KENNETH M. LANGA
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-General Medicine, University of Michigan.
Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan.
Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.
Dr. Langa is a general internist and health services researcher. His current research focuses on estimating the societal costs of chronic disease among middle-age and older adults, with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. He is a Co-Investigator on the Health and Retirement Study. He is Co-Director of the Patient Safety Enhancement Program and the Collaborative Center for Research and Education in the Care of Older Adults, at the University of Michigan Medical School and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.
Funded Aging Projects
- Identifying Cases and Costs of Dementia in the United States (NIA)
- Long-term Outcomes of Caring for a Disabled Spouse (American Federation for Aging Research)
- Patterns and Predictors of Cognitive Decline (NIA)
- Health and Retirement Study (NIA)
- Ethics of Surrogate Consent for Dementia Research (NIA)
- Costs of Dementia (NIA)
- Changes in Cognitive Performance in Preclinical AD: A Collaborative Analysis (NIA)
- Conference on Attrition and Non-Response in Longitudinal Studies (NIA)
- Harmonization of Longitudinal Cross-National Surveys of Aging (NIA)
Publications
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