In the News: Janet M. Wilmoth
Estimated Arterial Stiffness, Cognitive Decline, and Dementia Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
"Estimated Arterial Stiffness, Cognitive Decline, and Dementia Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults," co-authored by sociologists Janet Wilmoth and Andrew London, was published in Innovation in Aging.
See related: Longevity, United States
Military Service Experiences, Hearing Difficulty, and Difficulty Remembering/Concentrating
"Noncombat and Combat Military Service Experiences, Hearing Difficulty, and Difficulty Remembering/Concentrating," co-authored by sociologists Andrew London, Scott Landes and Janet Wilmoth, was published in Innovation in Aging.
See related: United States, Veterans
Maxwell Sociologists Honored and Elected to Leadership Positions at ASA Annual Meeting
Prema Kurien and Janet M. Wilmoth received awards, and several faculty colleagues were elected to roles in the American Sociological Association.
See related: Awards & Honors, Promotions & Appointments
Service-Connected Disability and Poverty Among US Veterans
"Service-Connected Disability and Poverty Among US Veterans," co-authored by sociologists Andrew London, Scott Landes and Janet Wilmoth, was published in "The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability."
See related: Disability, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy, United States, Veterans
Socioeconomic Determinants of Anticipated and Actual Caregiving for Older Adults in India
This study, co-authored by Professor of Sociology Janet Wilmoth and published in the International journal of Aging and Human Development, investigates adult children's informal caregiving for, and living arrangements with, older parents in urban India.
See related: Aging, Child & Elder Care, India
Older Immigrants Are More Likely Than Older Nonimmigrants to Experience Loneliness
This research brief explores the impact of age at immigration on feelings of loneliness and considers factors such as health, socio-demographics, and engagement in volunteering in the assessment.
Resilience is Low among Both Military and Non-Military Populations with PTSD
This data slice uses data from the National Wellbeing Survey to examine resilience among U.S. working-age adults with and without PTSD by their relationship to the military.
Racial-ethnic inequities in age at death among adults with/without IDD
Scott Landes and Janet Wilmoth identify differences in racial-ethnic inequities in mortality between adults with/without intellectual and developmental disability in their study published in Preventive Medicine.
See related: Civil Rights, Longevity, Mental Health, Race & Ethnicity
Risk Factors Explaining Military Deaths From Suicide, 2008–2017: A Latent Class Analysis
See related: Mental Health
Landes, London, Wilmoth article on service-connected disability published in Armed Forces & Society
Sociologists explore veteran service-connected disability in new study
Maxwell scholars publish book on public policy and the life course
See related: Health Policy
Introducing the Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Age-at-Death Data Tracker
This data slice introduces a new data tracking tool that shows age-at-death trends for adults with intellectual disability, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other rare developmental disabilities, as well as those without IDD.
Five Maxwell scholars contribute to aging studies handbook
See related: Aging
New study examines age‐at‐death disparity, people with and without IDD
See related: State & Local
Maxwell sociologists appointed to leadership roles at ASA
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Scholars join faculty for 2020-21; new chairs announced
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Connecting how we live with what keeps us living
The Aging, Health and Neuroscience cluster initiative has “encouraged a culture of collaboration,” says Professor Janet Wilmoth, chair of sociology and an expert on aging. “Syracuse University is creating structural change, in which opportunities are provided for developing innovative ideas."
See related: Aging, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy, United States
The Influence of Military Service Experiences on Current and Daily Drinking
Non-combat and combat veterans without a PD or TBI are less likely than nonveterans to be daily drinkers.
NIA funds multi-university aging and policy center
See related: Aging, Grant Awards, State & Local
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