Lindsay Kobayashi

Lindsay Kobayashi Headshot
Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study

Contact Information

2661 SPH I,
1415 Washington Heights,
Ann Arbor, MI, 48109

Phone: 734.763.0322
Email: [email protected]

Education

Ph.D., Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, 2016
M.Sc., Epidemiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, 2012
B.Sc., Life Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, 2010

Research and Projects

Dr. Kobayashi investigates social and economic life course influences on cognitive aging in diverse global settings, and cross-national comparisons of later-life cognitive outcomes. She is the John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Assistant Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a Faculty Affiliate of the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.

Selected Recent Publications

Forden J, Simmons E, Ghilarducci T, Radpour S. Caregiving and Retirement: Social Security and the Financial Strain of Eldercare. Generations. 2025;49:1-5. https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=9cd73ced-c44a-3a49-b5….
Radpour S, Forden J, Ghilarducci T. Unseen Costs: How Providing Eldercare Impacts Work and Economic Security. Generations. 2025;49:1-12. https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=bc6a612d-2910-3da7-98….
Forden J, Ghilarducci T. U.S. Caregiving System Leaves Significant Unmet Needs Among Aging Adults. New York, NY: Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School for Social Research; 2023. https://www.economicpolicyresearch.org/resource-library/u-s-caregiving-….
Ghilarducci T, Papadopoulos M, Webb A. The Illusory Benefit of Working Longer on Retirement Financial Preparedness: Rethinking Advice That Working Longer Increases Retirement Income. The Journal of Retirement. 2022;9(3). doi:10.3905/jor.2022.1.104
Ghilarducci T, Radpour S, Webb A. Retirement plan wealth inequality: measurement and trends. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance. 2022;21:119–139. doi:10.1017/S1474747220000074