Wassim Tarraf
Bio Sketch
I am a Professor at the Institute of Gerontology and in the Department of Healthcare Sciences at Wayne State University. I am a gerontologist, methodologist, health services researcher, and policy analyst. Briefly, my research evaluates disparities in health, health behavior, and healthcare access and use among race/ethnic minorities in the United States, and investigates the social determinants of health and healthcare. My work relies primarily on analyses of large complex data sets. Currently, I am an affiliated investigator on the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), the largest epidemiological study of diverse Hispanic/Latinos in the US. I am the director of analytics for the SOL-INCA Lab, which is a joint lab (WSU/UCSD) with members located at Wayne State’s Institute of Gerontology and the University of California, San Diego, Department of Neurosciences. Through SOL-INCA I am the site Principal Investigator (Statistical Analyses Core) and lead biostatistician on three NIA-funded (R01) ancillary studies focused on cognitive aging and ADRD risk factors among Latinos. Additionally, I am the Analysis Core co-leader for the NIA-funded Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAR), and the Community Liaison and Recruitment Core co-lead for the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer's Disease (MCCFAD). I am also a co-investigator on a Behavioral and Social Research Networks grant (R24) focused on Education, Biosocial Pathways, and Dementia across Diverse Populations. These projects are primarily focused on training the next generation of researchers in minority health and enhancing the diversity of the aging research community. My research career has been devoted to the analyses of population health data with a particular focus on minority populations, evaluating disparities in health, cognitive function, health behaviors, and use of healthcare among race/ethnic minorities in the US, and investigating the social determinants of health and healthcare use among minorities.
Education
PhD, Wayne State University, 2010
MBA, Wayne State University, 2002
BS, Lebanese American University, 1999
Research Focus
Minority aging and racial/ethnic health and healthcare disparities.
Office Location
212 Knapp BldgAreas of Expertise
Minority Aging, Statistical Methods, Health Policy, Health Services, Population Health, Public Health
Training
Institute for Statistical Genetics, University of Washington, Department of Biostatistics (2017):
Population Genetic Data Analysis, Quantitative Genetics and Advanced Quantitative Genetics, Association Mapping, Pathway and Network Analysis for Omics Data
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Program in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan Ann Arbor (2005, 2006, 2010):
Bayesian Modeling, Advanced Bayesian Modeling, Longitudinal Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Advanced Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Structural Equation Modeling, Statistical Analysis for Incomplete Data
Grants
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ACTIVE GRANTS
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1. Title: New Methods to Assess the Intersection of Financial Decision Making, Financial Management and Financial Exploitation in Older Adults with MCI or PCI
Funder: NIH/NIA (Lichtenberg)
Period: 2021-2023
Grant: R21
Role: Co-Investigator and Biostatistician
2. Title: Sleep in Neurocognitive Aging and Alzheimer's Research (SANAR)
Funder: NIH/NIA
Grant #: R01AG063868 (Ramos)
Period: 2021-2026
Role: Site PI and Lead Biostatistician
3. Title: Subjective Cognitive Decline and Objective Cognitive Trajectories
Funder: NIH/NIA
Grant #: R01 AG066657-01A1 (Zlatar)
Period: 2021-2026
Role: Site PI and Lead Biostatistician
4. Title: Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging - Alzheimer's Disease (INCA-AD)
Funder: NIH/NIA
Period: 2022-2027
Grant #: R01 AG48642 (Gonzalez)
Role: Site PI and Lead Biostatistician
5. Title: Neurocognitive aging, MCI and Alzheimer's disease DNA methylation among diverse Latinos (INCA-DNAm)
Funder: NIH/NIA (AG061022-01; Fornage, Gonzalez)
Period: 2019-2024
Grant: R01
Role: Site PI, Lead Biostatistician
6. Title: Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research
Funder: NIH/NIA (P30 AG01528; Jackson)
Period: 2018-2023
Role: Co-Leader- Analysis Core
7. Network on Education, Biosocial Pathways, and Dementia across Diverse Populations
Funder: NIH/NIA (Waselmann, PI)
Grant: R24
Period: 2022-2027
Role: CO-I
Courses Taught
Graduate
Health, Disease, and aging
Statistics for the social sciences
Undergraduate
Research methods
Office Phone
Professional Associations
The Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART)
American Publich Health Association (APHA)
Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
Publications
Recent Publications (5-years):
1. Zlatar, Z. Z., Tarraf, W., González, K. A., Vásquez, P. M., Marquine, M. J., Lipton, R. B., ... & González, H. M. (2022). Subjective cognitive decline and objective cognition among diverse US Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Study of Latinos‐Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (SOL‐INCA). Alzheimer's & Dementia, 18(1), 43-52.
2. He, S., Granot‐Hershkovitz, E., Zhang, Y., Bressler, J., Tarraf, W., Yu, B., ... & Sofer, T. (2022). Blood metabolites predicting mild cognitive impairment in the study of Latinos‐investigation of neurocognitive aging (HCHS/SOL). Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 14(1), e12259.
3. Posis, A. I. B., Tarraf, W., Gonzalez, K. A., Soria-Lopez, J. A., Léger, G. C., Stickel, A. M., ... & González, H. M. (2022). Anticholinergic Drug Burden and Neurocognitive Performance in the Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, (Preprint), 1-13.
4. González, K. A.,** Tarraf, W., Wallace, D. M., Stickel, A. M., Schneiderman, N., Redline, S., ... & Ramos, A. (2021). Phenotypes of obstructive sleep apnea in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Sleep, 44(12), zsab181.
5. Marquine, M. J., Gallo, L. C., Tarraf, W., Wu, B., Moore, A. A., Vásquez, P. M., ... & González, H. M. (2021). The Association of Stress, Metabolic Syndrome, and Systemic Inflammation With Neurocognitive Function in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos and Its Sociocultural Ancillary Study. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.
6. Goodman, Zachary T., Maria M. Llabre, Hector M. González, Melissa Lamar, Linda C. Gallo, Tarraf, W., Krista M. Perreira et al. "Testing measurement equivalence of neurocognitive assessments across language in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos." Neuropsychology 35, no. 4 (2021): 423.
7. Jenkins, D,** Stickel, A. M.,** González, H. M., and Tarraf, W,. "Out-of-pocket health expenditures and healthcare services use among older Americans with cognitive impairment: Results from the 2008-2016 Health and Retirement Study." The Gerontologist (2021).
8. Li, Y.,** Toseef, M. U., Jensen, G. A., Ortiz, K., González, H. M., & Tarraf, W. (2021). Gains in insurance coverage following the affordable care act and change in preventive services use among non-elderly US immigrants. Preventive Medicine, 148, 106546.
9. Ivanovic, V., Seiler, S., Tarraf, W., Crivello, E., Martinez, O., Lipton, R. B., ... & Lipton, M. L. (2021). Prevalence of incidental brain MRI findings of clinical relevance in a diverse Hispanic/Latino population. Journal of Neuroimaging, 31(6), 1166-1175.
10. Breton, J., Stickel, A. M.,** Tarraf, W., Gonzalez, K. A., Keamy, A. J., Schneiderman, N., ... & González, H. M. (2021). Normative data for the Brief Spanish‐English Verbal Learning Test for representative and diverse Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 13(1), e12260.
11. Kaur, S. S., Tarraf, W., Wu, B., Gonzalez, K. A., Daviglus, M., Shah, N., ... & Ramos, A. R. (2021). Modifying pathways by age and sex for the association between combined sleep disordered breathing and long sleep duration with neurocognitive decline in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Alzheimer's & Dementia, 17(12), 1950-1965.
12. Stickel, A. M.,** Tarraf, W., Gonzalez, K. A., Isasi, C. R., Kaplan, R., Gallo, L. C., ... & González, H. M. (2021). Central Obesity, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Cognitive Change in the Study of Latinos–Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 82(3), 1203-1218.
13. Wu, B.,** Toseef, M. U., Stickel, A. M., González, H. M., & Tarraf, W. (2021). Associations Between Midlife Functional Limitations and Self-Reported Health and Cognitive Status: Results from the 1998–2016 Health and Retirement Study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, (Preprint), 1-17.
14. Ramos, A. R., Alperin, N., Lee, S., Gonzalez, K. A., Tarraf, W., & Hernandez-Cardenache, R. (2021). Cognitive and Neuroimaging Correlates of the Insomnia Severity Index in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Pilot-Study. Applied Sciences, 11(12), 5314.
15. McIntosh, R. C., Khambaty, T., Llabre, M. M., Perreira, K. M., Gonzalez, H. M., Kansal, M. M., Tarraf, W., & Schneiderman, N. (2021). Paradoxical effect of cumulative stress exposure on information processing speed in Hispanics/Latinos with elevated heart rate variability. Int J Psychophysiol, 164, 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.01.019
16. Marsack-Topolewski, C. N., Samuel, P. S., & Tarraf, W. (2021). Empirical evaluation of the association between daily living skills of adults with autism and parental caregiver burden. PLoS One, 16(1), e0244844. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244844
17. Ford, S., Tarraf, W., Williams, K. P., Roman, L. A., & Leach, R. (2021). Differences in cervical cancer screening and follow-up for black and white women in the United States. Gynecol Oncol, 160(2), 369-374. doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.11.027
18. Estrella, M. L., Durazo-Arvizu, R. A., Gallo, L. C., Tarraf, W., Isasi, C. R., Perreira, K. M., Zeng, D., Marquine, M. J., Lipton, R. B., González, H. M., Daviglus, M. L., & Lamar, M. (2021). Psychosocial Factors Associated with Cognitive Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos and its Sociocultural Ancillary Study. J Alzheimers Dis, 79(1), 433-449. doi:10.3233/jad-200612
19. Toseef, M. U.**, Jensen, G. A., & Tarraf, W. (2020). Effects of the Affordable Care Act's enhancement of Medicare benefits on preventive services utilization among older adults in the U.S. Prev Med, 138, 106148. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106148
20. Toseef, M. U.**, Jensen, G. A., & Tarraf, W. (2020). Medicaid managed care and preventable emergency department visits in the United States. PLoS One, 15(10), e0240603. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240603
21. Tarraf, W., Jensen, G. A., Li, Y.**, Toseef, M. U.**, Mahmoudi, E., & Gonzalez, H. M. (2020). Changes in Insurance Coverage and Healthcare Use Among Immigrants and US-Born Adults Following the Affordable Care Act. J Racial Ethnic Health Disparities. doi:10.1007/s40615-020-00790-y
22. Stickel, A. M. **, Tarraf, W., Wu, B., Marquine, M. J., Vásquez, P. M., Daviglus, M., Estrella, M. L., Perreira, K. M., Gallo, L. C., Lipton, R. B., Isasi, C. R., Kaplan, R., Zeng, D., Schneiderman, N., & González, H. M. (2020). Cognition and Daily Functioning: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (SOL) and Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (SOL-INCA). J Alzheimers Dis, 77(3), 1267-1278. doi:10.3233/jad-200502
23. Stickel, A. M. **, Tarraf, W., Bainbridge, K. E., Viviano, R. P. **, Daviglus, M., Dhar, S., Gonzalez, F., 2nd, Zeng, D., & González, H. M. (2020). Hearing Sensitivity, Cardiovascular Risk, and Neurocognitive Function: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). JAMA Otolaryngal Head Neck Surg. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.4835
24. Mitchell, J. A., Williams, E. G., Li, Y. **, & Tarraf, W. (2020). Identifying disparities in patient-centered care experiences between non-Latino white and black men: results from the 2008-2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. BMC Health Serv Res, 20(1), 495. doi:10.1186/s12913-020-05357-5
25. Mezuk, B., Tarraf, W., Johnson-Lawrence, V., Ilardo, J., Lichtenberg, P. A., & Jackson, J. S. (2020). Analytic Training for Junior Investigators in Minority Aging Research: The Michigan Model. Gerontologist, 60(8), 1392-1402. doi:10.1093/geront/gnaa001
26. Jian, X., Sofer, T., Tarraf, W., Bressler, J., Faul, J. D., Zhao, W., Ratliff, S. M., Lamar, M., Launer, L. J., Laurie, C. C., Schneiderman, N., Weir, D. R., Wright, C. B., Yaffe, K., Zeng, D., DeCarli, C., Mosley, T. H., Smith, J. A., González, H. M., & Fornage, M. (2020). Genome-wide association study of cognitive function in diverse Hispanics/Latinos: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Transl Psychiatry, 10(1), 245. doi:10.1038/s41398-020-00930-2
27. Hua, S., Isasi, C. R., Kizer, J. R., Matsushita, K., Allison, M. A., Tarraf, W., Qi, Q., Ponce, S. G., Daviglus, M., & Kaplan, R. C. (2020). Underuse of Cardiovascular Medications in Individuals With Known Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: HCHS/SOL. J Am Heart Assoc, 9(16), e015451. doi:10.1161/jaha.119.015451
28. Granot-Hershkovitz, E., Tarraf, W., Kurniansyah, N., Daviglus, M., Isasi, C. R., Kaplan, R., Lamar, M., Perreira, K. M., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Stickel, A., Thyagarajan, B., Zeng, D., Fornage, M., DeCarli, C. S., González, H. M., & Sofer, T. (2020). APOE alleles' association with cognitive function differs across Hispanic/Latino groups and genetic ancestry in the study of Latinos-investigation of neurocognitive aging (HCHS/SOL). Alzheimers Dement. doi:10.1002/alz.12205
29. Garcia, M. A. **, Ortiz, K., Arévalo, S. P., Diminich, E. D., Briceño, E., Vega, I. E., & Tarraf, W. (2020). Age of Migration and Cognitive Function Among Older Latinos in the United States. J Alzheimers Dis, 76(4), 1493-1511. doi:10.3233/jad-191296
30. Doza, A. **, Jensen, G. A., & Tarraf, W. (2020). Racial/Ethnic Differences in Mortality in Late Midlife: Have They Narrowed in Recent Years? J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbaa175
31. Ajrouch, K. J., Vega, I. E., Antonucci, T. C., Tarraf, W., Webster, N. J., & Zahodne, L. B. (2020). Partnering with Middle Eastern/Arab American and Latino Immigrant Communities to Increase Participation in Alzheimer's Disease Research. Ethnic Dis, 30(Suppl 2), 765-774. doi:10.18865/ed.30.S2.765
32. Agudelo, C., Tarraf, W., Wu, B.**, Wallace, D. M., Patel, S. R., Redline, S., Kaur, S., Daviglus, M., Zee, P. C., Simonelli, G., Mossavar-Rahmani, Y., Sotres-Alvarez, D., Zeng, D., Gallo, L. C., González, H. M., & Ramos, A. R. (2020). Actigraphic sleep patterns and cognitive decline in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Alzheimers Dement. doi:10.1002/alz.1225
33. Ortiz, K,** Garcia, M, Briceño, E, Diminich, E. D, Arévalo, S.P., Vega, I.E, Tarraf, W. (2020) Glycosylated hemoglobin level, race/ethnicity, and cognition in midlife and early old age. Research in Human Development. Accepted.
34. Estrella, M.L., Durazo-Arvizu, R.A., Gallo, L.C., Isasi, C.R., Perreira, K.M., Vu, T.H.T., Vasquez, E., Sachdeva, S., Zeng, D., Llabre, M.M. and Tarraf, W. (2020). Associations between perceived neighborhood environment and cognitive function among middle-aged and older women and men: Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, pp.1-12.
35. González, H.M., Tarraf, W., González, K.A., Fornage, M., Zeng, D., Gallo, L.C., Talavera, G.A., Daviglus, M.L., Lipton, R.B., Kaplan, R. and Ramos, A.R., (2020). Diabetes, Cognitive Decline, and Mild Cognitive Impairment Among Diverse Hispanics/Latinos: Study of Latinos–Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging Results (HCHS/SOL). Diabetes Care. Accepted.
36. Muñoz, E., Gallo, L.C., Hua, S., Sliwinski, M.J., Kaplan, R., Lipton, R.B., González, H.M., Penedo, F.J., Tarraf, W., Daviglus, M.L. and Llabre, M.M., (2019). Stress Is Associated With Neurocognitive Function in Hispanic/Latino Adults: Results From HCHS/SOL Socio-Cultural Ancillary Study. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. in press.
37. Tarraf, W., Kaplan, R., Daviglus, M., Gallo, L.C., Schneiderman, N., Penedo, F.J., Perreira, M.P., Lamar, M.S., Chai, A.,** Vásquez, P.M.,** González, H.M., (2019) Cardiovascular Risk and Cognitive Function in middle-aged and older Hispanic/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Accepted.
38. Toseef, M. U,** Jensen, G. A., & Tarraf, W. (2019). How Effective is Foreign Aid at Improving Health Outcomes in Recipient Countries? Atlantic Economic Journal. Accepted.
39. González HM, Tarraf, W.,↟ Schneiderman N, Fornage M, Vasquez PM,** Zeng D, Youngblood M, Gallo LC, Daviglus ML, Lipton RB, Kaplan R, Ramos AR, Lamar M, Thomas S, Chai A,** DeCarli C. (2019). Prevalence and correlates for Mild Cognitive Impairment among diverse Hispanics/Latinos: Study of Latinos – Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging results (HCHS/SOL). Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. In press.
40. Ramos AR, Tarraf, W., Wu B,** Redline S, Cai J, Daviglus ML, Gallo LC, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Perreira KM, Zee P, Zeng D, González HM. Sleep and Neurocognitive Decline in the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. In press.
41. González HM, Tarraf, W. ,↟ Fornage M, González K,** Chai A,** Youngblood M, De Los Angeles Abreu M, Zeng D, Thomas S, Talavera GA, Gallo LC, Kaplan R, Daviglus M, Schneiderman N. A research framework for cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease among diverse US Latinos: Design and implementation of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos – Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (SOL-INCA). (2019). Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. In press.
42. Vásquez, P.M.,** Tarraf, W., Doza, A.,** Marquine,M., Perreira, M., Schneiderman,N., Zeng,D., Cai,J., Isasi,C., Daviglus,M., González, H.M.Cognitive stimulation factors and cognitive function among Latino adults in HCHS/SOL. (2019). Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. In press.
43. Fritz, H., Hu, Y., Tarraf, W., Patel, P., Feasibility of a Habit Formation Intervention to Delay Frailty Progression Among Older African Americans: A Pilot Study. Gerontologist. In press
44. Ross, J., Hua, S., Perreira, K. M., Hanna, D. B., Castañeda, S. F., Gallo, L. C., Penedo, F. J., Tarraf, W., Hernandez, R., & Potler, N. V. (2019). Association between immigration status and anxiety, depression, and use of anxiolytic and antidepressant medications in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Annals of epidemiology. In press.
45. Zilioli, S., Fritz, H., Tarraf, W., Lawrence, S. A., & Cutchin, M. P. (2019). Socioeconomic Status, Ecologically Assessed Social Activities, and Daily Cortisol Among Older Urban African Americans. Journal of aging and health, 0898264319856481.
46. Vásquez, P. M.,** Durazo-Arvizu, R. A., Marquez, D. X., Argos, M., Lamar, M., Odoms-Young, A., Wu, D., González, H. M., Tarraf, W., & Sotres-Alvarez, D. (2019). Moderate-vigorous physical activity and health-related quality of life among Hispanic/Latino adults in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Journal of patient-reported outcomes, 3(1), 45.
47. Toseef, M. U.,** Jensen, G. A., & Tarraf, W. (2019). Is enrollment in a Medicaid health maintenance organization associated with less preventable hospitalizations? Preventive Medicine Reports, 16, 100964.
48. Sofer, T., Emery, L., Jain, D., Ellis, A. M., Laurie, C. C., Allison, M. A., Lee, J., Kurniansyah, N., Kerr, K. F., Gonzalez, H. M., Tarraf, W., Criqui, M. H., Lange, L. A., Palmas, W. R., Franceschini, N., & Wassel, C. L. (2019). Variants Associated with the Ankle Brachial Index Differ by Hispanic/Latino Ethnic Group: a genome-wide association study in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Sci Rep, 9(1), 11410. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-47928-5
49. Lamar, M., Durazo-Arvizu, R. A., Sachdeva, S., Pirzada, A., Perreira, K. M., Rundek, T., Gallo, L. C., Grober, E., DeCarli, C., Lipton, R. B. Tarraf, W., Gonzalez, H. M., Daviglus, M. (2019). Cardiovascular disease risk factor burden and cognition: Implications of ethnic diversity within the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. PloS one, 14(4), e0215378.
50. Fritz, H., Tarraf, W., Brody, A., & Levy, P. (2019). Feasibility of a behavioral automaticity intervention among African Americans at risk for metabolic syndrome. BMC public health, 19(1), 413.
51. Elfassy, T., Aiello, A. E., Schneiderman, N., Haan, M. N., Tarraf, W., Gonzalez, H. M., Gellman, M., Florez, H. J., Luchsinger, J. A., Wright, C. B., Grober, E., & Zeki Al Hazzouri, A. (2019). Relation of Diabetes to Cognitive Function in Hispanics/Latinos of Diverse Backgrounds in the United States. J Aging Health, 31(7), 1155-1171. doi:10.1177/0898264318759379
52. Bulka, C. M., Daviglus, M. L., Persky, V. W., Durazo-Arvizu, R. A., Lash, J. P., Elfassy, T., Lee, D. J., Ramos, A. R., Tarraf, W., & Argos, M. (2019). Association of occupational exposures with cardiovascular disease among US Hispanics/Latinos. Heart, 105(6), 439-448.
53. Tarraf, W., Jensen, G. A., Dillaway, H. E., Vásquez, P. M.,** & González, H. M. (2018). Trajectories of Aging Among US Older Adults: Mixed Evidence for a Hispanic Paradox. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.
54. Tarraf, W., Criqui, M. H., Allison, M. A., Wright, C. B., Fornage, M., Daviglus, M., Kaplan, R. C., Davis, S., Conceicao, A. S., & González, H. M. (2018). Ankle brachial index and cognitive function among Hispanics/Latinos: results from the Hispanic community health study/study of Latinos. Atherosclerosis, 271, 61-69.
55. Samuel, P. S., Tarraf, W., & Marsack, C. (2018). Family Quality of Life Survey (FQOLS-2006): Evaluation of Internal Consistency, Construct, and Criterion Validity for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Families. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr, 38(1), 46-63. doi:10.1080/01942638.2017.1311393
56. Mahmoudi, E.,** Cohen, A., Buxbaum, J., Richardson, C. R., & Tarraf, W. (2018). Gaining Medicaid Coverage During ACA Implementation: Effects on Access to Care and Preventive Services. J Health Care Poor Underserved, 29(4), 1472-1487. doi:10.1353/hpu.2018.0107
57. Hernandez, R., Gonzalez, H. M., Tarraf, W., Moskowitz, J. T., Carnethon, M. R., Gallo, L. C., Penedo, F. J., Isasi, C. R., Ruiz, J. M., Arguelles, W., Buelna, C., Davis, S., Gonzalez, F., McCurley, J. L., Wu, D., & Daviglus, M. L. (2018). Association of dispositional optimism with Life's Simple 7's Cardiovascular Health Index: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Sociocultural Ancillary Study (SCAS). BMJ open, 8(3), e019434. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019434
58. González, H. M., Tarraf, W., Vásquez, P.M,** Sanderlin, A. H., Rosenberg, N. I., Davis, S., Rodríguez, C. J., Gallo, L. C., Thyagarajan, B., & Daviglus, M. (2018). Metabolic syndrome and neurocognition among diverse middle-aged and older Hispanics/Latinos: HCHS/SOL results. Diabetes care, 41(7), 1501-1509.
59. González, H. M., Tarraf, W., Jian, X., Vásquez, P. M.,** Kaplan, R., Thyagarajan, B., Daviglus, M., Lamar, M., Gallo, L. C., & Zeng, D. (2018). Apolipoprotein E genotypes among diverse middle-aged and older Latinos: Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging results (HCHS/SOL). Scientific reports, 8(1), 17578.
60. Gonzalez, H. M., Tarraf, W., Harrison, K., Windham, B. G., Tingle, J., Alonso, A., Griswold, M., Heiss, G., Knopman, D., & Mosley, T. H. (2018). Midlife cardiovascular health and 20-year cognitive decline: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study results. Alzheimers Dement, 14(5), 579-589. doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2017.11.002
61. Ferdows, N. B.,** Jensen, G. A., & Tarraf, W. (2018). Healthy Aging After Age 65: A Life-Span Health Production Function Approach. Res Aging, 40(5), 480-507. doi:10.1177/0164027517713312
62. Casagrande, S. S., Menke, A., Aviles-Santa, L., Gallo, L. C., Daviglus, M. L., Talavera, G. A., Castañeda, S. F., Perreira, K., Loop, M. S., & Tarraf, W. (2018). Factors associated with undiagnosed diabetes among adults with diabetes: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Diabetes research and clinical practice, 146, 258-266.
63. Camacho, A., Tarraf, W., Jimenez, D. E., Gallo, L. C., Gonzalez, P., Kaplan, R. C., Lamar, M., Khambaty, T., Thyagarajan, B., & Perreira, K. M. (2018). Anxious depression and neurocognition among middle-aged and older Hispanic/Latino adults: Hispanic community health study/study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) results. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(2), 238-249.
64. Byrd, D. R.,** Gee, G. C., & Tarraf, W. (2018). Black-white mental status trajectories: What ages do differences emerge? SSM-population health, 6, 169-177.
65. Almahmoud, M. F., Gonzalez, H. M., Swett, K., Tarraf, W., Schneiderman, N., Kansal, M. M., Lamar, M., Talavera, G. A., & Rodriguez, C. J. (2018). Association of Cardiac Structure and Function With Neurocognition in Hispanics/Latinos: The Echocardiographic Study of Latinos. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes, 2(2), 165-175. doi:10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2018.02.003