Co-Investigator and Director of HCAP, 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 an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Global Public Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a Faculty Associate at the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.
Selected Recent Publications
Nichols E, Gross AL, Kobayashi LC, Langa KM, Lee J. The measurement of cognition in large-scale cross-national surveys: Lessons from the Health and Retirement International Network of Studies and the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2026;81(Supplement_1):S18-S30. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbaf200
Guo M, Mani SS, Gross AL, et al. Age at natural menopause and cognitive aging in U.S. women: Educational attainment as a modifiable resilience factor. Maturitas. 2026;207:108884. doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2026.108884
Zeng Y, Huang S, Lu P, et al. Association and mediating pathways between intergenerational educational mobility and depressive symptoms: findings from high- and middle-income countries. BMC Med. 2026;24(1):302. doi:10.1186/s12916-026-04808-w
Westrick AC, Wallner LP, Gross AL, Langa K, Kobayashi LC. Cross national comparison of memory function before and after a cancer diagnosis in the United States and England. Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice. 2026. doi:10.1007/s11764-026-01969-8
Chen R, Lee H, Wang J, et al. Independent and Joint Associations of Key Social Exposome Components with Cognitive Aging: Triangulating Evidence Through Cross-National Data. Am J Epidemiol. 2026;195(2):398-406. doi:10.1093/aje/kwaf189