Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study
Contact Information
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
3715 McClintock Avenue, Room 218B
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191
Phone: 213.740.7245
Email: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D., Sociology (Demography), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2009
B.A., Sociology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2003
Research and Projects
Dr. Ailshire’s research has demonstrated the importance of physical and social environments, and their interactions, in determining health and wellbeing across the adult life course, and particularly for older adults. Her current projects focus on the role of air pollution in cognitive decline and dementia and epigenetic aging.
Selected Recent Publications
. Race, gender, and cohort differences in the educational experiences of Black and White Americans. Population Research and Policy Review. 2023;42. doi:10.1007/s11113-023-09831-w.
. Changes in social lives and loneliness during COVID-19 among older adults: a closer look at the sociodemographic differences. International Psychogeriatrics. 2023;35(6):305-317. doi:10.1017/S1041610222001107.
. Inequality in housing transitions during cognitive decline. PLoS One. 2023;18(4):e0282329. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282329.
. Neighborhood Social Environment and Self-Perceptions of Aging. Innov Aging. 2023;7(4):igad038. doi:10.1093/geroni/igad038.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37213322?dopt=Abstract
. Aging on the job? The association between occupational characteristics and accelerated biological aging. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B. 2023;78(7):1236-1245. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbad055.