Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Biography
Dr. Weir is a Research Professor in the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research and Director of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). He has led the transformation of the HRS into a world-leading biosocial survey combining its traditional excellence as a longitudinal survey with direct biological measures of health, genetics, linked medical and long-term care records from the Medicare system, and enriched psychological measurement. His research increasingly includes comparative analyses from the international family of HRS studies that now cover more than half the world’s population.
Projects
Funded Research
- A Census-Enhanced Health and Retirement Study: A Proposal to Create and Analyze an HRS Dataset Enhanced with Characteristics of Employers
- Enhancing Retrospective Life History Data in the Health and Retirement Study
- Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Neuroimaging Pilot Study
- HRS Yrs 29-34
- HRS Yrs 29-34
- HRS Yrs 29-34 HCAP
- Life Course Determinants of Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Subsequent Dementia
- Linking 1940 U.S. Census Data for Five Modern Surveys on Health and Aging
- Michigan Center for Contextual Factors ?i?n Alzheimer’s Disease? (MCCFAD?)
- Toward Next Generation Data on Health and Life Changes at Older Ages
Publications
- Weir, David R. (2018). Biomarkers. 573-586-586. In Vannette,David L. and Krosnick,Jon A. (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Survey Research. Springer International Publishing:Cham.
- Weir, David R. (2018). Biomarkers in Representative Population Surveys. 227-233-233. In Vannette,David L. and Krosnick,Jon A. (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Survey Research. Springer International Publishing:Cham.
- Weir, David R.; Waite, Linda J.; Wong, Rebeca and Freedman, Vicki A. (2018). New Measures and New Designs in Demography of Aging Research. 371-396. In Hayward,Mark D. and Majmundar,Malay K. (Ed.), Future Directions for the Demography of Aging: Proceedings of a Workshop. National Academies Press:Washington, DC.
- Levine, Morgan E.; Crimmins, Eileen M.; Weir, David R. and Cole, Steven W. (2017). Contemporaneous Social Environment and the Architecture of Late-Life Gene Expression Profiles. American Journal of Epidemiology, 186(1), 503–509.
- Langa, Kenneth M.; Larson, E. B.; Crimmins, E. M.; Faul, Jessica D.; Levine, D. A.; Kabeto, M. U. and Weir, David R. (2017). A Comparison of the Prevalence of Dementia in the United States in 2000 and 2012. JAMA Internal Medicine, 177(1), 51-58.
- Domingue, B. W.; Belsky, D. W.; Harrati, A.; Conley, D.; Weir, David R. and Boardman, J. D. (2017). Mortality Selection in a Genetic Sample and Implications for Association Studies. International Journal of Epidemiology, 46(4), 1285–1294.
- Jadhav, Apoorva and Weir, David R. (2017). Widowhood and Depression in a Cross-National Perspective: Evidence from the United States, Europe, Korea, and China. Journals of Gerontology, Series B.
- Rannikmäe, Kristiina; Sivakumaran, Vhinoth; Miller, Henry; Malik, Rainer; Faul, Jessica D.; Smith, Jennifer A. and Weir, David R. (2017). COL4A2 is Associated with Lacunar Ischemic Stroke and Deep ICH. Neurology, 89(17), 1829-1839.
- Chang, Virginia W.; Langa, Kenneth M.; Weir, David R. and Iwashyna, Theodore J. (2017). The Obesity Paradox and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: A Population-Based Study. Plos One, 12(12), e0188636.
- Puterman, Eli; Gemmill, Alison; Karasek, Deborah; Weir, David R.; Adler, Nancy E.; Prather, Aric A. and Epel, Elissa S. (2016). Lifespan Adversity and Later Adulthood Telomere Length in the Nationally Representative US Health and Retirement Study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(42), E6335-E6342.
- Dunn, Erin C.; Wiste, Anna; Radmanesh, Farid; Almli, Lynn M.; Gogarten, Stephanie M.; Sofer, Tamar; Faul, Jessica D.; Kardia, Sharon L. R.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Weir, David R.; Zhao, Wei; Soare, Thomas W.; Mirza, Saira S.; Hek, Karin; Tiemeier, Henning; Goveas, Joseph S.; (2016). Genome-Wide Association Study (Gwas) and Genome-Wide by Environment Interaction Study (Gweis) of Depressive Symptoms in African American and Hispanic/latina Women. Depression and Anxiety, 33(4), 265-280.
- Marioni, Riccardo E.; Ritchie, Stuart J.; Joshi, Peter K.; Hagenaars, Saskia P.; Okbay, Aysu; Fischer, Krista; Adams, Mark J.; Hill, W. D.; Davies, Gail; Faul, Jessica D.; Weir, David R.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Ware, Erin B.; Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2016). Genetic Variants Linked to Education Predict Longevity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(47), 13366-13371.
- Cole, Steven W.; Levine, Morgan E.; Arevalo, Jesusa M. G.; Ma, Jeffrey; Weir, David R. and Crimmins, Eileen M. (2015). Loneliness, Eudaimonia, and the Human Conserved Transcriptional Response to Adversity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 62, 11-17.
- Levine, M. E.; Cole, S. W.; Weir, David R. and Crimmins, E. M. (2015). Childhood and Later Life Stressors and Increased Inflammatory Gene Expression at Older Ages. Social Science & Medicine, 130, 16-22.
- Sakshaug, Joseph; Weir, David R. and Nicholas, Lauren H. (2014). Identifying Diabetics in Medicare Claims and Survey Data: Implications for Health Services Research. BMC Health Services Research, 14(1), 150.
- Weir, David R.; Lay, M. and Langa, Kenneth M. (2014). Economic Development and Gender Inequality in Cognition: A Comparison of China and India, and of SAGE and the HRS Sister Studies. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 4, 114-125.
- Sonnega, Amanda J.; Faul, Jessica D.; Ofstedal, Mary Beth; Langa, Kenneth M.; Phillips, J. W. and Weir, David R. (2014). Cohort Profile: The Health and Retirement Study (HRS). International Journal of Epidemiology, 43(2), 576-585.
- Sonnega, Amanda J. and Weir, David R. (2014). The Health and Retirement Study: A Public Data Resource for Research on Aging. Open Health Data, 2(1), e7.
- Nicholas, Lauren H.; Bynum, Julie P. W.; Iwashyna, Theodore J.; Weir, David R. and Langa, Kenneth M. (2014). Advance Directives and Nursing Home Stays Associated with Less Aggressive End-of-Life Care for Patients with Severe Dementia. Health Affairs, 33(4), 667-674.
- Crimmins, Eileen; Kim, Jung K.; McCreath, Heather; Faul, Jessica D.; Weir, David R. and Seeman, Teresa (2014). Validation of Blood-Based Assays using Dried Blood Spots for use in Large Population Studies. Biodemography and Social Biology, 60(1), 38-48.
- Barnes, Deborah E.; Beiser, Alexa S.; Lee, Anne; Langa, Kenneth M.; Koyama, Alain; Preis, Sarah R.; Neuhaus, John; McCammon, Ryan J.; Yaffe, Kristine; Seshadri, Sudha; Haan, Mary N. and Weir, David R. (2014). Development and Validation of a Brief Dementia Screening Indicator for primary Care. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 10(6), 656-665.e1.
- Levy, Helen G.; Ubel, Peter, A.; Dillard, A. J.; Weir, David R. and Fagerlin, A. (2013). Health Numeracy: The Importance of Domain in Assessing Numeracy. Medical Decision Making, 34(1), 107-115.
- Sakshaug, Joseph W.; Couper, Mick P.; Ofstedal, Mary Beth and Weir, David R. (2012). Linking Survey and Administrative Records: Mechanisms of Consent. Sociological Methods & Research, 41(4), 535-569.
- Clarke, Philippa J.; Marshall, Victor W. and Weir, David R. (2012). Unexpected Retirement from Full Time Work After Age 62: Consequences for Life Satisfaction in Older Americans. European Journal of Ageing, 9(3), 207-219.
- Naylor MD; Karlawish JH; Arnold SE; Khachaturian AS; Khachaturian ZS; Weir, David R.; Baumgart, M.; Banerjee, S.; Beck, C.; Blennow, K.; Brookmeyer R.; Brunden, Kurt, R.; Buckwalter KC; Comer, M.; Covinsky, K.; Feinberg, LF; Frisoni, G.; Green, C.; Guimaraes RM; Gwyt (2012). Advancing Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care: Recommendations from the Ware Invitational Summit. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 8(5), 445-452.
- Duckworth, A. L.; Weir, David R.; Tsukayama, E. and Kwok, D. (2012). Who does Well in Life? Conscientious Adults Excel in both Objective and Subjective Success. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 356.
- Wilson, R. S.; Weir, David R.; Leurgans, S. E.; Evans, D. A.; Hebert, L. E.; Langa, Kenneth M.; Plassman, B. L.; Small, B. J. and Bennett, D. A. (2011). Sources of Variability in Estimates of the Prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease in the United States. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 7(1), 74-79.
- Weir, David R.; Wallace, R. B.; Langa, Kenneth M.; Plassman, B. L.; Wilson, R. S.; Bennett, D. A.; Duara, R.; Loewenstein, D.; Ganguli, M. and Sano, M. (2011). Reducing Case Ascertainment Costs in U.S. Population Studies of Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, and Cognitive Impairment – Part 1. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 7(1), 94-109.
- Weir, David R.; Faul, Jessica D. and Langa, Kenneth M. (2011). Proxy Interviews and Bias in Cognition Measures due to Non-Response in Longitudinal Studies: A Comparison of HRS and ELSA. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 2(2), 170-184.
- Ofstedal, Mary Beth and Weir, David R. (2011). Recruitment and Retention of Minority Participants in the Health and Retirement Study. The Gerontologist, 51(suppl_1), S8-20.
- Nicholas, Lauren H.; Langa, Kenneth M.; Iwashyna, Theodore J. and Weir, David R. (2011). Regional Variation in the Association between Advance Directives and End-of-Life Medicare Expenditures. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 306(13), 1447-1453.
- Hauser, Robert M. and Weir, David R. (2011). Longitudinal Studies of Aging in the United States. Euramerica, 41(1), 87-179.
- Crimmins, E. M.; Kim, J. K.; Langa, Kenneth M. and Weir, David R. (2011). Assessment of Cognition using Surveys and Neuropsychological Assessment: The Health and Retirement Study and the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study.. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 66(Suppl 1), i162-i171.
- Plassman, B. L.; Langa, Kenneth M.; McCammon, R. J.; Fisher, Gwenith G.; Potter, G. G.; Burke, J. R.; Steffens, D. C.; Foster, N. L.; Giordani, B.; Unverzagt, Frederick, W.; Welsh-Bohmer, K. A.; Heeringa, Steven G.; Weir, David R. and Wallace, R. B. (2011). Incidence of Dementia and Cognitive Impairment, Not Dementia in the United States. Annals of Neurology, 70(2), 418-426.
- Goldman, N.; Turra, C. M.; Rosero-Bixby, L.; Weir, David R. and Crimmins, E. (2011). Do Biological Measures Mediate the Relationship between Education and Health: A Comparative Study. Social Science & Medicine, 72(2), 307-315.
- Hauser, Robert and Weir, David R. (2010). Recent Developments in Longitudinal Studies of Aging in the United States. Demography, 47(1), S111-S130.
- Blaum, C. S.; Cigolle, C. T.; Boyd, C.; Wolff, J. L.; Tian, Z.; Langa, Kenneth M. and Weir, David R. (2010). Clinical Complexity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Diabetes: The Health and Retirement Study. Medical Care, 48(4), 327-334.
- Levy, Helen G. and Weir, David R. (2010). Take-Up of Medicare Part D: Results from the Health and Retirement Study. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 65(4), 492-501.
- Taylor Jr., D. H.; Østbye, Truls; Langa, Kenneth M.; Weir, David R. and Plassman, B. L. (2009). The Accuracy of Medicare Claims as an Epidemiological Tool: The Case of Dementia Revisited. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 17(4), 807-815.
- Langa, Kenneth M.; Llewellyn, D. J.; Lang, I. A.; Weir, David R.; Wallace, R. B.; Kabeto, M. U. and Huppert, F. A. (2009). Cognitive Health among Older Adults in the United States and in England. BMC Geriatrics, 9(1), 23.
- Weir, David R. (2008). Elastic Powers: The Integration of Biomarkers into the Health and Retirement Study. In Weinstein,M.; Vaupel,J. W. and Wachter,K. (Ed.), Bio-Social Surveys: Current Insight and Future Promise. National Academies Press:Washington, DC.
- Plassman, B.; Langa, Kenneth M.; Fisher, Gwenith G.; Heeringa, Steven G.; Weir, David R.; Ofstedal, Mary Beth; Burke, J.; Hurd, M.; Potter, G.; Rodgers, Willard L.; Steffens, D.; McArdle, J.; Willis, Robert J. and Wallace, R. (2008). Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment without Dementia in the United States. Annals of Internal Medicine, 148(6), 427-434.