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Mark Hayward is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a strong focus on health-related fields. Hayward's work covers diverse subfields such as health, general health professions, sociology and political science, psychiatry and mental health, and economics and econometrics.

The scientist's research interests concentrate notably on topics including health disparities and outcomes, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, global health care issues, dementia and cognitive impairment research, employment and welfare studies, healthcare policy and management, and the intersection of health, environment, and cognitive aging.

Recent publications illustrate this focus through papers such as:

  • US State Policies, Politics, and Life Expectancy (2020) published in Milbank Quarterly
  • Trends in U.S. Population Health: The Central Role of Policies, Politics, and Profits (2021) published in Journal of Health and Social Behavior
  • The Education of Multiple Family Members and the Life-Course Pathways to Cognitive Impairment (2020) published in The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Trends in Dementia Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality in the United States (2000-2016) (2021) published in Journal of Aging and Health
  • U.S. state policy contexts and mortality of working-age adults (2022) published in PLoS ONE

Hayward frequently collaborates with other researchers. Common co-authors include Mateo Farina, Anna Zajacova, Jenjira Yahirun, Eileen M. Crimmins, and Jennifer Karas Montez.

The scientist publishes regularly across a series of academic venues, with several papers appearing in Innovation in Aging, The Journals of Gerontology Series B, Milbank Quarterly, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and Journal of Aging and Health.

Best Publications

  • The Long Arm of Childhood: The Influence of Early-Life Social Conditions on Men's Mortality

    Mark D. Hayward;Bridget K. Gorman

  • 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

  • Does childhood health affect chronic morbidity in later life

    Debra L Blackwell;Mark D Hayward;Eileen M Crimmins

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

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

  • Differentials in Active Life Expectancy in the Older Population of the United States

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

  • Age differences in allostatic load: an index of physiological dysregulation.

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Melanie Johnston;Mark D Hayward;Teresa Seeman

  • Racial inequality in active life among adult Americans

    Mark D. Hayward;Melonie Heron

  • Cumulative Childhood Adversity, Educational Attainment, and Active Life Expectancy Among U.S. Adults

    Jennifer Karas Montez;Mark D. Hayward

  • Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality in the United States: A Systematic Analysis of Functional Form

    Jennifer Karas Montez;Robert A. Hummer;Mark D. Hayward

  • Gender, the Marital Life Course, and Cardiovascular Disease in Late Midlife

    Zhenmei Zhang;Mark D. Hayward

  • Marriage Markets and Marital Choice

    Daniel T. Lichter;Robert N. Anderson;Mark D. Hayward

  • Change in Disability-Free Life Expectancy for Americans 70 Years Old and Older

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

  • Childlessness and the Psychological Well-Being of Older Persons

    Zhenmei Zhang;Mark D. Hayward

  • Trends in the Educational Gradient of U.S. Adult Mortality From 1986 Through 2006 by Race, Gender, and Age Group

    Jennifer Karas Montez;Robert A. Hummer;Mark D. Hayward;Hyeyoung Woo

  • Health Consequences of Marriage for the Retirement Years

    Amy Mehraban Pienta;Mark D. Hayward;Kristi Rahrig Jenkins

  • US State Policies, Politics, and Life Expectancy

    Jennifer Karas Montez;Jason Beckfield;Julene Kemp Cooney;Jacob M. Grumbach

  • Psychological Therapies for Auditory Hallucinations (Voices): Current Status and Key Directions for Future Research

    Neil Thomas;Mark Hayward;Mark Hayward;Emmanuelle Peters;Emmanuelle Peters;Mark van der Gaag

  • Trends and group differences in the association between educational attainment and U.S. adult mortality: Implications for understanding education's causal influence☆

    Mark D. Hayward;Robert A. Hummer;Isaac Sasson

  • Occupational influences on retirement, disability, and death

    Mark D. Hayward;William R. Grady;Melissa A. Hardy;David Sommers

  • Early Life Influences on Cognitive Impairment Among Oldest Old Chinese

    Zhenmei Zhang;Danan Gu;Mark D. Hayward

  • Occupational careers and mortality of elderly men.

    David E. Moore;Mark D. Hayward

  • Hispanic Older Adult Mortality in the United States: New Estimates and an Assessment of Factors Shaping the Hispanic Paradox

    Joseph T. Lariscy;Robert A. Hummer;Mark D. Hayward

  • Who Expects to Continue Working After Age 62? The Retirement Plans of Couples

    Amy Mehraban Pienta;Mark D Hayward

Frequent Co-Authors

Clara Strauss
Clara Strauss University of Sussex
Neil Thomas
Neil Thomas Swinburne University of Technology
Katherine Berry
Katherine Berry University of Manchester
Simon McCarthy-Jones
Simon McCarthy-Jones Trinity College Dublin
Kate Cavanagh
Kate Cavanagh University of Sussex
Susan L. Rossell
Susan L. Rossell Swinburne University of Technology
John Farhall
John Farhall La Trobe University
Tania M. Lincoln
Tania M. Lincoln Universität Hamburg
Emmanuelle Peters
Emmanuelle Peters King's College London
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles

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