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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Eileen M. Crimmins is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with extensive work spanning various subfields such as health, molecular biology, general health professions, health toxicology and mutagenesis, and physiology.

The main areas of study in their research include health disparities and outcomes, epigenetics and DNA methylation, dementia and cognitive impairment research, health environments and cognitive aging, birth development and health, aging and gerontology research, and nutritional studies and diet.

Their recent publications demonstrate a concentration on aging, epigenetic clocks, and health outcomes. Key papers include:

  • A computational solution for bolstering reliability of epigenetic clocks: implications for clinical trials and longitudinal tracking (2022) published in Nature Aging
  • Associations of Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Education With 13 Epigenetic Clocks in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample: The Health and Retirement Study (2021) published in The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Epigenetic-based age acceleration in a representative sample of older Americans: Associations with aging-related morbidity and mortality (2023) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Prevalence of dementia in India: National and state estimates from a nationwide study (2023) published in Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Media trust and infection mitigating behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA (2020) published in BMJ Global Health

Frequent coauthors working with Eileen M. Crimmins include Jung Ki Kim, Jennifer Ailshire, Eric T. Klopack, Jessica D. Faul, and Bharat Thyagarajan.

Their works are commonly published in venues such as:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B

They also have contributed to book publications, including a book published by Springer Nature titled "International Handbook of Health Expectancies" in 2020.

Eileen M. Crimmins has received several notable recognitions. They have been named a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016, a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2012, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2010.

Best Publications

  • Low Protein Intake Is Associated with a Major Reduction in IGF-1, Cancer, and Overall Mortality in the 65 and Younger but Not Older Population

    Morgan E. Levine;Jorge A. Suarez;Sebastian Brandhorst;Priya Balasubramanian

  • A Comparison of the Prevalence of Dementia in the United States in 2000 and 2012

    Kenneth M. Langa;Eric B. Larson;Eilieen M. Crimmins;Jessica D. Faul

  • Inflammatory Exposure and Historical Changes in Human Life-Spans

    Caleb E. Finch;Eileen M. Crimmins

  • Mortality and Morbidity Trends: Is There Compression of Morbidity?

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez

  • Assessment of cognition using surveys and neuropsychological assessment: the Health and Retirement Study and the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study.

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Jung Ki Kim;Kenneth M. Langa;Kenneth M. Langa;David R. Weir

  • Trends in healthy life expectancy in the United States, 1970-1990: gender, racial, and educational differences.

    Eileen M Crimmins;Yasuhiko Saito

  • The Significance of Socioeconomic Status in Explaining the Racial Gap in Chronic Health Conditions

    Mark D. Hayward;Eileen M. Crimmins;Toni P. Miles;Yu Yang

  • Cumulative biological risk and socio-economic differences in mortality: MacArthur studies of successful aging.

    Teresa E Seeman;Eileen Crimmins;Mei-Hua Huang;Burton Singer

  • Trends in the health of the elderly.

    Eileen M. Crimmins

  • Gender differences in health: results from SHARE, ELSA and HRS

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Jung Ki Kim;Aïda Solé-Auró

  • Lifespan and Healthspan: Past, Present, and Promise

    Eileen M. Crimmins

  • Does childhood health affect chronic morbidity in later life

    Debra L Blackwell;Mark D Hayward;Eileen M Crimmins

  • Infection, inflammation, height, and longevity.

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Caleb E. Finch

  • Interaction and living arrangements of older parents and their children. Past trends, present determinants, future implications.

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Dominique G. Ingegneri

  • Resolving inconsistencies in trends in old-age disability: Report from a technical working group

    Vicki A. Freedman;Eileen M. Crimmins;Robert F. Schoeni;Brenda C. Spillman

  • Changing Mortality and Morbidity Rates and the Health Status and Life Expectancy of the Older Population

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Mark D. Hayward;Yasuhiko Saito

  • Social environment effects on health and aging: integrating epidemiologic and demographic approaches and perspectives.

    Teresa E. Seeman;Eileen Crimmins

  • Disability trends among older Americans: National Health And Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1988-1994 and 1999-2004.

    Teresa E. Seeman;Sharon S. Merkin;Eileen M. Crimmins;Arun S. Karlamangla

  • Hispanic Paradox in Biological Risk Profiles

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Jung Ki Kim;Dawn E. Alley;Arun S. Karlamangla

  • Changes in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in the United States

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Yasuhiko Saito;Dominique Ingegneri

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuhiko Saito
Yasuhiko Saito Nihon University
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles
Jennifer A. Ailshire
Jennifer A. Ailshire University of Southern California
Samuel H. Preston
Samuel H. Preston University of Pennsylvania
Caleb E. Finch
Caleb E. Finch University of Southern California
Richard A. Easterlin
Richard A. Easterlin University of Southern California
Michael D. Hurd
Michael D. Hurd RAND Corporation
Pierre-Carl Michaud
Pierre-Carl Michaud HEC Montréal
Kenneth M. Langa
Kenneth M. Langa University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yaohui Zhao
Yaohui Zhao Peking University

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