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
. Living in Historically Redlined Neighborhoods and the Cognitive Function of Black and White Adults. J Aging Health. 2025:8982643251315020. doi:10.1177/08982643251315020
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39825796?dopt=Abstract
. Ambient outdoor heat and accelerated epigenetic aging among older adults in the US. Sci Adv. 2025;11(9):eadr0616. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adr0616
. Access to Neighborhood Amenities and Services and the Risk of 2-Year Nursing Home Placement among Persons Living with Dementia . 2025. doi:10.1093/geroni/igaf011
. Sex variation in the relationship between ε4, cognitive decline, and dementia. Alzheimers Dement . 2025;17(2):e70053. doi:10.1002/dad2.70053
. The Joint Effects of Exposure to Ambient Long-term Air Pollution and Short-term Heat on Epigenetic Aging in the Health and Retirement Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025;80(7). doi:10.1093/gerona/glaf092