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  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth M. Langa is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, General Health Professions, Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Economics and Econometrics. Their research spans a range of topics centered on aging and cognitive health.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Langa has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with notable recent papers such as:

  • Estimating the Prevalence of Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in the US (2022, JAMA Neurology)
  • Prevalence of dementia in India: National and state estimates from a nationwide study (2023, Alzheimer s & Dementia)
  • Cardiometabolic multimorbidity, genetic risk, and dementia: a prospective cohort study (2022, The Lancet Healthy Longevity)
  • Comparison of Particulate Air Pollution From Different Emission Sources and Incident Dementia in the US (2023, JAMA Internal Medicine)
  • Prevalence of Central Nervous System-Active Polypharmacy Among Older Adults With Dementia in the US (2021, JAMA)

Their frequent co-authors include Deborah A. Levine, Lindsay C. Kobayashi, Jinkook Lee, Alden L. Gross, and Steven G. Heeringa.

Langa's work is frequently published in venues such as Alzheimer s & Dementia, Innovation in Aging, The Journals of Gerontology Series B, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, and JAMA Network Open.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Kenneth M. Langa was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Long-term Cognitive Impairment and Functional Disability Among Survivors of Severe Sepsis

    Theodore J. Iwashyna;E. Wesley Ely;Dylan M. Smith;Kenneth M. Langa

  • Prevalence of dementia in the United States: the aging, demographics, and memory study.

    Brenda L Plassman;Kenneth M Langa;Gwenith G Fisher;Steven G Heeringa

  • Cohort Profile: the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).

    Amanda Sonnega;Jessica D. Faul;Mary Beth Ofstedal;Kenneth M. Langa

  • Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States

    Michael D. Hurd;Michael D. Hurd;Paco Martorell;Adeline Delavande;Adeline Delavande;Kathleen J. Mullen

  • Advance directives and outcomes of surrogate decision making before death.

    Maria J. Silveira;Scott Y.H. Kim;Kenneth M. Langa

  • The Diagnosis and Management of Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Clinical Review

    Kenneth M. Langa;Deborah A. Levine

  • Prevalence of cognitive impairment without dementia in the United States.

    Brenda L. Plassman;Kenneth M. Langa;Gwenith G. Fisher;Steven G. Heeringa

  • 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

  • Association of Lifestyle and Genetic Risk With Incidence of Dementia

    Ilianna Lourida;Eilis Hannon;Thomas J Littlejohns;Kenneth M Langa

  • The changing prevalence and incidence of dementia over time — current evidence

    Yu Tzu Wu;Alexa S. Beiser;Monique M.B. Breteler;Laura Fratiglioni

  • 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

  • Health Care–Associated Infection After Red Blood Cell Transfusion: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Jeffrey M. Rohde;Derek E. Dimcheff;Neil Blumberg;Sanjay Saint

  • Vitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease

    Thomas J. Littlejohns;William E. Henley;Iain A. Lang;Cedric Annweiler

  • Vitamin D and risk of cognitive decline in elderly persons

    David J. Llewellyn;Iain A. Lang;Kenneth M. Langa;Graciela Muniz-Terrera

  • National estimates of the quantity and cost of informal caregiving for the elderly with dementia

    Kenneth M. Langa;Michael E. Chernew;Mohammed U. Kabeto;A. Regula Herzog

  • Trends in the incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and cognitive impairment in the United States

    Walter A. Rocca;Ronald C. Petersen;David S. Knopman;Liesi E. Hebert

  • Prevalence of dementia in Latin America, India, and China: a population-based cross-sectional survey

    Juan J Llibre Rodriguez;Cleusa P Ferri;Daisy Acosta;Mariella Guerra

  • Geriatric conditions and disability: the Health and Retirement Study.

    Christine T. Cigolle;Kenneth M. Langa;Mohammed U. Kabeto;Zhiyi Tian

  • Monetary costs of dementia in the United States.

    Zhou Yang;Pei-Jung Lin;Allan Levey

  • Prevalence of cognitive impairment without dementia in the United States (Annals of Internal Medicine (2008) 148, (427-434))

    B. L. Plassman;K. M. Langa;G. G. Fisher;S. G. Heeringa

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Llewellyn
David J. Llewellyn University of Exeter
Theodore J. Iwashyna
Theodore J. Iwashyna University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Deborah Levine
Deborah Levine University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bruno Giordani
Bruno Giordani University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lewis B. Morgenstern
Lewis B. Morgenstern University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert B. Wallace
Robert B. Wallace University of Iowa
Gwenith G. Fisher
Gwenith G. Fisher Colorado State University
Kristine Yaffe
Kristine Yaffe University of California, San Francisco
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Guy G. Potter
Guy G. Potter Duke University

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