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Philippa J. Clarke
Funded Research:
Harmonization of Longitudinal Cross-National Surveys of Aging (NIA)
Understanding Social Disparities in Health and Aging (NIA)
Urban Built Environments and Trajectories of Disability Among Older Adults (CDC)
Youth, Education, and Society (YES) Study (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center.
Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Center.
Ph.D., University of Toronto
Dr. Clarke uses U.S. census data to show how housing density and mixed-use neighborhoods affect individual experience of disability and uses detailed GIS information to refine this work. She also examines late-life mental health and physical well-being.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Clarke, Philippa J., Jennifer Ailshire, James S. House, Katherine E. King, Robert Melendez, and Kenneth M. Langa. Forthcoming. "Cognitive Function in the Community Setting: The Neighborhood as ‘Cognitive Reserve'?" Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. NIHMSID: NIHMS363326. DOI. Abstract.
Clarke, Philippa J., Jennifer Ailshire, E.R. Nieuwenhuijsen, and M.W. de Kleijn-de Vrankrijker. 2011. "Participation among adults with disability: the role of the urban environment." Social Science & Medicine, 72(10): 1674-1684. PMCID: PMC3101873. DOI. Abstract.
Clarke, Philippa J., Vanessa Blount, and Angela Colantonio. 2011. "Cognitive Impairment Predicts Fatal Incident Stroke: Findings from a National Sample of Older Adults." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59(8): 1490-1496. DOI.
Clarke, Philippa J., and Jacqui Smith. 2011. "Aging in a Cultural Context: Cross-national Differences in Disability and the Moderating Role of Personal Control Among Older Adults in the United States and England." Journals of Gerontology Series B - Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 66(4): 457-467. PMCID: PMC3132269. DOI. Local Access.
Clarke, Philippa J., Victor W. Marshall, James S. House, and Paula M. Lantz. 2011. "The Social Structuring of Mental Health over the Adult Life Course: Advancing Theory in the Sociology of Aging." Social Forces, 89(4): 1287-1313. PMCID: PMC3210581. Abstract. Local Access.
Clarke, Philippa J., Jennifer Ailshire, Robert Melendez, Michael Bader, and Jeffrey Morenoff. 2010. "Using Google Earth to conduct a neighborhood audit: Reliability of a virtual audit instrument." Health & Place, 16(6): 1224-1229. PMCID: PMC2952684. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Clarke, Philippa J., Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, and Lloyd Johnston. 2010. "Midlife Health and Socioeconomic Consequences of Persistent Overweight Across Early Adulthood: Findings From a National Survey of American Adults (1986-2008)." American Journal of Epidemiology, 172(5): 540-548. PMCID: PMC2950821. DOI. Abstract.
Clarke, Philippa J., Patrick M. O'Malley, Lloyd Johnston, John E. Schulenberg, and Paula M. Lantz. 2009. "Differential trends in weight-related health behaviors among American young adults by gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status: 1984-2006." American Journal of Public Health, 99(10): 1893-901. PMCID: PMC2741505. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Clarke, Philippa J., and Els R. Nieuwenhuijsen. 2009. "Environments for healthy ageing: a critical review." Maturitas, 64(1): 9-14. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Clarke, Philippa J., Jennifer Ailshire, and Paula M. Lantz. 2009. "Urban built environments and trajectories of mobility disability: findings from a national sample of community-dwelling American adults (1986-2001)." Social Science & Medicine, 69(6): 964-70. PMCID: PMC2759178. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.