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Eileen Crimmins

Dr. Eileen Crimmins, PhD, is the Edna M. Jones Professor of Gerontology at USC and Director of the NIA-funded USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health, which integrates medical, biological and epidemiological information to model and predict population health trends and explain health differences. Dr. Crimmins has served on the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Race/Ethnic Health Differentials, the NIA Monitoring Committee for HRS and AHEAD, the Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods for the Advisory Council for Social Security, and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Population. She has been the Associate Editor of the Journals of Gerontology, Research on Aging, Aging and Health, and Demographic Research, and has been a member of NIH Review Panels since 1987. Dr. Crimmins has been the PI on numerous NIH-funded research projects and has published extensively.

Positions & Honors

Positions
2007 - 2008 Associate Dean of Davis School of Gerontology
1999-present Director, USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health, Los Angeles
1997-present Edna M. Jones Professor of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1992-present Professor of Gerontology and Sociology, University of Southern California
1982-present Research Associate of the Gerontology Research Institute, University of Southern California
1982-present Research Associate of the Population Research Laboratory, University of Southern California
1982-1992 Assistant & Associate Professor of Gerontology and Sociology, University of Southern California

Selected Honors & Awards
2006-present National Academy of Sciences Committee on Population
2004 Vice President, Population Association of America
2003 Scientific Board of Counselors - National Center for Health Statistics
2002-2004 Chair - American Sociological Assn. Section on Aging and the Life Course
1995-present Secretary- Treasurer, Board Of Directors - Society for the Study of Social Biology

Education

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Ph.D. 1974 Demography
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia M.A. 1969 Demography
Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia B.S. 1968 Mathematics

Current Research Support

NIA P30 AG17265 Crimmins (PI) 8/15/99-6/30/09
USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health
The primary purpose of BPH is to provide a synergistic research environment for the integration and translation of research findings from a variety of disciplines such as epidemiology, clinical geriatrics, biostatistics, and biology into their effects on the health status of populations and the expected life cycles of individuals.
Role: Principal Investigator

NIA R01 AG023347-01 Crimmins (PI) 9/1/2003 - 8/31/2009
Biological Risk Underlying Education Health Differentials
Investigates how educational attainment in the population aged 20 and older is related to biological risk.
Role: Principal Investigator

NIA 3-T32-AG00037 Crimmins (PI) 9/1/2003 - 4/30/2013
Multidisciplinary Research Training in Gerontology
Pre and postdoctoral research training in gerontology.
Role: Principal Investigator

NIA R01 AG02667 Strauss (PI) 7/10/2005-06/30/2009
The Fourth Indonesia Family Life Survey of Aging
Role: Consultant for work on integrating biological markers.

NIA Crimmins (PI) 2008-2010
Preparation of Samples for Investigation of Biological Aging Among The Tsimane
Role: Principal Investigator

Keck Foundation Crimmins (PI) 2008-2010
Human Lifespan and Healthspan Across Time and Space
Role: Principal Investigator

Selected Publications

  1. Crimmins, E.M., Hayward, M.D., Hagedorn, A., Saito, Y. and Brouard, N. (2009) Change in Disability-Free Life Expectancy for Americans 70 Years Old and Over. Demography, forthcoming.
  2. Shultz, K.S., Wang, M., Crimmins, E.M. and Fisher, G.G. (2009) Age Differences in the Demand-Control Model of Work Stress: An Examination of Data from 15 European Countries. Journal of Applied Gerontology, forthcoming.
  3. Seeman, T., Merkin, S.S., Crimmins, E.M. and Karlamangla, A. (2009) Are Disability Trends Worsening Among More Recent Cohorts of Older Americans?: NHANES 1999-2004 versus 1988-1994. American Journal of Public Health, forthcoming.
  4. Reynolds, S., Crimmins, E.M, Yeom, J., Saito, Y. and Hagedorn, A. (2009) A Tale of Two Countries—the United States and Japan: Are Differences in Health Due to Differences in Overweight? Journal of Epidemiology, 18: 280-290.
  5. Merkin, S.S., Karlamangla, A., Crimmins, E.M., Charette, S.L., Hayward, M., Kim, J.K., Koretz, B. and Seeman, T. (2009) Education differentials by race and ethnicity in the diagnosis and management of hypercholesterolemia: a national sample of U.S. adults (NHANES 1999-2002). International Journal of Public Health. Forthcoming.
  6. Crimmins, E.M., Kim, J. K. and Seeman, T.E. (2009) Poverty and Biological Risk: The Earlier “Aging” of the Poor. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 64: 286-92. PMID: 19196637.
  7. Watts, A., Crimmins, E.M. and Gatz, M. (2008) Inflammation as a potential mediator for the association between periodontal disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. 4: 865-876.
  8. Sole-Auro, A. and Crimmins, E.M. (2008) Health of Immigrants in European Countries. International Migration Review, 42: 8610-876.
  9. Crimmins, E.M., Kim, J.K., Vasunilashorn, S., Hagedorn, A. and Saito, Y. (2008) A comparison of biological risk factors in two populations: the United States and Japan. Population and Development Review, 34: 457-482.
  10. Crimmins, E.M., Vasunilashorn, S., Kim, J.K. and Alley, D. (2008) Biomarkers Related to Aging in Human Populations. Annual Review of Clinical Chemistry, 46, 161-215.
  11. Crimmins, E.M., Hayward, M.D., Ueda, H., Saito, Y. and Kim,J.K. (2008) Life With and Without Heart Disease among Women and Men over 50. Journal of Women and Health, 20, 5-19.
  12. Lievre, A., Alley, D. and Crimmins, E.M. (2008) Educational differentials in life expectancy with cognitive impairment among the elderly in the United States. Journal of Aging and Health, 20, 456-477.
  13. Drevenstedt, G.E., Crimmins, E.M., Vasunilashorn, S. and Finch, C. (2008) The Rise and Fall of Excess Male Infant Mortality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105:5016-21.
  14. Gurven, M.,Kaplan, H., Winking, J., Finch, C. and Crimmins, E.M. (2008)Aging and Inflammation in Two Epidemiological Worlds. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 63A, 196-199.
  15. Seeman, T., Merkin, S., Crimmins, E.M., Koretz, B., Charette, S. and Karlamangla, A. (2008) Education, Income and Ethnic Differences in Cumulative Biological Risk Profiles in a National Sample of US Adults: NHANES III (1988-1994). Social Science and Medicine, 66, 72-87.
  16. Alley, D., Crimmins, E.M., Hu, P., Karlamangla, A. and Seeman, T. E. (2008) Inflammation and Rate of Cognitive Change in High-Functioning Older Adults. The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 63, 50-55.