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Through our pilot projects program we aim to facilitate the development of research in the demography and economics of aging, focusing on our themes of aging in diverse contexts, health and social/economic productivity, and measurement and methods. We provide post-award support for the development of competitive external grant proposals.

Meeting the Pandemic Needs of Older Sexual Minority Women

Principle Investigator: Tonia Poteat


Property Tax Exemptions and Senior Home Affordability

Principle Investigator: Jeremy Moulton


The Role of Morningness in Sleep Timing and Epigenetic Aging in Young Adulthood 

Principle Investigators: Allison Aiello, Kathie Harris, Jess Meyer (ESI)


Optimizing wearable sensing technologies for the measurement of social interactions among

older adults

Principle Investigator: Asia Maselko


Criminal Legal System Connections, Health, and Place Safety 

Principle Investigator: Carmen Guitierrez (ESI)


A Dimensional Approach to Assessing the Impact of Adversity on Age-Related Cognitive Decline 

Principle Investigator: Margaret Sheridan


Effects of health on economic well-being of older adults in the context of rapid modernization.

Principle Investigators: Linda Adair, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Jeremy Moulton (ESI), Annie Green-Howard (ESI) Elizabeth Frankenberg


Social Determinants and Adverse Health Outcomes in Older Adults: The role of inappropriate medication use.

Principle Investigators: Jennifer L. Lund (ESI) and Yang Claire Yang


Life Course Cognition: Multimodal Measurement of Cognitive Functioning among Diverse Midlife Americans.

Principle Investigators: Robert Hummer, Taylor Hargrove (ESI), Allison Aiello


Neurological Biomarkers in Dried Blood Spots: A New Method for Population Studies

Principle Investigators: Robert Hummer


Impacts of Extreme Events on Older and Foreign Born Adults

Principle Investigator: Nathan Dollar (ESI)


Ultra-High Resolution Neuroimaging of Hippocampal Subfields in Healthy Aging.

Principle Investigator: Kelly Giovanello


Using Linked Census and Electronic Health Record Data to Address Health Disparities

Principle Investigators: John Batsis and Hillary Spangler (ESI)


Evaluating the impacts of heavy precipitation events on geographic access to health care for aging rural populations

Principle Investigator: Paul Delamater


Electronic Health Records: A Potential Source of Data on Migration and Mobility

Principle Investigator: Barbara Entwistle