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Dr. Langa is the Cyrus Sturgis Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Institute for Social Research, and an Associate Director of the Institute of Gerontology, all at the University of Michigan. He is also Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Director of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), and Principal Investigator of the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) Project, both funded by the National Institute on Aging. Dr. Langa is also an affiliate of the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA).
Dr. Langa received an MD and PhD in Public Policy at the University of Chicago as a Fellow in the Pew Program for Medicine, Arts, and the Social Sciences. He is a General Internist, an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Dr. Langa’s research focuses on the epidemiology and costs of chronic disease in older adults, with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. He has published more than 350 peer-reviewed articles on these topics and is currently studying population trends in dementia prevalence, and the relationship of common cardiovascular risk factors, as well as acute illnesses such as sepsis and stroke, to cognitive decline and dementia. Dr. Langa has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge, the World Health Organization, the University of California-San Francisco, the University of New South Wales, and the University of Otago where he continued work on cross-national comparisons of the epidemiology and outcomes of dementia in countries around the world.
Kenneth M. Langa, MD, PhD, Physician-Researcher MiCDA
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Robert Wood Johnson Clinical ScholarUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1999
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Internship and ResidencyUniversity of Michigan, United States, 1997
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MDUniversity of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, United States, 1994
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PhDUniversity of Chicago, United States, 1992
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Center MemberCaswell Diabetes Institute
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Center MemberCenter for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine
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Center MemberInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
I study the epidemiology and costs of chronic health conditions that affect older adults, with a focus on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. I am the Co-Director of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a National Institute on Aging funded longitudinal study of 20,000 adults in the United States ( http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu ), and the Co-Director of the HCAP International Network of dementia studies. I am a General Internist and I have published more than 350 peer-reviewed research articles. I have been a Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge, the World Health Organization, the University of California-San Francisco, the University of New South Wales, and the University of Otago where I collaborated on cross-national comparisons of the epidemiology and outcomes of dementia in countries around the world.
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Saczynski JS, Rosen AB, McCammon RJ, Zivin K, Andrade SE, Langa KM, Vijan S, Pirraglia PA, Briesacher BA. American Journal of Medicine, 2015 Jul 1; 128 (7): 739 - 746.Journal ArticleAntidepressant use and cognitive decline: The health and retirement study
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Klee M, Langa KM, Leist AK. Sci Rep, 2024 Mar 20; 14 (1): 6657Journal ArticlePerformance of probable dementia classification in a European multi-country survey.
DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-56734-7 PMID: 38509130 -
Gao J, Mendes de Leon CF, Zhang B, Weuve J, Langa KM, D'Souza J, Szpiro A, Faul J, Kaufman JD, Hirth R, Adar SD. Lancet Healthy Longev, 2024 Sep 26; 100629Journal ArticleLong-term air pollution exposure and incident physical disability in older US adults: a cohort study.
DOI:10.1016/j.lanhl.2024.07.012 PMID: 39342952 -
Leung CW, Insolera NE, Wolfson JA, McEvoy CT, Ryan LH, Friedman EM, Langa KM, Heeringa SG, Hao W. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 2024 Sep 7; 79 (11):Journal ArticleFood insecurity and dementia risk in US older adults: Evidence from the 2013-2021 Panel Study of Income Dynamics.
DOI:10.1093/geronb/gbae153 PMID: 39243138 -
Langa K. 2024 Sep;PresentationThe Socioeconomic Burden of Dementia: National and Global Trends
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Zhang B, Weuve J, Langa KM, D'souza J, Szpiro A, Faul J, Mendes De Leon CF, Gao J, Kaufman JD, Sheppard L, Lee J, Hirth RA, Adar SD. ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2024 Aug 15; 2024 (1):Journal ArticleAssociation of Source-specific PM2.5 with Memory Decline Later in Life in the United States
DOI:10.1289/isee.2024.1724 -
Gao J, Mendes De Leon CF, Zhang B, Weuve J, Langa KM, D'souza J, Szpiro A, Faul J, Kaufman JD, Hirth R, Adar SD. ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2024 Aug 15; 2024 (1):Journal ArticleLong-term Air Pollution and Physical Disability in Older U.S. Adults: A Multi-State Modeling Evaluation from the EPOCH Study
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Zhang B, Mendes De Leon CF, Langa KM, Weuve J, Szpiro A, Faul J, D'souza J, Kaufman JD, Hirth RA, Lisabeth LD, Gao J, Adar SD. ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2024 Aug 15; 2024 (1):Proceeding / Abstract / PosterSource-specific Air Pollution and Lost Independence in Late Life
DOI:10.1289/isee.2024.1725