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 Yrs 23-28
- Health and Retirement Study Yrs 23-28
- Health and Retirement Study Yrs 23-28: Venous Blood 2016
- Health and Retirement Study Yrs23-28: Y23 Project Talent Supplement
- Health and Retirement Study Yrs23-28: Year 25 Dementia Trends Admin Supplement
- Health and Retirement Study: Yrs 23-28: 2016 New Cohort Revision
- Internet Interviewing and the HRS
- Life Course Determinants of Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Subsequent Dementia
- Linking 1940 U.S. Census Data for Five Modern Surveys on Health and Aging
- University of Michigan Retirement Research Center 2013-2018
- University of Michigan Retirement Research Center 2016
Publications
- 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.
- 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 B.; 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 B. 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 the Distribution of Cognitive Abilities due to Non-Responsein Longitudinal Studies: A Comparison of HRS Ans ELSA. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 2(2), 170-184.
- Ofstedal,Mary B. 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. The 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 B.; 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.
- Weir,David R. (2007). Are Baby Boomers Living Well Longer?. In Madrian,Brigitte; Mitchell,Olivia and Soldo,Beth (Ed.), Redefining Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare?. Oxford University Press:Oxford.
- Weir,David R. and Smith,James P. (2007). Do Panel Surveys really make People Sick? A Commentary on Wilson and Howell (60:11, 2005, 2623-2627). Social Science & Medicine, 65(6), 1071-1077.
- Kerr,E. A.; Heisler,M.; Krein,S. L.; Kabeto,M.; Langa,Kenneth M.; Weir,David R. and Piette,J. D. (2007). Beyond Comorbidity Counts: How do Comorbidity Type and Severity Influence Diabetes Patients’ Treatment Priorities and Self-Management?. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22(12), 1635-1640.
- Plassman,B. L.; Langa,Kenneth M.; Fisher,Gwenith G.; Heeringa,Steven G.; Weir,David R.; Ofstedal,Mary B.; Burke,J. R.; Hurd,M. D.; Potter,G. G.; Rodgers,Willard L.; Steffens,D. C.; Willis,Robert J. and Wallace,R. B. (2007). Prevalence of Dementia in the United States: The Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study. Neuroepidemiology, 29(1/2), 125-132.
- Heisler,M.; Cole,I.; Weir,David R.; Kerr,E. A. and Hayward,R. A. (2007). Does Physician Communication Influence Older Patients’ Diabetes Self-Management and Glycemic Control? Results from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and Medical Sciences, 62(12), 1435-1442.
- Heisler,Michele; Faul,Jessica D.; Hayward,Rodney A.; Langa,Kenneth M.; Blaum,Caroline and Weir,David R. (2007). Mechanisms for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Glycemic Control in Middle-Aged and Older Americans in the Health and Retirement Study. Archives of Internal Medicine, 167(17), 1853-1860.