Mateo Farina, PhD

Mateo Farina, PhD, received his doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include life course origins of dementia risk, examining black-white disparities in health, assess in health life expectancies across demographic and geographic groups, and has recently completed some work on disease trends. His current work focuses on incorporating biomarker information into population-based assessments of cognitive status classification.

RCMAR Pilot Project Title: Using DNA Methylation Markers to Understand Black-White Disparities in Cognitive Health.

Recent Work

Race, Gender, and Cohort Differences in the Educational Experiences of Black and White Americans

Among White adults, many of the gender differences in educational experiences documented in the oldest cohort were still found among the most recent cohort; Most race inequities in educational experiences persiste
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Does Adding MRI and CSF-Based Biomarkers Improve Cognitive Status Classification Based on Cognitive Performance Questionnaires?

MRI and CSF biomarkers, while important for understanding dementia pathology in clinical research, were not found to substantially improve cognitive status classification based on cognitive status performance.
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Changes in Social Lives and Loneliness During COVID-19 among Older Adults: a Closer Look at the Sociodemographic Differences.

Middle-aged adults, women, non-Hispanic Whites, and the most educated were more likely to report increased loneliness.
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Sociodemographic and Health Status Differences in Delaying Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Older Adults: Findings From the Health and Retirement Study

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, adults in the United States reported delaying medical care, which may be tied risk of infection and local policies limiting appointment.
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Race Inequity in School Attendance Across the Jim Crow South and Its Implications for Black–White Disparities in Trajectories of Cognitive Function Among Older Adults

The study highlights the importance of using a more refined measure of schooling for understanding the education–cognitive health relationship.
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Mateo Farina, PhD's Bio

Recent Work

Race, Gender, and Cohort Differences in the Educational Experiences of Black and White Americans

Does Adding MRI and CSF-Based Biomarkers Improve Cognitive Status Classification Based on Cognitive Performance Questionnaires?

Changes in Social Lives and Loneliness During COVID-19 among Older Adults: a Closer Look at the Sociodemographic Differences.

Sociodemographic and Health Status Differences in Delaying Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Older Adults: Findings From the Health and Retirement Study

Race Inequity in School Attendance Across the Jim Crow South and Its Implications for Black–White Disparities in Trajectories of Cognitive Function Among Older Adults