selected publications
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academic article
- COVID-19 Stress and Cognitive Disparities in Black, MENA, and White Older Adults.. The Gerontologist. 64. 2024
- Adapted MoCA for Use among Arabic-Speaking Immigrants in the United States.. Journal of cross-cultural gerontology. 39:501-513. 2024
- Introduction to the Costs of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.. Journal of aging and health. 36:507-509. 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. 2024
- Biomarkers of chronic inflammation and cognitive decline: A prospective observational study.. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 16:-. 2024
- Modifiable Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Among Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants to the United States.. Innovation in aging. 8:-. 2024
- Supporting Arab-American Families Living With Dementia: Testing a Culturally Adapted Program. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 2024
- Suitability of Middle Eastern and North African immigrant minimal reporting category for Arab immigrant health research in the national health interview survey.. Social Science & Medicine. -. 2023
- Friendship trajectories and health across the lifespan.. Developmental Psychology. 60:94-107. 2023
- Suspected Undiagnosed ADRD Among Middle Eastern and North African Americans.. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 25:1098-1107. 2023
- Addressing the mental health needs of older adult refugees: Perspectives of multi-sector community key informants.. SSM. Qualitative research in health. 2023
- Engaging diverse populations in aging research during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned from four National Institutes of Health funded-Centers.. Frontiers in public health. -. 2023
- Measurement and structural invariance of a neuropsychological battery among Middle Eastern/North African, Black, and White older adults.. Neuropsychology. 37:975-984. 2023
- Caregiving for Foreign-Born Older Adults With Dementia.. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 78:S4-S14. 2023
- Dementia Caregiving Experiences and Health Across Geographic Contexts by Race and Ethnicity.. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 78:S48-S58. 2023
- Introduction to ADRD Care in Context.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 78:S1-S3. 2023
- Migration and Cognitive Health Disparities: The Arab American and Refugee Case.. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 78:111-123. 2023
- Diabetes Among Racial and Ethnically Diverse Older Adults in the United States with Cognitive Limitations.. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 11:238-247. 2023
- Linked lives and convoys of social relations.. Advances in life course research. -. 2022
- Looking Back: The Contested Whiteness of Arab Identity.. American journal of public health. 112:1092-1096. 2022
- Cognitive Limitations Among Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants.. Journal of Aging and Health. 34:1244-1253. 2022
- Volunteering and health: The role of social network change.. Social science & medicine (1982). -. 2021
- Immigration-Related Trauma Associated With Metabolic Risk and Cognition in Hispanic and Latino Immigrant Populations. Innovation in aging. 2021
- Partnering with Middle Eastern/Arab American and Latino Immigrant Communities to Increase Participation in Alzheimer's Disease Research.. Ethnicity & disease. 30:765-774. 2020
- Race/Ethnic Differences in Social Resources as Cognitive Risk and Protective Factors.. Research in human development. 17:57-77. 2020
- The Convoy Model and Later-Life Family Relationships.. Journal of family theory & review. 12:126-146. 2020
- Towards Positive Aging: Links between Forgiveness and Health.. OBM geriatrics. 4. 2020
- So Close and Yet So Irritating: Negative Relations and Implications for Well-being by Age and Closeness.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 75:327-337. 2020
- Social relations and age-related change in memory.. Psychology and aging. 34:751-765. 2019
- Planning for Older Adult Day Programs in an Arab American Community: Perceptions From Older Adults, Caregivers, and Professional Providers.. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 39:519-526. 2019
- Disparities in functional disability among Arab Americans by nativity, immigrant arrival cohort, and country of birth.. SSM - population health. -. 2018
- Convoys of Social Relations in Cross-National Context.. The Gerontologist. 58:488-499. 2018
- Arab American Cognitive Aging: Opportunities for Advancing Research on Alzheimer's Disease Disparities.. Innovation in aging. 1:-. 2018
- Sociodemographic Differences in Humility: The Role of Social Relations.. Research in human development. 15:50-71. 2017
- Social Relations and Technology: Continuity, Context, and Change.. Innovation in aging. 1:-. 2017
- Social Relations and Health: Comparing "Invisible" Arab Americans to Blacks and Whites.. Society and mental health. 8:84-92. 2017
- A Social Constructionist Approach to Diversity and Social Relations Among Muslim Americans.. Journal of cross-cultural gerontology. 32:131-146. 2017
- Family relations and health over the life course. A Lebanese perspective.. Le Journal medical libanais. The Lebanese medical journal. 63:8-14. 2015
- Volunteerism: Social Network Dynamics and Education.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 71:309-19. 2014
- Aging in Lebanon: Challenges and Opportunities.. The Gerontologist. 55:511-8. 2014
- Social networks and health among older adults in Lebanon: the mediating role of support and trust.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 70:155-66. 2014
- Social Relations in Lebanon: Convoys Across the Life Course.. The Gerontologist. 55:825-35. 2014
- The convoy model: explaining social relations from a multidisciplinary perspective.. The Gerontologist. 54:82-92. 2013
- Survey methods and aging research in an Arab sociocultural context--a case study from Beirut, Lebanon.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 67:775-82. 2012
- Overweight in childhood: the role of resilient parenting in African-American households.. American journal of preventive medicine. 40:329-33. 2011
- Caregiver's social relations and children's oral health in a low-income urban setting.. Social science and dentistry. 1:77-87. 2010
- Perceived everyday discrimination and psychological distress: does social support matter?. Ethnicity & health. 15:417-34. 2010
- Social and cultural meanings of self-rated health: Arab immigrants in the United States.. Qualitative health research. 20:1229-40. 2010
- Situational stressors among African-American women living in low-income urban areas: the role of social support.. Women & health. 50:159-75. 2010
- Characteristics of African-American male caregivers in a study of oral health in Detroit--a brief communication.. Journal of public health dentistry. 69:197-200. 2009
- Prevalence of disability among US- and foreign-born Arab Americans: results from the 2000 US Census.. Gerontology. 55:153-61. 2008
- Resources and Well-being Among Arab-American Elders.. Journal of cross-cultural gerontology. 22:167-4. 2007
- Social networks among men and women: the effects of age and socioeconomic status.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 60:S311-S317. 2005
- High-effort active coping and health outcomes among older Arab immigrants.. Ethnicity & disease. 15:S1-110. 2005
- Social relations and mental health among Arab-American elders.. Ethnicity & disease. 15:S1-109. 2005
- The effect of social relations with children on the education-health link in men and women aged 40 and over.. Social science & medicine (1982). 56:949-60. 2003
- Social networks among blacks and whites: the interaction between race and age.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 56:S112-8. 2001
- The social relations-physical health connection: a comparison of elderly samples from the United States and Japan.. Journal of health psychology. 5:413-29. 2000
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