Ruijia Chen, ScD

Social Epidemiologist

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Selected Publications

For a complete list, see Google Scholar. * denotes co-first authorship.

Quantifying the population-level impact of insomnia on dementia among older adults in the United States

Lin, Y., Wu, F., Wu, Y., Liu, W., Danaei, G., & Chen, R. (senior author)

The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 2025

Independent and joint associations of key social exposome components with cognitive aging: Triangulating evidence through cross-national data

Chen, R., Lee, H., Wang, J., Yang, Y., Okuzono, S. S., Nishimi, K., Kobayashi, L., Glymour, M. M., & Kubzansky, L. D.

American Journal of Epidemiology 2025 DOI

The association of Alzheimer’s disease genetic risk with social connectedness in middle- and older-ages

Zimmerman, S. C., Chen, R., Thoma, M., Pacca, L., Hebert, J., Riley, A., … & Torres, J. M.

American Journal of Epidemiology 2025 DOI

Excess mortality with Alzheimer disease and related dementias as an underlying or contributing cause during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US

Chen, R., Charpignon, M.-L., Raquib, R. V., Wang, J., Meza, E., Aschmann, H. E., DeVost, M. A., Mooney, A., Bibbins-Domingo, K., Riley, A. R., Kiang, M. V., Chen, Y.-H., Stokes, A. C., & Glymour, M. M.

JAMA Neurology 2023 Editor’s Choice DOI

Pragmatic approaches to handling practice effects in longitudinal cognitive aging research

Chen, R., Calmasini, C., Swinnerton, K., Wang, J., Haneuse, S., Ackley, S. F., Hirst, A. K., Hayes-Larson, E., George, K. M., Peterson, R., Soh, Y., Barnes, L. L., Mayeda, E. R., Gilsanz, P., Mungas, D. M., Whitmer, R. A., Corrada, M. M., & Glymour, M. M.

Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2023 DOI

Racial and ethnic disparities in estimated excess mortality from external causes in the US, March to December 2020

Chen, R., Aschmann, H. E., Chen, Y.-H., Glymour, M. M., Bibbins-Domingo, K., Stokes, A. C., & Kiang, M. V.

JAMA Internal Medicine 2022 DOI

Evaluation of racial and ethnic heterogeneity in the associations of sleep quality and sleep apnea risk with cognitive function and cognitive decline

Chen, R., Wang, J., Pederson, A. M., Prather, A. A., Hirst, A. K., Ackley, S., Hokett, E., George, K. M., Mungas, D., Mayeda, E. R., Gilsanz, P., Haneuse, S., Whitmer, R. A., & Glymour, M. M.

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: TRCI 2024 DOI

A life course approach to understanding stress exposures and cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults

Chen, R., Williams, D. R., Nishimi, K., Slopen, N., Kubzansky, L. D., & Weuve, J.

Social Science & Medicine 2022 DOI

Racial disparities in cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults: The roles of cumulative stress exposures across the life course

Chen, R., Weuve, J., Misra, S., Cuevas, A., Kubzansky, L. D., & Williams, D. R.

The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 2022 DOI

Racial and ethnic differences in individual-level and area-based socioeconomic status and 12-month DSM-IV mental disorders

Chen, R., Kessler, R. C., Sadikova, E., NeMoyer, A., Sampson, N. A., Alvarez, K., Vilsaint, C. L., Green, J. G., McLaughlin, K. A., Jackson, J. S., Alegría, M., & Williams, D. R.

Journal of Psychiatric Research 2019 DOI