Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Funded Research
- Alzheimer’s Disease Risk and Ethnic Factors: The Case of Arab Americans
- Brain Health and Ethnic Disparities in ADRD Risk: The Case of Arab Americans
- Exploring the Use of Deep Learning Neural Networks to Improve Dementia Detection: Automating Coding of the Clock-Drawing Test
- Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD)
- Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) Yrs 6-10
- Racial/Ethnic Disparities in ADRD Risk: The Impact of Social Relations
- Risk and resilience mechanisms underlying race disparities in ADRD: An examination of neighborhood resources, social networks, brain integrity, and cognition
Publications
- Morris, Emily P, Palms, Jordan D, Scambray, Kiana, Lee, Ji Hyun, Ketlyne Sol, Jones, Lenette M, Jacqui Smith, Lindsay Kobayashi, Laura Beth Zahodne. 2024. Interpersonal, Community, and Societal Stressors Mediate Black-White Memory Disparities. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 79(11):gbae163.
- Yu, Xuexin, Laura Beth Zahodne, Gross, Alden L, Needham,Belinda L, Kenneth M Langa, Cho, Tsai-Chin, Lindsay Kobayashi. 2024. Could differential under-reporting of loneliness between men and women bias the gender-specific association between loneliness duration and rate of memory decline? A probabilistic bias analysis of effect modification. American Journal of Epidemiology
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Ketlyne Sol, Kiana Scambray, Ji Hyun Lee, Jordan D. Palms, Emily P. Morris, Lauren Taylor, Vivian Ku, Mary Lesniak, Robert A Melendez, Michael R Elliott, Philippa J Clarke. 2024. Neighborhood racial income inequality and cognitive health. Alzheimer's & Dementia
- Ajrouch,Kristine J, Laura Beth Zahodne, Simon Brauer, Wassim Tarraf, Toni C Antonucci. 2024. COVID-19 Stress and Cognitive Disparities in Black, MENA and White Older Adults. The Gerontologist 64(8):gnae073.
- Kindratt, Tiffany B., Laura Beth Zahodne, Dallo, Florence J., Ajrouch,Kristine J. 2024. Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Diagnosis in the United States Among US-Born and Foreign-Born White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian Older Adults. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
- Ketlyne Sol, Emily P. Morris, Ji Hyun Lee, Afsara B. Zaheed, Jordan D. Palms, Kiana Scambray, Philippa J Clarke, Laura Beth Zahodne. 2024. Histories of neighborhood socioeconomic status contribute to race differences in later‐life cognition. Alzheimer's & Dementia 20(5):3342-3351.
- Ajrouch,Kristine J, Wassim Tarraf, Simon Brauer, Laura Beth Zahodne, Toni C Antonucci. 2024. Adapted MoCA for Use among Arabic-Speaking Immigrants in the United States. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 39:501–513.
- Jordan D. Palms, Afsara B. Zaheed, Emily P. Morris, Alexa Martino, Lindsey Meister, Ketlyne Sol, Laura Beth Zahodne. 2023. Links between early-life contextual factors and later-life cognition and the role of educational attainment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 29(8):734-741.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Simon Brauer, Wassim Tarraf, Emily P Morris, Toni C Antonucci, Kristine J Ajrouch. 2023. Measurement and structural invariance of a neuropsychological battery among Middle Eastern/North African, Black, and White older adults. Neuropsychology 37(8):975-984.
- Jessica Springstead, Ketlyne Sol, Emily P. Morris, A. Zarina Kraal, Laura Beth Zahodne. 2023. Specific aspects of religious involvement protect against depressive symptoms among immigrant versus U.S.-born, Hispanic older adults. Aging & Mental Health
- Sydney R. Wilhoite, Afsara B. Zaheed, Jordan D. Palms, Emily P. Morris, Ketlyne Sol, Alexa Martino, Laura Beth Zahodne. 2023. Mechanisms underlying the association between adverse childhood experiences and racial disparities in later-life cognition. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
- Morris, Emily P., Turney, Indira C., Palms, Jordan D., Zaheed, Afsara B., Ketlyne Sol, Amarante, Erica, Beato, Juliet, Chesebro, Anthony G., Morales, Clarissa D., Manly, Jennifer J., Brickman, Adam M., Laura Beth Zahodne. 2023. Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship between Financial Worry and White Matter Hyperintensities in Latinx, Non-Latinx Black, and Non-Latinx White Older Adults. Neurobiology of Aging 129:149-156.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Simon Brauer, Tarraf Wassim, Emily Morris, Toni C Antonucci, Kristine J Ajrouch. 2023. Measurement and structural invariance of a neuropsychological battery among Middle Eastern/North African, Black, and White older adults. Neuropsychology
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Neika Sharifian, A. Zarina Kraal, Emily P. Morris, Ketlyne Sol, Afsara B. Zaheed, Meister,Lindsey, Richard Mayeux, Nicole Schupf, Jennifer J. Manly, Adam M. Brickman. 2023. Longitudinal associations between racial discrimination and hippocampal and white matter hyperintensity volumes among older Black adults. Social Science & Medicine 316:114789.
- Kindratt, Tiffany B., Moncriffe, Berford, Kristine J Ajrouch, Laura Beth Zahodne, Dallo, Florence J.. 2023. Diabetes Among Racial and Ethnically Diverse Older Adults in the United States with Cognitive Limitations. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
- Abbey M. Hamlin, A. Zarina Kraal, Ketlyne Sol, Emily P. Morris, Alexa G. Martino, Afsara B. Zaheed, Laura Beth Zahodne. 2022. Social engagement and its links to cognition differ across non-Hispanic Black and White older adults. Neuropsychology 36(7):640-650.
- Tiffany B. Kindratt, Florence J. Dallo, Laura Beth Zahodne, Kristine J Ajrouch. 2022. Cognitive Limitations Among Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants. Journal of Aging and Health
- Kraal, A Zarina, Dotterer, Hailey L, Sharifian, Neika, Morris, Emily P, Ketlyne Sol, Zaheed, Afara B, Jacqui Smith, Laura Beth Zahodne. 2021. Physical Activity in Early- and Mid-Adulthood Are Independently Associated With Longitudinal Memory Trajectories in Later Life. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 76(8):1495-1503.
- Kraal, A Zarina, Dotterer, Hailey L, Sharifian, Neika, Morris, Emily P, Ketlyne Sol, Zaheed, Afara B, Jacqui Smith, Laura Beth Zahodne. 2021. Physical Activity in Early- and Mid-Adulthood Are Independently Associated With Longitudinal Memory Trajectories in Later Life. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 76(8):1495-1503.
- A. Zarina Kraal, Hailey L. Dotterer, Neika Sharifian, Emily P. Morris, Ketlyne Sol, Afara B. Zaheed, Jacqui Smith, Laura Beth Zahodne. 2020. Physical Activity in Early- and Mid-Adulthood are Associated with Longitudinal Memory Trajectories in Later-Life. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 76(8):1495-1503.
- Neika Sharifian, Ketlyne Sol, Laura Beth Zahodne, Toni C Antonucci. 2020. Social Relationships and Adaptation in Later Life. Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology
- Melissa Y. Wei, Deborah A. Levine, Laura Beth Zahodne, Mohammed U. Kabeto, Kenneth M Langa. 2020. Multimorbidity and Cognitive Decline Over 14 Years in Older Americans. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 75(6)
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Kristine J Ajrouch, Toni C Antonucci. 2019. Social relations and age-related change in memory. Psychology and Aging 34(6):751-765.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Kenneth M Langa, Wei, Melissa Y., Levine, Deborah A, Kabeto, Mohammed U. 2019. Multimorbidity and Cognitive Decline Over 14 Years in Older Americans. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A
- Laura Beth Zahodne. 2019. Social Media Bytes: Daily Associations Between Social Media Use and Everyday Memory Failures Across the Adult Life Span. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Zaheed, Afsara B, Kraal, A Zarina, Sol, Ketlyne , Hence, Alyssia . 2019. Unique Effects of Perceived Neighborhood Physical Disorder and Social Cohesion on Episodic Memory and Semantic Fluency. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Kraal, A Zarina, Zaheed, Afsara B, Sol, Ketlyne . 2019. Inflammatory mechanisms underlying the effects of everyday discrimination on age-related memory decline. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 75:149-154.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Sol, Ketlyne , Kraal, Zarina . 2019. Psychosocial Pathways to Racial/Ethnic Inequalities in Late-Life Memory Trajectories. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Schupf, Nicole , Brickman, Adam M. 2019. Control beliefs are associated with preserved memory function in the face of low hippocampal volume among diverse older adults. Brain Imaging and Behavior
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Fieo, Robert , Tang, Ming X, Manly, Jennifer J, Cohen, Ron , Stern, Yaakov . 2019. The Historical Progression From ADL Scrutiny to IADL to Advanced ADL: Assessing Functional Status in the Earliest Stages of Dementia. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A
- Toni C Antonucci, Kristine J Ajrouch, Noah J Webster, Laura Beth Zahodne. 2019. Social Relations Across the Life Span: Scientific Advances, Emerging Issues, and Future Challenges. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology 1:313-336.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Kraal, A Zarina, Zaheed, Afsara , Sol, Ketlyne . 2018. Subjective Social Status Predicts Late-Life Memory Trajectories through Both Mental and Physical Health Pathways. Gerontology 64:466-474.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Power, Melinda C, Mormino, Elizabeth , Soldan, Anja , James, Bryan D, Yu, Lei , Armstrong, Nicole M, Bangen, Katherine J, Delano-Wood, Lisa , Lamar, Melissa , Lim, Yen Ying, Nudelman, Kelly , Gross, Alden L, Mungas, Dan , Widaman, Keith F, Schneider, Julie . 2018. Combined neuropathological pathways account for age-related risk of dementia. Annals of Neurology 84(1):10-22.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Watson, Caitlin W.-M., Seehra, Sonia , Martinez, Michelle N. 2018. Positive Psychosocial Factors and Cognition in Ethnically Diverse Older Adults. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 24(3):294-304.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Mez, Jesse , Marden, Jessica R, Mukherjee, Shubhabrata , Walter, Stefan , Gibbons, Laura E, Gross, Alden L, Gilsanz, Paola , Brewster, Paul , Nho, Kwangsik , Crane, Paul K, Larson, Eric B, Glymour, M Maria. 2017. Alzheimer's disease genetic risk variants beyond APOE ε4 predict mortality. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring 8:188-195.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Meyer, Oanh L, Sisco, Shannon M, Harvey, Danielle , Glymour, M Maria, Manly, Jennifer J, Marsiske, Michael . 2017. Neighborhood Predictors of Cognitive Training Outcomes and Trajectories in ACTIVE. Research on Aging 39(3):443-467.
- Kristine J Ajrouch, Laura Beth Zahodne, Toni C Antonucci. 2017. Arab American Cognitive Aging: Opportunities for Advancing Research on Alzheimer's Disease Disparities. Innovation in Aging 1(3)
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Gilsanz, Paola , Glymour, M Maria, Gibbons, Laura E, Brewster, Paul , Hamilton, Jamie , Mez, Jesse , Marden, Jessica R, Nho, Kwangsik , Larson, Eric B, Crane, Paul K, Gross, Alden L. 2017. Comparing Variability, Severity, and Persistence of Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Future Stroke Risk. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 25(2):120-128.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Jacqui Smith, Manly, Jennifer J, Seeman, Teresa , Lachman, Margie E. 2017. Socioeconomic, health, and psychosocial mediators of racial disparities in cognition in early, middle, and late adulthood. Psychology and aging 32(2):118-130.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Manly, Jennifer J, Azar, Martina , Brickman, Adam M, Glymour, M M. 2016. Racial Disparities in Cognitive Performance in Mid- and Late Adulthood: Analyses of Two Cohort Studies. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 64(5):959-964.