MARY HAAN
Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Haan's primary research interests are in the epidemiology of aging populations. Her work has encompassed disease prevention in old age, the etiology of neurodegenerative diseases and the influence of cardiovascular disease on dementia. Her central focus is on gender and ethnicity as cofactors in explaining the heterogeneity of disease and functioning in aging.
Funded Aging Projects
- Epidemiology of Functional Status in Elderly Hispanics (SALSA) (NIA)
- Women's Health Initiative Sight Exam (SHI-SEY) (Wyeth-Ayerst Research)
- Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging (NIA)
- Stroke Surveillance in a Biethnic Community (NINDS)
- Interdisciplinary Research Training on Health and Aging (NIA)
- A Pilot Study of the Association of Plasma Beta Amyloid 40/42 and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in Mexican Americans (American Health Assistance Foundation)
- Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) Project (NINDS)
- Under the Skin: Understanding the Role of Stress and Immune Function in Health Disparities (NIH)
Publications
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