Richard N. Jones

Richard N. Jones
Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study

Contact Information

Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Warren Alpert Medical School
Brown University
Butler Hospital
345 Blackstone Boulevard, Box G-BH
Providence, Rhode Island 02906-4800

Phone: 401-444-1943 (Butler)
Email: [email protected]

Education

Sc.D., 1998, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
B.A., 1991, George Washington University, Washington DC

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Curriculum Vitae

Research and Projects

Rich Jones is a psychiatric epidemiologist. He is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at Brown University. His research has been focused on cognitive aging and psychometric and longitudinal data analysis methods. Research topics include measurement development, validation, and harmonization; the detection of subgroup differences and measurement bias; the role of early life and life span experiences and exposures (i.e., cognitive and brain reserve, resilience) in cognitive aging.

Selected Recent Publications

Yu X, Jones RN, Kobayashi LC, Gross AL. Cross-national statistical harmonization of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale among older adults in China, England, India, Mexico, South Africa, and the United States. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025;178:111623. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111623
Kunicki ZJ, Nichols E, De Vito AN, et al. The Pace of Memory Decline in Older Adults without a Neurocognitive Disorder: Results from 22 Years of Follow-Up in a Nationally Representative Sample. Neuroepidemiology. 2025:1-8. doi:10.1159/000548005
Kobayashi LC, O’Shea BQ, Wixom C, et al. Lifetime occupational skill and later-life cognitive function among older adults in the United States, Mexico, India, and South Africa. Alzheimers Dement. 2024;20(3):1933-1943. doi:10.1002/alz.13665
Rentería MA, Briceño EM, Chen D, et al. Memory and language cognitive data harmonization across the United States and Mexico. Alzheimer’s & Dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2023;15(3):e12478. doi:10.1002/dad2.12478
Gross AL, LI C, Briceño EM, et al. Harmonisation of later-life cognitive function across national contexts: results from the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocols. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2023;4(10):e573-e583. doi:10.1016/S2666-7568(23)00170-8