Reimagining ADRD in Context

Chair(s)

• KA

  Kristine Ajrouch, PhD

  Research Professor
  Sociology
  Eastern Michigan University
  Ypsilnati, Michigan, United States

Co-Chair(s)

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  Toni Antonucci, PhD

  Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology
  Life Course Development
  University of Michigan
  Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

  Slides

Discussant(s)

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  Damali Martin, PhD, MPH

  Branch Chief
  Division of Neurosciences
  NIA, NIH
  Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

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  Hafifa Siddiq, PhD, MSN, RN

  Assistant Professor
  School of Nursing
  Charles R. Drew University
  Garden Grove, California, United States
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  Ronica Rooks, PhD, FGSA

  Professor
  Health and Behavioral Sciences
  University of Colorado Denver
  Denver, Colorado, United States
• HM

  Helen Meier, PhD, MPH

  Assistant Research Scientist
  Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
  University of Michigan
  Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• LS

  Linda Sayed, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  James Madison College
  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, Michigan, United States

This symposium embraces diversity and discovery to address contextual issues in aging, specifically issues of race and ethnicity in the study of cognitive health and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD). Rooks and colleagues compare dementia risk among African American and White men and women in the context of work using the longitudinal Health, Aging, and Body Composition data. They consider the effects of productive activities on dementia risk in gender stratified models, adjusting for socio-demographic and genetic factors. Siddiq and colleagues consider the contexts of migration. Using a multi-method approach, they establish priorities for interventions addressing ADRD risk among older adult immigrants and refugees from Afghanistan and the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) in California. Sayed also investigates the context of migration, and uses qualitative data (N=31) to identify the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on cognitive aging in Middle Eastern/Arab Americans immigrants and refugees in Michigan. Finally, Meier and colleagues consider contexts of metal exposure for cognitive decline among Latinos aged 65 and older using the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. In total, this symposium highlights the benefits of reimagining contextual factors that influence ADRD to improve our understanding and the potential to reduce health disparities research in underrepresented racial and ethnic populations.

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

  Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Risk and Psychosocial Health Needs of Older Adult Immigrants and Refugees
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Hafifa Siddiq, PhD, MSN, RN – Charles R. Drew University
• 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

  Race, Gender, and Late-Life Productive Activities and Dementia in the Health ABC Study
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Ronica N. Rooks, PhD, FGSA – University of Colorado Denver
• 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

  Metals Exposure and Cognitive Decline in Latino Elders: Results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Helen Meier, PhD, MPH – University of Michigan
• 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

  The Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 on Cognitive Aging Arab American Immigrants in Michigan
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Linda Sayed, PhD – Michigan State University