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SUMMARY:Tracking the Brain Health of Older Adults in the United States: Th
 e Health and Retirement Study - Kenneth M. Langa\, MD\, PhD\,  Professor i
 n the Department of Internal Medicine  and Institute for Social Research  
 University of Michigan\, USA
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CONTACT:Paula Frampton
DESCRIPTION:About Kenneth Langa: \n\nDr. Langa is a Professor in the Depar
 tment of Internal Medicine and Institute for Social Research\, a Research 
 Scientist in the Veterans Affairs HSR&D Center for Clinical Management Res
 earch\, and an Associate Director of the Institute of Gerontology\, all at
  the University of Michigan. He is also Associate Director of the Health a
 nd Retirement Study (HRS)\, a National Institute on Aging funded longitudi
 nal study of 25\,000 adults in the United States http://hrsonline.isr.umic
 h.edu\n\nDr. Langa received an MD and PhD in Public Policy at the Universi
 ty of Chicago as a Fellow in the Pew Program for Medicine\, Arts\, and the
  Social Sciences. He is a board-certified General Internist who treats adu
 lt patients with chronic medical conditions\, and is an elected member of 
 the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).\n\nDr. Langa’s r
 esearch focuses on the epidemiology and costs of chronic disease in older 
 adults\, with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. He
  has published more than 175 peer-reviewed articles on these topics. He is
  currently studying population trends in dementia prevalence\, and the rel
 ationship of common cardiovascular risk factors\, as well as acute illness
 es such as sepsis and stroke\, to cognitive decline and dementia. In 2007 
 and again in 2015\, Dr. Langa was a Visiting Professor at the Institute of
  Public Health at the University of Cambridge\, and in 2015 he will be a V
 isiting Professor at the World Health Organization in Geneva\, Switzerland
 \, where he will continue work on cross-national comparisons of the epidem
 iology and outcomes of dementia in the United States\, England\, and other
  countries around the world.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Herchel Smith Building\, Forvie Site\, Robinson Wa
 y\, Cambridge CB2 0SR
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