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David Weir
Affiliated Programs:
Michigan Historical Demography Workshop
Funded Research:
Creating a National Resource for Genetic Research in Behavioral & Health Sciences (NIA)
Expanding a National Resource for Genetic Research in Behavioral & Health Sciences (NIA)
Experienced-based and Subjective Well-being Survey Toolkits for Older Adults (NIA)
Geographic Variation in the Health and Economic Determinants and Outcomes of Elective Surgery (NIA)
Harmonization of Longitudinal Cross-National Surveys of Aging (NIA)
Health and Retirement Study 2010 Data Collection Supplement (NIA)
Health and Retirement Study SUPPLEMENT 2010 Project TALENT (NIA)
Health and Retirement Study Yrs 23-28 (NIA)
Health Literacy and Health Disparities Among the Elderly (NIA)
HRS Data Monitoring Committee Support Supplement (NIA)
HRS Minority Sample Expansion Competitive Revision (F014462) (NIA)
Internet Interviewing and the HRS (NIA)
National Trends in Brain Health: a Follow-Up Study of CIND and Dementia in the US (NIA)
Widowhood, Divorce and Loss of Health Insurance Among Near Elderly Women: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study (Coverage Research Initiative) (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center.
Ph.D., Stanford University
Dr. Weir's current research interests include the measurement of health-related quality of life; the use of cost-effectiveness measures in health policy and medical decision-making; the role of supplemental health insurance in the Medicare population; the effects of health, gender, and marital status on economic well-being in retirement; and the effects of early-life experience on longevity and health at older ages. He also directs the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Crimmins, E.M., J.K. Kim, Kenneth M. Langa, and David Weir. 2011. "Assessment of Cognition Using Surveys and Neuropsychological Assessment: The Health and Retirement Study and the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study." Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 66: 162-171. DOI. Abstract.
Plassman, B.L., Kenneth M. Langa, R. McCammon, Gwenith Fisher, G. Potter, James Burke, D. Steffens, N. Foster, B. Giordani, F. Unverzagt, K. Welsh-Bohmer, Steven Heeringa, David Weir, and R. Wallace. 2011. "Incidence of Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Not Dementia in the United States." Annals of Neurology, 70(3): 418-426. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Nicholas, Lauren, Kenneth M. Langa, Theodore J. Iwashyna, and David Weir. 2011. "Regional Variation in the Association Between Advance Directives and End-of-Life Medicare Expenditures." Journal of the American Medical Association, 306(13): 1447-1453. DOI. Abstract. Public Access.
Goldman, Noreen, Cassio M. Turra, Luis Rosero-Bixby, David Weir, and Eileen Crimmins. 2011. "Do biological measures mediate the relationship between education and health: A comparative study." Social Science & Medicine, 72(2): 307-315. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Ofstedal, Mary Beth, and David Weir. 2011. "Recruitment and Retention of Minority Participants in the Health and Retirement Study." Gerontologist, 51(suppl. 1): S8-S20. PMCID: PMC3106365. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Birnie, K., R. Cooper, R.M. Martin, D. Kuh, A.A. Sayer, B.E. Alvarado, A. Bayer, K. Christensen, S.I. Cho, C. Cooper, J. Corley, L. Craig, I.J. Deary, P. Demakakos, S. Ebrahim, J. Gallacher, A.J. Gow, D. Gunnell, S. Haas, T. Hemmingsson, H. Inskip, S.N. Jang, K. Noronha, M. Osler, A. Palloni, F. Rasmussen, B. Santos-Eggimann, J. Spagnoli, J. Starr, A. Steptoe, H. Syddall, P. Tynelius, David Weir, L.J. Whalley, M.V. Zunzunegui, Y. Ben-Shlomo, and R. Hardy. 2011. "Childhood Socioeconomic Position and Objectively Measured Physical Capability Levels in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Plos One, 6(1): 13. PMCID: PMC3027621. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Weir, David, R.B. Wallace, Kenneth M. Langa, B.L. Plassman, R.S. Wilson, D.A. Bennett, R. Duara, D. Loewenstein, M. Ganguli, and M. Sano. 2011. "Reducing case ascertainment costs in US population studies of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and cognitive impairment-Part 1." Alzheimers & Dementia, 7(1): 94-109. PMCID: PMC3044596. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Wilson, R.S., David Weir, S.E. Leurgans, D.A. Evans, L.E. Hebert, Kenneth M. Langa, B.L. Plassman, B.J. Small, and D.A. Bennett. 2011. "Sources of variability in estimates of the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in the United States." Alzheimers & Dementia, 7(1): 74-79. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Hauser, Robert M., and David Weir. 2010. "Recent Developments in Longitudinal Studies of Aging in the United States." Demography, 47(Suppl. S): S111-S130. Abstract. Local Access.
Blaum, C., C.T. Cigolle, C. Boyd, J.L. Wolff, Z. Tian, Kenneth M. Langa, and David Weir. 2010. "Clinical complexity in middle-aged and older adults with diabetes: the Health and Retirement Study." Medical Care, 48(4): 327-34. DOI. Local Access.