Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study
Contact Information
3444 ISR
426 Thompson St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734.647.0591
Email: [email protected]
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
Missell-Gray R, Van Orden K, Simning A. Hospitalization’s association with depression in adults over 50 years old: does living arrangement matter? Findings from the Health and Retirement Study. Aging & Mental Health. 2023. doi:10.1080/13607863.2022.2163978
Li Y, Cheng Z, Cai X, Holloway M, Maeng D, Simning A. Lonely older adults are more likely to delay or avoid medical care during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2022;37(3). doi:10.1002/gps.5694