Josh Ehrlich
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BIO
Dr. Ehrlich is an ophthalmologist and population health researcher. His research is focused on understanding and addressing the adverse impact of vision impairment and blindness on health, disability, and quality-of-life, with a particular focus on older adults. He is the principal investigator of NIH funded research in this field, and also collaborates with a number of large population-based studies on aging in the U.S. and globally to develop and implement measures of vision and eye health. Dr. Ehrlich is a Visiting Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is also an invited member of the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health and the Vision Loss Experts Group, a technical advisory group to the World Health Organization and the Global Burden of Disease project. Dr. Ehrlich co-directs the Jerome Jacobson Program in International Ophthalmology where his global health work is focused on research capacity building, systems strengthening, and collaborative research.
- Anis Davoudi, Ryan J. Dougherty, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Yuri Agrawal, Nicholas S. Reed, Josh Ehrlich, Alden L. Gross, Jennifer A. Schrack. 2026. Sensorimotor Impairment and Incident Dementia in the US Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Trujillo Tanner, Corinna, Yorgason, Jeremy B, Case Fankhauser, Rebekah, Olmo, Jeana, Wanlass, Jase, Wettstein, Markus, Josh Ehrlich, Markides, Kyriakos. 2026. Social Isolation and Sensory Difficulties: A Comparison of Populations from Mexico and the United States. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
- Shu Xu, Philippa J Clarke, Michelle J. Sun, Josh Ehrlich. 2026. Home Hazards, Visual Function, and Falls in Older Adults. JAMA Ophthalmology 144(2):121-128.
- Odayappan, Annamalai, Josh Ehrlich, Berendschot, Tos TJM, Owda, Ahmed, Rama Iyer, Swetha Sampangi, Sun, Michelle, Iswarya, Mani, Mala, Radhakrishnan, Kavitha, Srinivasan, AB, Carroll, Venkatesh, Rengaraj. 2026. Family Screening in Glaucoma: A Scoping Review. Ophthalmology Glaucoma
- Liu, Jeffrey, Saleem, Zara, Mubeen, Amani, Toiv, Avi, Newman-Casey, Paula Anne, Josh Ehrlich, Freedman, Sharon F., Killeen, Olivia. 2026. Well-child vision screening outcomes and guideline adherence at two major academic health systems in the United States. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus :104816.
- Shu Xu, Yan-Jhu Su, Josh Ehrlich, Qian Song. 2025. Associations Between Self-Reported Visual Difficulty, Age of Onset, and Cognitive Function Trajectories Among Chinese Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Health 37(5-6):305-316.
- Niranjani Nagarajan, Karolina Leziak, Yunshu Zhou, Rachel Mumby, Mengyao Hu, Lauren E. Ferrante, Lindsey B. De Lott, David B. Rein, Josh Ehrlich. 2025. Association between visual impairment and recurrent hospitalizations in older US adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 73(3):782-790.
- Xu, Shu, Burr, Jeffrey A, Song, Qian, Josh Ehrlich. 2025. Self-Reported Visual Difficulty and Mortality Risk Among Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Recurrent Falls. Innovation in Aging 9(5):igaf016.
- Shu Xu, Philippa J Clarke, De Lott, Lindsey B., Nguyen, Mickey, Josh Ehrlich. 2025. Driving status, avoidance, and visual impairment among older adults in the United States. Journal of Transport & Health 42:102036.
- Marmamula, Srinivas, ..., Josh Ehrlich, Achyuta Rasendra Adhvaryu, et al.. 2025. Cognitive Level Enhancement through Vision Exams and Refraction (CLEVER): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 26(1):1-10.
