16, Room 444E
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800

Phone: 734.647.8160
Fax: 734.936.8944
Email: klanga@umich.edu

Education

Ph.D., Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
M.D., Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago

Website
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Research and Projects

Dr. Langa is a general internist and health services researcher. His current research focuses on identifying the risk factors and outcomes for chronic disease among older adults, with an emphasis on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. He is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine and an Associate Director of the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Michigan Medical School and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

Selected Recent Publications

Jones RN, Manly JJ, Langa KM, et al. Factor structure of the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol neuropsychological battery in the Health and Retirement Study. Neuropsychology. Forthcoming. doi:10.31234/osf.io/rvmhj.
Owsley KM, Langa KM, Macis M, Nicholas LHersch. Treatment preferences among adults with normal cognition and cognitive impairment. Journal of American Geriatrics Society. Forthcoming. doi:10.1111/jgs.18032.
Westrick AC, Langa KM, Kobayashi LC. The association of health behaviors prior to cancer diagnosis and functional aging trajectories after diagnosis: Longitudinal cohort study of middle-aged and older US cancer survivors. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2023;31:102083. doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102083.
Shen MR, Suwanabol PA, Howard RA, et al. Association Between Loneliness and Postoperative Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Surgery. 2023;158(2):212-214. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.4784.
Westrick AC, Langa KM, Eastman M, Ospina-Romero M, Mullins MA, Kobayashi LC. Functional aging trajectories of older cancer survivors: A latent growth analysis of the US Health and Retirement Study. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 2023;17(5):1499-1509. doi:10.1007/s11764-022-01185-0.