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Research Interests
My work seeks to redress disparities in healthy aging through two primary research threads: 1) using epidemiology methods to disentangle the role of social and physical environments across the lifecourse in driving disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD); 2) extending translational research and implementation science methods to test the effect of population-level interventions and strategies that improve aging outcomes among racially/ethnically and geographically diverse populations.
Teaching Experience
PUBH 445 - Program Planning
CHTH 485 - Community Health Promotion Theory
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Public Health, Des Moines University
PhD, Health Behavior Health Promotion, University of Arizona
Master, International Studies, University of Wyoming
Bachelor, Journalism & Spanish, University of Wyoming
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Projects
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Parental Education, Midlife Hypertension, and Disparities in Late-Life Cognitive Test Scores: Application of an Equity-Focused Causal Decomposition Approach
Adrien, T. V., Hirst, A. K., Turney, I. C., Peterson, R. L., Zahodne, L. B., Chen, R., Crane, P. K., Levy, S. A., Andrews, R. M., Mayeda, E. R., Whitmer, R. A., Gilsanz, P., Jackson, J. W. & Hayes-Larson, E., 2025, In: Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 39, 1, p. 1-7 7 p., 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000662.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Childhood Community Disadvantage and MRI-Derived Structural Brain Integrity after Age 65 Years
Peterson, R. L., Meza, E., George, K. M., Maillard, P., Decarli, C., Gilsanz, P., Soh, Y., Lor, Y., Kind, A. J., Barnes, L. L. & Whitmer, R. A., Nov 7 2024, In: JAMA network open. 7, 11, p. e2443703Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Life course financial mobility and later-life memory function and decline by gender, and race and ethnicity: an intersectional analysis of the US KHANDLE and STAR cohort studies
Kobayashi, L. C., Peterson, R. L., Yu, X., Avila-Rieger, J., Amofa-Ho, P. A., Vila-Castelar, C., Meza, E., Shaaban, C. E., Whitmer, R. A., Gilsanz, P. & Mayeda, E. R., Sep 2024, In: The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 5, 9, p. 100613 100613.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
School-based racial segregation, social support, and late-life cognitive function in the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR)
Gutierrez, S., Whitmer, R. A., Soh, Y., Peterson, R., George, K. M., Lor, Y., Barnes, L. L., Mayeda, E. R., Allen, I. E., Torres, J. M., Glymour, M. M. & Gilsanz, P., Sep 2024, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia. 20, 9, p. 6257-6267 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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School racial/ethnic composition, effect modification by caring teacher/staff presence, and mid-/late-life depressive symptoms: findings from the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans
Mobley, T. M., Hayes-Larson, E., Wu, Y., Peterson, R. L., George, K. M., Gilsanz, P., Glymour, M. M., Thomas, M. D., Barnes, L. L., Whitmer, R. A. & Mayeda, E. R., Sep 2024, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 193, 9, p. 1253-1260 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review