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Avron Spiro III, PhD

Research Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Epidemiology

PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Pronouns: he/him/his

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ORCID : 0000-0003-4080-8621

Dr. Avron (Ron) Spiro received his PhD in Human Development and Family Studies in 1982 from The Pennsylvania State University, specializing in adult development and aging and in developmental methodology. In 1986, he joined the VA Normative Aging Study (NAS), then at the Boston VA Outpatient Clinic, as a research psychologist and methodologist. In that position, he has studied the influences of health and disease on cognitive aging, and conducted longitudinal studies of personality, well-being, and mental health. He also works with the VA Dental Longitudinal Study (DLS), an ongoing study of dental health among NAS men. In 1998, the VA funded the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), which incorporated the NAS/DLS, now located at VA Boston Healthcare System in Jamaica Plain. From 1993 - 2018, Dr. Spiro collaborated with researchers at the VA HSR&D Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR; formerly the Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research [CHQOER]). His work there focused primarily on mental health, including PTSD and depression, and on patient-reported outcomes, including health-related quality of life. In 1987, Dr. Spiro was appointed Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health, promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology in 2004, and to Research Professor in 2011. In 2011, Dr. Spiro was appointed as Research Professor of Psychiatry at BU School of Medicine. Since 2001, he has been Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research at BU’s Goldman School of Dental Medicine. In 2008, he received a Research Career Scientist award from the Clinical Science R&D Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and from 2013 to 2020 was funded as a Senior Research Career Scientist. Dr. Spiro has been funded by NIH and VA. His current work involves (a) examining the effects of health and disease on cognitive aging, (b) modeling longitudinal changes in personality in relation to health, (c) examining the long-term effects of military service on health and well-being in later life, and (d) studying mental disorders and their impact on health and functioning.

Associate Professor
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Health Policy & Health Svcs Research

Research Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Psychiatry

VA Boston Healthcare System

Personality & Well-Being Trajectories in Adulthood
09/30/2016 - 05/31/2023 (Subcontract PI)
Northwestern University NIH NIA
5R01AG018436-20

Optimism and Exceptional Longevity
09/01/2016 - 03/31/2020 (Subcontract PI)
Harvard University NIH NIA
5R01AG053273-04

Lifespan Outcomes of Military Service
09/30/2010 - 05/31/2017 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Aging
5R24AG039343-05

Personality and Well-Being Trajectories in Adulthood
09/15/2013 - 08/31/2016 (Subcontract PI)
Northwestern University NIH NIA
5R01AG018436-15

Personality and Well Being Trajectories in Adulthood
09/01/2011 - 08/31/2016 (Subcontract PI)
Purdue University NIH NIA
2R01AG018436-11A1

Stress, Coping, Health and Optimal Aging
09/01/2010 - 05/31/2016 (Subcontract PI)
Oregon State University NIH NIA
5R01AG032037-04

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Avron Spiro
07/01/2013 - 06/30/2014 (Subcontract PI)
Boston VA Research Institute, Inc. NIH NIA
7R01AG034554-03

Personnel Agreement for the Research Services of Shelley Amberg
09/01/2010 - 02/28/2012 (PI)
VA Boston Healthcare System

Oral Health and Quality of Life
07/01/2001 - 12/31/2001 (Dept Sponsor)
NIH/National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
1 F32 DE05742 01A1

Title
Lifespan Outcomes of Military Service (PI)
Personality and Well-Being Trajectories in adulthood (PI)
Language in the Aging Brain (PI)
Stress, Coping, Health and Optimal Aging (PI)

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2014	Lifespan outcomes of military service	5R24AG039343-05	14
2013	Lifespan outcomes of military service	5R24AG039343-04	14
2012	Lifespan outcomes of military service	5R24AG039343-03	14
2011	Lifespan outcomes of military service	5R24AG039343-02	14
2010	Lifespan outcomes of military service	1R24AG039343-01	14
2007	ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN YOUTH	5U54DE014264-07-1	30
2006	ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN YOUTH	5U54DE014264-06-1	30
2005	ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN YOUTH	5U54DE014264-05-1	30
2004	ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN YOUTH	5U54DE014264-04-1	30
2003	ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN YOUTH	5U54DE014264-03-1	30

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Marino VR, Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Aldwin CM, Spiro A, Lee LO. The Costs of Coping: Long-Term Mortality Risk in Aging Men. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2024 Apr 01; 79(4). PMID: 38501168; PMCID: PMC10948961; DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbae011;

Pless Kaiser A, Daks JS, Korsun L, Heintz H, Moye J, Sloan DM, Cook JM, Vogt D, Spiro A. Enhancing social functioning in older veterans with PTSD: Rationale and design of an intervention and initial RCT. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Apr; 139:107485.View Related Profiles.

Pless Kaiser, Anica
Spiro, Avron
Vogt, Dawne
Sloan, Denise
Moye, Jennifer

PMID: 38432471

Atherton OE, Graham EK, Dorame AN, Horgan D, Luo J, Nevarez MD, Ferrie JP, Spiro A, Schulz MS, Waldinger RJ, Mroczek DK, Lee LO. Is there intergenerational continuity in early life experiences? Findings from the Harvard Study of Adult Development. J Fam Psychol. 2023 Dec; 37(8):1123-1136.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Lee, Lewina

PMID: 37616090; PMCID: PMC10841087; DOI: 10.1037/fam0001144;

Prince N, Stav M, Cote M, Chu SH, Vyas CM, Okereke OI, Palacios N, Litonjua AA, Vokonas P, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Lasky-Su JA, Kelly RS. Metabolomics and Self-Reported Depression, Anxiety, and Phobic Symptoms in the VA Normative Aging Study. Metabolites. 2023 Jul 15; 13(7).View Related Profiles.

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Sparrow, David
Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 37512558; PMCID: PMC10383599; DOI: 10.3390/metabo13070851;

Willroth EC, Luo J, Atherton OE, Weston SJ, Drewelies J, Batterham PJ, Condon DM, Gerstorf D, Huisman M, Spiro A, Mroczek DK, Graham EK. Personality traits and health care use: A coordinated analysis of 15 international samples. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2023 Sep; 125(3):629-648. PMID: 37338439; PMCID: PMC10524692; DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000465;

Shen Y, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Wu H, Vokonas P, Spiro A, Navas-Acien A, Baccarelli AA, Gao F. Cohort Network: A Knowledge Graph toward Data Dissemination and Knowledge-Driven Discovery for Cohort Studies. Environ Sci Technol. 2023 Jun 06; 57(22):8236-8244.View Related Profiles.

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Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 37224396; PMCID: PMC10597774; DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c08174;

Quach LT, Pedersen MM, Ogawa E, Ward RE, Gagnon DR, Spiro A, Burr JA, Driver JA, Gaziano M, Dhand A, Bean JF. Mild Neurocognitive Disorder, Social Engagement, and Falls Among Older Primary Care Patients. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2023 Apr; 104(4):541-546.View Related Profiles.

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Gagnon, David

PMID: 36513122; PMCID: PMC10073260; DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.10.008;

Qiu X, Wei Y, Weisskopf M, Spiro A, Shi L, Castro E, Coull B, Koutrakis P, Schwartz J. Air pollution, climate conditions and risk of hospital admissions for psychotic disorders in U.S. residents. Environ Res. 2023 Jan 01; 216(Pt 2):114636. PMID: 36283440; PMCID: PMC9712244; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114636;

Wang C, DeMeo DL, Kim ES, Cardenas A, Fong KC, Lee LO, Spiro A, Whitsel EA, Horvath S, Hou L, Baccarelli AA, Li Y, Stewart JD, Manson JE, Grodstein F, Kubzansky LD, Schwartz JD. Epigenome-Wide Analysis of DNA Methylation and Optimism in Women and Men. Psychosom Med. 2023 01 01; 85(1):89-97.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Lee, Lewina

PMID: 36201768; PMCID: PMC9771983; DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001147;

Comfort N, Wu H, De Hoff P, Vuppala A, Vokonas PS, Spiro A, Weisskopf M, Coull BA, Laurent LC, Baccarelli AA, Schwartz J. Extracellular microRNA and cognitive function in a prospective cohort of older men: The Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Aging (Albany NY). 2022 Sep 06; 14(17):6859-6886.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 36069796; PMCID: PMC9512498; DOI: 10.18632/aging.204268;

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Lee LO, Grodstein F, Trudel-Fitzgerald C, James P, Okuzono SS, Koga HK, Schwartz J, Spiro A, Mroczek DK, Kubzansky LD. Optimism, Daily Stressors, and Emotional Well-Being Over Two Decades in a Cohort of Aging Men. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2022 Aug 11; 77(8):1373-1383.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Lee, Lewina

PMID: 35255123; PMCID: PMC9371455; DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbac025;

Vandiver RA, Wachen JS, Spiro A, Kaiser AP, Tyzik AL, Smith BN. PTSD symptom severity mediates the impact of war zone stress exposure on postdeployment physical health: The Fort Devens Gulf War veterans cohort. Psychol Trauma. 2023 May; 15(4):681-689.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Smith, Brian

PMID: 35849367

Luo J, Zhang B, Estabrook R, Graham EK, Driver CC, Schalet BD, Turiano NA, Spiro A, Mroczek DK. Personality and health: Disentangling their between-person and within-person relationship in three longitudinal studies. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2022 Mar; 122(3):493-522. PMID: 35157486; PMCID: PMC8867777; DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000399;

Qiu X, Danesh-Yazdi M, Weisskopf M, Kosheleva A, Spiro AS, Wang C, Coull BA, Koutrakis P, Schwartz JD. Associations between Air Pollution and Psychiatric Symptoms in The Normative Aging Study. Environ Res Lett. 2022 Mar; 17(3). PMID: 35273649; PMCID: PMC8903151; DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac47c5;

Zundel CG, Price K, Grasso CM, Spiro A, Heeren T, Sullivan K, Krengel MH. The impact of neurotoxicant exposures on posttraumatic stress disorder trajectories: The Ft. Devens Gulf War Veterans Cohort. J Trauma Stress. 2022 Jun; 35(3):955-966.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 35150175; PMCID: PMC9541763; DOI: 10.1002/jts.22802;

Lee LO, Grimm KJ, Spiro A, Kubzansky LD. Neuroticism, Worry, and Cardiometabolic Risk Trajectories: Findings From a 40-Year Study of Men. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 02; 11(3):e022006.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Lee, Lewina

PMID: 35072514; PMCID: PMC9238500; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.022006;

Stellman JM, Stellman SD, Spiro A, Pless Kaiser A, Smith BN. Impact of Military Service in Vietnam on Coping and Health Behaviors of Aging Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:809357.View Related Profiles.

Pless Kaiser, Anica
Spiro, Avron
Smith, Brian

PMID: 35111722; PMCID: PMC8802994; DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.809357;

Krengel MH, Zundel CG, Heeren T, Yee M, Spiro A, Proctor SP, Grasso CM, Sullivan K. Health symptom trajectories and neurotoxicant exposures in Gulf War veterans: the Ft. Devens cohort. Environ Health. 2022 01 08; 21(1):7.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 34998396; PMCID: PMC8742929; DOI: 10.1186/s12940-021-00812-0;

Clouston SAP, Hall CB, Kritikos M, Bennett DA, DeKosky S, Edwards J, Finch C, Kreisl WC, Mielke M, Peskind ER, Raskind M, Richards M, Sloan RP, Spiro A, Vasdev N, Brackbill R, Farfel M, Horton M, Lowe S, Lucchini RG, Prezant D, Reibman J, Rosen R, Seil K, Zeig-Owens R, Deri Y, Diminich ED, Fausto BA, Gandy S, Sano M, Bromet EJ, Luft BJ. Cognitive impairment and World Trade Centre-related exposures. Nat Rev Neurol. 2022 Feb; 18(2):103-116. PMID: 34795448; PMCID: PMC8938977; DOI: 10.1038/s41582-021-00576-8;

Kelly RS, Stewart ID, Bayne H, Kachroo P, Spiro A, Vokonas P, Sparrow D, Weiss ST, Knihtilä HM, Litonjua AA, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Lasky-Su JA. Metabolomic differences in lung function metrics: evidence from two cohorts. Thorax. 2022 Sep; 77(9):919-928.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Sparrow, David
Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 34650005; PMCID: PMC9008068; DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216639;

Gatz M, Harris JR, Kaprio J, McGue M, Smith NL, Snieder H, Spiro A, Butler DA. Corrigendum to: Cohort Profile: The National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Twin Registry (NAS-NRC Twin Registry). Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Aug 30; 50(4):1402. PMID: 34166500; PMCID: PMC8562324; DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyab130;

Gao X, Coull B, Lin X, Vokonas P, Spiro A, Hou L, Schwartz J, Baccarelli AA. Publisher Correction: Short-term air pollution, cognitive performance and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Nat Aging. 2021 Jun; 1(6):566.View Related Profiles.

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Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 37117836

Gao X, Coull B, Lin X, Vokonas P, Spiro A, Hou L, Schwartz J, Baccarelli AA. Short-term air pollution, cognitive performance, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Nat Aging. 2021 May; 1(5):430-437.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 34841262; PMCID: PMC8622756; DOI: 10.1038/s43587-021-00060-4;

Quach LT, Cho K, Driver JA, Ward R, Spiro A, Dugan E, Gaziano MJ, Djousse L, Rudolph JL, Gagnon DR. Social Characteristics, Health, and Mortality Among Male Centenarians Using Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care. Res Aging. 2022 02; 44(2):136-143.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Gagnon, David

PMID: 33779393; PMCID: PMC10756333; DOI: 10.1177/01640275211000724;

Howard JT, Janak JC, Santos-Lozada AR, McEvilla S, Ansley SD, Walker LE, Spiro A, Stewart IJ. Telomere Shortening and Accelerated Aging in US Military Veterans. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 11; 18(4). PMID: 33670145; PMCID: PMC7916830; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18041743;

Zammit AR, Piccinin AM, Duggan EC, Koval A, Clouston S, Robitaille A, Brown CL, Handschuh P, Wu C, Jarry V, Finkel D, Graham RB, Muniz-Terrera G, Praetorius Björk M, Bennett D, Deeg DJ, Johansson B, Katz MJ, Kaye J, Lipton RB, Martin M, Pederson NL, Spiro A, Zimprich D, Hofer SM. A Coordinated Multi-study Analysis of the Longitudinal Association Between Handgrip Strength and Cognitive Function in Older Adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2021 01 18; 76(2):229-241. PMID: 31187137; PMCID: PMC7813182; DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbz072;

Daniels RD, Clouston SAP, Hall CB, Anderson KR, Bennett DA, Bromet EJ, Calvert GM, Carreón T, DeKosky ST, Diminich ED, Finch CE, Gandy S, Kreisl WC, Kritikos M, Kubale TL, Mielke MM, Peskind ER, Raskind MA, Richards M, Sano M, Santiago-Colón A, Sloan RP, Spiro A, Vasdev N, Luft BJ, Reissman DB. A Workshop on Cognitive Aging and Impairment in the 9/11-Exposed Population. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 01 14; 18(2). PMID: 33466931; PMCID: PMC7830144; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18020681;

Lindert J, Lee LO, Weisskopf MG, McKee M, Sehner S, Spiro A. Threats to Belonging-Stressful Life Events and Mental Health Symptoms in Aging Men-A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Front Psychiatry. 2020; 11:575979.View Related Profiles.

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Lee, Lewina

PMID: 33424657; PMCID: PMC7793980; DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.575979;

Davison, E.H., Spiro, A. III, & Pless Kaiser, A. The reemergence of trauma in aging U.S. military veterans: Engaging with the past. Trauma und Gewalt. 2020; 14(4):304-319. View Publication

Yang MS, Quach L, Lee LO, Spiro A, Burr JA. Subjective well-being among male veterans in later life: the enduring effects of early life adversity. Aging Ment Health. 2022 01; 26(1):107-115.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Lee, Lewina

PMID: 33170037; PMCID: PMC9239431; DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2020.1842999;

Vonk JMJ, Higby E, Nikolaev A, Cahana-Amitay D, Spiro A, Albert ML, Obler LK. Demographic Effects on Longitudinal Semantic Processing, Working Memory, and Cognitive Speed. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2020 10 16; 75(9):1850-1862. PMID: 32609841; PMCID: PMC7759739; DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa080;

Scioli ER, Smith BN, Whitworth JW, Spiro A, Esterman M, Dutra S, Bogdan KM, Eld A, Rasmusson AM. Moderated mediation for exercise maintenance in pain and posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized trial. Health Psychol. 2020 Sep; 39(9):826-840.View Related Profiles.

Rasmusson, Ann
Spiro, Avron
Smith, Brian
Scioli, Erica
Whitworth, James
Esterman, Michael
Dutra, Sunny

PMID: 32833484; PMCID: PMC8559731; DOI: 10.1037/hea0000876;

Zundel CG, Heeren T, Grasso CM, Spiro A, Proctor SP, Sullivan K, Krengel M. Changes in Health Status in the Ft. Devens Gulf War Veterans Cohort: 1997-2017. Neurosci Insights. 2020; 15:2633105520952675.View Related Profiles.

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Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 32914090; PMCID: PMC7444112; DOI: 10.1177/2633105520952675;

Weston SJ, Graham EK, Turiano NA, Aschwanden D, Booth T, Harrison F, James BD, Lewis NA, Makkar SR, Mueller S, Wisniewski KM, Yoneda T, Zhaoyang R, Spiro A, Drewelies J, Wagner GG, Steinhagen-Thiessen E, Demuth I, Willis S, Schaie KW, Sliwinski M, Lipton RA, Katz M, Deary IJ, Zelinski EM, Bennett DA, Sachdev PS, Brodaty H, Trollor JN, Ames D, Wright MJ, Gerstorf D, Allemand M, Muniz-Terrera G, Piccinin AM, Hofer SM, Mroczek DK. Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Chronic Conditions? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis. Collabra Psychol. 2020; 6(1). PMID: 33073161; PMCID: PMC7566654; DOI: 10.1525/collabra.267;

Kelly RS, Bayne H, Spiro A, Vokonas P, Sparrow D, Weiss ST, Schwartz J, Nassan FL, Lee-Sarwar K, Huang M, Kachroo P, Chu SH, Litonjua AA, Lasky-Su JA. Metabolomic signatures of lead exposure in the VA Normative Aging Study. Environ Res. 2020 11; 190:110022.View Related Profiles.

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Sparrow, David
Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 32791250; PMCID: PMC7983049; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110022;

Dolcini J, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Cayir A, Sanchez-Guerra M, Brennan KJ, Dereix AE, Coull BA, Spiro A, Vokonas P, Schwartz J, Baccarelli AA. Age and mitochondrial DNA copy number influence the association between outdoor temperature and cognitive function: Insights from the VA Normative Aging Study. Environ Epidemiol. 2020 Aug; 4(4):e0108.View Related Profiles.

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Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 32832843; PMCID: PMC7423527; DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000108;

Turiano NA, Graham EK, Weston SJ, Booth T, Harrison F, James BD, Lewis NA, Makkar SR, Mueller S, Wisniewski KM, Zhaoyang R, Spiro A, Willis S, Schaie KW, Lipton RB, Katz M, Sliwinski M, Deary IJ, Zelinski EM, Bennett DA, Sachdev PS, Brodaty H, Trollor JN, Ames D, Wright MJ, Gerstorf D, Muniz-Terrera G, Piccinin AM, Hofer SM, Mroczek DK. Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Longevity? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis. Collabra Psychol. 2020; 6(1). PMID: 33354648; PMCID: PMC7751763; DOI: 10.1525/collabra.268;

Graham EK, Weston SJ, Turiano NA, Aschwanden D, Booth T, Harrison F, James BD, Lewis NA, Makkar SR, Mueller S, Wisniewski KM, Yoneda T, Zhaoyang R, Spiro A, Willis S, Schaie KW, Sliwinski M, Lipton RA, Katz MJ, Deary IJ, Zelinski EM, Bennett DA, Sachdev PS, Brodaty H, Trollor JN, Ames D, Wright MJ, Gerstorf D, Allemand M, Drewelies J, Wagner GG, Muniz-Terrera G, Piccinin AM, Hofer SM, Mroczek DK. Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Health Behaviors? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis. Collabra Psychol. 2020; 6(1). PMID: 33354649; PMCID: PMC7751766; DOI: 10.1525/collabra.266;

Park, C., Pless Kaiser, A., Finkelstein-Fox, L., Spiro, A. III, & Wachen, J. Gayle Beck and Denise Sloan (Eds.), Oxford handbook of traumatic stress disorders. Risk and protective factors for traumatic stress disorders. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 2020; 1-26. View Publication

Graham EK, Weston SJ, Gerstorf D, Yoneda TB, Booth T, Beam CR, Petkus AJ, Drewelies J, Hall AN, Bastarache ED, Estabrook R, Katz MJ, Turiano NA, Lindenberger U, Smith J, Wagner GG, Pedersen NL, Allemand M, Spiro A, Deeg DJH, Johansson B, Piccinin AM, Lipton RB, Schaie KW, Willis S, Reynolds CA, Deary IJ, Hofer SM, Mroczek DK. Trajectories of Big Five Personality Traits: A Coordinated Analysis of 16 Longitudinal Samples. Eur J Pers. 2020 May; 34(3):301-321. PMID: 33564207; PMCID: PMC7869960; DOI: 10.1002/per.2259;

Almeida DM, Charles ST, Mogle J, Drewelies J, Aldwin CM, Spiro A, Gerstorf D. Charting adult development through (historically changing) daily stress processes. Am Psychol. 2020 May-Jun; 75(4):511-524. PMID: 32378946; PMCID: PMC7213066; DOI: 10.1037/amp0000597;

Smith BN, Spiro A, Frayne SM, Kimerling R, Cypel Y, Reinhard MJ, Kilbourne AM, Magruder KM. Impact of Wartime Stress Exposures and Mental Health on Later-Life Functioning and Disability in Vietnam-Era Women Veterans: Findings From the Health of Vietnam-Era Women's Study. Psychosom Med. 2020 Feb/Mar; 82(2):147-157.View Related Profiles.

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Smith, Brian

PMID: 31714370; PMCID: PMC8845064; DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000762;

Duggan EC, Piccinin AM, Clouston S, Koval AV, Robitaille A, Zammit AR, Wu C, Brown CL, Lee LO, Finkel D, Beasley WH, Kaye J, Terrera GM, Katz M, Lipton RB, Deeg D, Bennett DA, Praetorius Björk M, Johansson B, Spiro A, Weuve J, Hofer SM. A Multi-study Coordinated Meta-analysis of Pulmonary Function and Cognition in Aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2019 10 04; 74(11):1793-1804.View Related Profiles.

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Weuve, Jennifer

PMID: 30825374; PMCID: PMC6777093; DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glz057;

Lee LO, Aldwin CM, Kubzansky LD, Mroczek DK, Spiro A. The long arm of childhood experiences on longevity: Testing midlife vulnerability and resilience pathways. Psychol Aging. 2019 Nov; 34(7):884-899.View Related Profiles.

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Lee, Lewina

PMID: 31524422; PMCID: PMC7008963; DOI: 10.1037/pag0000394;

Schmidt EM, Magruder K, Kilbourne AM, Stock EM, Cypel Y, El Burai Félix S, Serpi T, Kimerling R, Cohen B, Spiro A, Furey J, Huang GD, Frayne SM. Four Decades after War: Incident Diabetes among Women Vietnam-Era Veterans in the HealthViEWS Study. Womens Health Issues. 2019 Nov - Dec; 29(6):471-479. PMID: 31519465; DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2019.08.002;

Clouston SAP, Diminich ED, Kotov R, Pietrzak RH, Richards M, Spiro A, Deri Y, Carr M, Yang X, Gandy S, Sano M, Bromet EJ, Luft BJ. Incidence of mild cognitive impairment in World Trade Center responders: Long-term consequences of re-experiencing the events on 9/11/2001. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2019 Dec; 11:628-636. PMID: 31517025; PMCID: PMC6733774; DOI: 10.1016/j.dadm.2019.07.006;

Lee LO, James P, Zevon ES, Kim ES, Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Spiro A, Grodstein F, Kubzansky LD. Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity in 2 epidemiologic cohorts of men and women. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 09 10; 116(37):18357-18362.View Related Profiles.

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Lee, Lewina

PMID: 31451635; PMCID: PMC6744861; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1900712116;

Kim ES, Fong K, Lee L, Spiro A, Schwartz J, Whitsel E, Horvath S, Wang C, Hou L, Baccarelli AA, Li Y, Stewart J, Manson JE, Grodstein F, DeMeo DL, Kubzansky LD. Optimism is not associated with two indicators of DNA methylation aging. Aging (Albany NY). 2019 07 18; 11(14):4970-4989.View Related Profiles.

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Prada D, Colicino E, Power MC, Weisskopf MG, Zhong J, Hou L, Spiro A, Vokonas P, Brennan K, Herrera LA, Schwartz J, Wright R, Hu H, Baccarelli AA. Corrigendum to "APOE e4 allele modifies the association of lead exposure with age-related cognitive decline in older individuals" [Environ. Res. 151 (2016) 101-105]. Environ Res. 2018 08; 165:504.View Related Profiles.

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Sternke LM, Serpi T, Spiro A, Kimerling R, Kilbourne AM, Cypel Y, Frayne SM, Furey J, Huang GD, Reinhard MJ, Magruder K. Assessment of a Revised Wartime Experiences Scale for Vietnam-Era Women: The Health of Vietnam-Era Women's Study (HealthViEWS). Womens Health Issues. 2017 Jul - Aug; 27(4):471-477. PMID: 28438646

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Prada D, Colicino E, Power MC, Weisskopf MG, Zhong J, Hou L, Spiro A, Vokonas P, Brenan K, Herrera LA, Schwartz J, Baccarelli AA. APOE e4 allele modifies the association of lead exposure with age-related cognitive decline in older individuals. Environ Res. 2016 Nov; 151:101-105.View Related Profiles.

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Spiro A, Settersten RA, Aldwin CM. Long-term Outcomes of Military Service in Aging and the Life Course: A Positive Re-envisioning. Gerontologist. 2016 Feb; 56(1):5-13. PMID: 26655859; PMCID: PMC4906316; DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv093;

Cahana-Amitay D, Spiro A, Sayers JT, Oveis AC, Higby E, Ojo EA, Duncan S, Goral M, Hyun J, Albert ML, Obler LK. How older adults use cognition in sentence-final word recognition. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2016 Jul; 23(4):418-44.View Related Profiles.

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Davison EH, Kaiser AP, Spiro A, Moye J, King LA, King DW. From Late-Onset Stress Symptomatology to Later-Adulthood Trauma Reengagement in Aging Combat Veterans: Taking a Broader View. Gerontologist. 2016 Feb; 56(1):14-21.View Related Profiles.

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Lee LO, Aldwin CM, Kubzansky LD, Chen E, Mroczek DK, Wang JM, Spiro A. Do cherished children age successfully? Longitudinal findings from the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Psychol Aging. 2015 Dec; 30(4):894-910.View Related Profiles.

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Kaye EK, Heaton B, Sohn W, Rich SE, Spiro A, Garcia RI. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet and New and Recurrent Root Caries Events in Men. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Sep; 63(9):1812-9.View Related Profiles.

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Nath R, Jeong YJ, Igarashi H, Proulx J, Aldwin CM, Spiro A. Cholesterol and depressive symptoms in older men across time. Health Psychol Open. 2015 Jan; 2(1):2055102915592089. PMID: 28070358; PMCID: PMC5193288; DOI: 10.1177/2055102915592089;

Cahana-Amitay D, Oveis AC, Sayers JT, Pineles SL, Spiro A, Albert ML. Biomarkers of "Linguistic Anxiety" in aphasia: a proof-of-concept case study. Clin Linguist Phon. 2015 May; 29(5):401-13.View Related Profiles.

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Ji JS, Power MC, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Hu H, Louis ED, Weisskopf MG. Lead exposure and tremor among older men: the VA normative aging study. Environ Health Perspect. 2015 May; 123(5):445-50.View Related Profiles.

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King DW, King LA, Park CL, Lee LO, Kaiser AP, Spiro A, Moore JL, Kaloupek DG, Keane TM. Positive Adjustment Among American Repatriated Prisoners of the Vietnam War: Modeling the Long-Term Effects of Captivity. Clin Psychol Sci. 2015 Nov 01; 3(6):861-876.View Related Profiles.

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Bakulski KM, Park SK, Weisskopf MG, Tucker KL, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Vokonas PS, Nie LH, Hu H, Weuve J. Lead exposure, B vitamins, and plasma homocysteine in men 55 years of age and older: the VA normative aging study. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Oct; 122(10):1066-74.View Related Profiles.

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Colicino E, Power MC, Cox DG, Weisskopf MG, Hou L, Alexeeff SE, Sanchez-Guerra M, Vokonas P, Spiro A, Schwartz J, Baccarelli AA. Mitochondrial haplogroups modify the effect of black carbon on age-related cognitive impairment. Environ Health. 2014; 13(1):42.View Related Profiles.

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Aronis KN, Sahin-Efe A, Chamberland JP, Spiro A, Vokonas P, Mantzoros CS. Chemerin levels as predictor of acute coronary events: a case-control study nested within the veterans affairs normative aging study. Metabolism. 2014 Jun; 63(6):760-6.View Related Profiles.

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Cahana-Amitay D, Albert ML, Ojo EA, Sayers J, Goral M, Obler LK, Spiro A. Effects of hypertension and diabetes on sentence comprehension in aging. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2013 Jul; 68(4):513-21.View Related Profiles.

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Piccinin AM, Muniz-Terrera G, Clouston S, Reynolds CA, Thorvaldsson V, Deary IJ, Deeg DJ, Johansson B, Mackinnon A, Spiro A, Starr JM, Skoog I, Hofer SM. Coordinated analysis of age, sex, and education effects on change in MMSE scores. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2013 May; 68(3):374-90. PMID: 23033357; PMCID: PMC3693608; DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs077;

Potter CM, Kaiser AP, King LA, King DW, Davison EH, Seligowski AV, Brady CB, Spiro A. Distinguishing late-onset stress symptomatology from posttraumatic stress disorder in older combat veterans. Aging Ment Health. 2013; 17(2):173-9.View Related Profiles.

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Madrigano J, Baccarelli A, Mittleman MA, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Vokonas PS, Cantone L, Kubzansky L, Schwartz J. Air pollution and DNA methylation: interaction by psychological factors in the VA Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Aug 1; 176(3):224-32.View Related Profiles.

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Schwartz N, Kaye EK, Nunn ME, Spiro A, Garcia RI. High-fiber foods reduce periodontal disease progression in men aged 65 and older: the Veterans Affairs normative aging study/Dental Longitudinal Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Apr; 60(4):676-83.View Related Profiles.

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Kaiser AP, Park CL, King LA, King DW, Schuster J, Spiro A, Moore JL, Kaloupek DG, Keane TM. Long-term effects of coping with extreme stress: longitudinal study of Vietnam-era repatriated prisoners of war. J Trauma Stress. 2011 Dec; 24(6):680-90.View Related Profiles.

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Ikeda A, Schwartz J, Peters JL, Fang S, Spiro A, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Kubzansky LD. Optimism in relation to inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in older men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Psychosom Med. 2011 Oct; 73(8):664-71.View Related Profiles.

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Eisen SV, Bottonari KA, Glickman ME, Spiro A, Schultz MR, Herz L, Rosenheck R, Rofman ES. The incremental value of self-reported mental health measures in predicting functional outcomes of veterans. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2011 Apr; 38(2):170-90.View Related Profiles.

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Echt KV, Smith SL, Burridge AB, Spiro A. Longitudinal changes in hearing sensitivity among men: the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. J Acoust Soc Am. 2010 Oct; 128(4):1992-2002. PMID: 20968370; DOI: 10.1121/1.3466878;

Park SK, Elmarsafawy S, Mukherjee B, Spiro A, Vokonas PS, Nie H, Weisskopf MG, Schwartz J, Hu H. Cumulative lead exposure and age-related hearing loss: the VA Normative Aging Study. Hear Res. 2010 Oct 1; 269(1-2):48-55.View Related Profiles.

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Poduslo SE, Huang R, Spiro A. A genome screen of successful aging without cognitive decline identifies LRP1B by haplotype analysis. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2010 Jan 5; 153B(1):114-9. PMID: 19367585; DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30963;

Cunnion DT, Spiro A, Jones JA, Rich SE, Papageorgiou CP, Tate A, Casamassimo P, Hayes C, Garcia RI. Pediatric oral health-related quality of life improvement after treatment of early childhood caries: a prospective multisite study. J Dent Child (Chic). 2010 Jan-Apr; 77(1):4-11.View Related Profiles.

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Albert ML, Spiro A, Sayers KJ, Cohen JA, Brady CB, Goral M, Obler LK. Effects of health status on word finding in aging. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Dec; 57(12):2300-5.View Related Profiles.

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Peters JL, Weisskopf MG, Spiro A, Schwartz J, Sparrow D, Nie H, Hu H, Wright RO, Wright RJ. Interaction of stress, lead burden, and age on cognition in older men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Apr; 118(4):505-10.View Related Profiles.

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van de Rest O, Spiro A, Krall-Kaye E, Geleijnse JM, de Groot LC, Tucker KL. Intakes of (n-3) fatty acids and fatty fish are not associated with cognitive performance and 6-year cognitive change in men participating in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. J Nutr. 2009 Dec; 139(12):2329-36.View Related Profiles.

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Mroczek DK, Spiro A, Turiano N. Do Health Behaviors Explain the Effect of Neuroticism on Mortality? Longitudinal Findings from the VA Normative Aging Study. J Res Pers. 2009 Aug 01; 43(4):653-659. PMID: 20161240; PMCID: PMC2705907; DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.03.016;

Selim AJ, Kazis LE, Qian S, Rothendler JA, Spiro A, Rogers W, Haffer SC, Wright SM, Miller D, Selim BJ, Fincke BG. Differences in risk-adjusted mortality between medicaid-eligible patients enrolled in medicare advantage plans and those enrolled in the veterans health administration. J Ambul Care Manage. 2009 Jul-Sep; 32(3):232-40.View Related Profiles.

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McCall-Hosenfeld JS, Liebschutz JM, Spiro A, Seaver MR. Sexual assault in the military and its impact on sexual satisfaction in women veterans: a proposed model. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Jun; 18(6):901-9.View Related Profiles.

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Boeninger DK, Shiraishi RW, Aldwin CM, Spiro A. Why do older men report low stress ratings? Findings from the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2009; 68(2):149-70. PMID: 19445347

Knoops KT, Spiro A, de Groot LC, Kromhout D, van Staveren WA, Tucker KL. Do dietary patterns in older men influence change in homocysteine through folate fortification? The Normative Aging Study. Public Health Nutr. 2009 Oct; 12(10):1760-6. PMID: 19105862; DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008004321;

Rajan P, Kelsey KT, Schwartz JD, Bellinger DC, Weuve J, Spiro A, Sparrow D, Smith TJ, Nie H, Weisskopf MG, Hu H, Wright RO. Interaction of the delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase polymorphism and lead burden on cognitive function: the VA normative aging study. J Occup Environ Med. 2008 Sep; 50(9):1053-61.View Related Profiles.

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Neupert SD, Mroczek DK, Spiro A. Neuroticism moderates the daily relation between stressors and memory failures. Psychol Aging. 2008 Jun; 23(2):287-96. PMID: 18573003; PMCID: PMC4084696; DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.23.2.287;

Park SK, O'Neill MS, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Tucker KL, Suh H, Hu H, Schwartz J. Traffic-related particles are associated with elevated homocysteine: the VA normative aging study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Aug 1; 178(3):283-9.View Related Profiles.

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Shen BJ, Countryman AJ, Spiro A, Niaura R. The prospective contribution of hostility characteristics to high fasting glucose levels: the moderating role of marital status. Diabetes Care. 2008 Jul; 31(7):1293-8. PMID: 18460671; PMCID: PMC2453669; DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1945;

Miller DR, Rogers WH, Kazis LE, Spiro A, Ren XS, Haffer SC. Patients' self-report of diseases in the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey based on comparisons with linked survey and medical data from the Veterans Health Administration. J Ambul Care Manage. 2008 Apr-Jun; 31(2):161-77.View Related Profiles.

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Shen BJ, Avivi YE, Todaro JF, Spiro A, Laurenceau JP, Ward KD, Niaura R. Anxiety characteristics independently and prospectively predict myocardial infarction in men the unique contribution of anxiety among psychologic factors. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jan 15; 51(2):113-9. PMID: 18191733; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.09.033;

Pekkala S, Albert ML, Spiro A, Erkinjuntti T. Perseveration in Alzheimer's disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2008; 25(2):109-14. PMID: 18075249

Rajan P, Kelsey KT, Schwartz JD, Bellinger DC, Weuve J, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Smith TJ, Nie H, Hu H, Wright RO. Lead burden and psychiatric symptoms and the modifying influence of the delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) polymorphism: the VA Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Dec 15; 166(12):1400-8.View Related Profiles.

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Zhang J, Niaura R, Dyer JR, Shen BJ, Todaro JF, McCaffery JM, Spiro A, Ward KD. Hostility and urine norepinephrine interact to predict insulin resistance: the VA Normative Aging Study. Psychosom Med. 2006 Sep-Oct; 68(5):718-26. PMID: 17012525

Weuve J, Kelsey KT, Schwartz J, Bellinger D, Wright RO, Rajan P, Spiro A, Sparrow D, Aro A, Hu H. Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase polymorphism and the relation between low level lead exposure and the Mini-Mental Status Examination in older men: the Normative Aging Study. Occup Environ Med. 2006 Nov; 63(11):746-53.View Related Profiles.

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Sloan KL, Montez-Rath ME, Spiro A, Christiansen CL, Loveland S, Shokeen P, Herz L, Eisen S, Breckenridge JN, Rosen AK. Development and validation of a psychiatric case-mix system. Med Care. 2006 Jun; 44(6):568-80.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 16340622

Kinnunen T, Haukkala A, Korhonen T, Quiles ZN, Spiro A, Garvey AJ. Depression and smoking across 25 years of the Normative Aging Study. Int J Psychiatry Med. 2006; 36(4):413-26. PMID: 17407995

Brady CB, Spiro A, Gaziano JM. Effects of age and hypertension status on cognition: the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Neuropsychology. 2005 Nov; 19(6):770-7.View Related Profiles.

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Brady, Christopher
Gaziano, J. Michael

PMID: 16351352

Zhang J, Niaura R, Todaro JF, McCaffery JM, Shen BJ, Spiro A, Ward KD. Suppressed hostility predicted hypertension incidence among middle-aged men: the normative aging study. J Behav Med. 2005 Oct; 28(5):443-54. PMID: 16179978

Tucker KL, Qiao N, Scott T, Rosenberg I, Spiro A. High homocysteine and low B vitamins predict cognitive decline in aging men: the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Sep; 82(3):627-35. PMID: 16155277

Todaro JF, Con A, Niaura R, Spiro A, Ward KD, Roytberg A. Combined effect of the metabolic syndrome and hostility on the incidence of myocardial infarction (the Normative Aging Study). Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jul 15; 96(2):221-6. PMID: 16018847

Fincke BG, Clark JA, Linzer M, Spiro A, Miller DR, Lee A, Kazis LE. Assessment of long-term complications due to type 2 diabetes using patient self-report: the diabetes complications index. J Ambul Care Manage. 2005 Jul-Sep; 28(3):262-73.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Fincke, Benjamin
Miller, Donald
Clark, Jack
Kazis, Lewis

PMID: 15968219

Clark JA, Spiro A, Miller DR, Fincke BG, Skinner KM, Kazis LE. Patient-based measures of illness severity in the Veterans Health Study. J Ambul Care Manage. 2005 Jul-Sep; 28(3):274-85.View Related Profiles.

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Fincke, Benjamin
Miller, Donald
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Kazis, Lewis

PMID: 15968220

Schnurr PP, Lunney CA, Sengupta A, Spiro A. A longitudinal study of retirement in older male veterans. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2005 Jun; 73(3):561-6. PMID: 15982154

Selim AJ, Fincke G, Berlowitz DR, Miller DR, Qian SX, Lee A, Cong Z, Rogers W, Selim BJ, Ren XS, Spiro A, Kazis LE. Comprehensive health status assessment of centenarians: results from the 1999 large health survey of veteran enrollees. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2005 Apr; 60(4):515-9.View Related Profiles.

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Fincke, Benjamin
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Kazis, Lewis

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Miller DR, Clark JA, Rogers WH, Skinner KM, Spiro A, Lee A, Kazis LE. The influence of place of administration on health-related quality-of-life assessments: findings from the Veterans Health Study. J Ambul Care Manage. 2005 Apr-Jun; 28(2):111-24.View Related Profiles.

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Miller, Donald
Clark, Jack
Kazis, Lewis

PMID: 15923945

Mroczek DK, Spiro A. Change in life satisfaction during adulthood: findings from the veterans affairs normative aging study. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2005 Jan; 88(1):189-202. PMID: 15631584

Weisskopf MG, Wright RO, Schwartz J, Spiro A, Sparrow D, Aro A, Hu H. Cumulative lead exposure and prospective change in cognition among elderly men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Dec 15; 160(12):1184-93.View Related Profiles.

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Sparrow, David

PMID: 15583371

Eisen SV, Normand SL, Belanger AJ, Spiro A, Esch D. The Revised Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-R): reliability and validity. Med Care. 2004 Dec; 42(12):1230-41.View Related Profiles.

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Eisen, Susan

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McArdle JJ, Hamgami F, Jones K, Jolesz F, Kikinis R, Spiro A, Albert MS. Structural modeling of dynamic changes in memory and brain structure using longitudinal data from the normative aging study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2004 Nov; 59(6):P294-304. PMID: 15576857

Connor LT, Spiro A, Obler LK, Albert ML. Change in object naming ability during adulthood. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2004 Sep; 59(5):P203-9.View Related Profiles.

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Obler, Loraine

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Selim AJ, Berlowitz DR, Fincke G, Cong Z, Rogers W, Haffer SC, Ren XS, Lee A, Qian SX, Miller DR, Spiro A, Selim BJ, Kazis LE. The health status of elderly veteran enrollees in the Veterans Health Administration. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Aug; 52(8):1271-6.View Related Profiles.

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Kazis, Lewis

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Rogers WH, Kazis LE, Miller DR, Skinner KM, Clark JA, Spiro A, Fincke RG. Comparing the health status of VA and non-VA ambulatory patients: the veterans' health and medical outcomes studies. J Ambul Care Manage. 2004 Jul-Sep; 27(3):249-62.View Related Profiles.

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Fincke, Benjamin
Miller, Donald
Clark, Jack
Kazis, Lewis

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Kazis LE, Miller DR, Clark JA, Skinner KM, Lee A, Ren XS, Spiro A, Rogers WH, Ware JE. Improving the response choices on the veterans SF-36 health survey role functioning scales: results from the Veterans Health Study. J Ambul Care Manage. 2004 Jul-Sep; 27(3):263-80.View Related Profiles.

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Miller, Donald
Clark, Jack
Kazis, Lewis

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Frayne SM, Seaver MR, Loveland S, Christiansen CL, Spiro A, Parker VA, Skinner KM. Burden of medical illness in women with depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. Arch Intern Med. 2004 Jun 28; 164(12):1306-12.View Related Profiles.

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Christiansen, Cindy
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Jones JA, Kressin NR, Miller DR, Orner MB, Garcia RI, Spiro A. Comparison of patient-based oral health outcome measures. Qual Life Res. 2004 Jun; 13(5):975-85.View Related Profiles.

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Miller, Donald
Jones, Judith
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Charbonneau A, Rosen AK, Owen RR, Spiro A, Ash AS, Miller DR, Kazis L, Kader B, Cunningham F, Berlowitz DR. Monitoring depression care: in search of an accurate quality indicator. Med Care. 2004 Jun; 42(6):522-31.View Related Profiles.

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Kalman D, Lee A, Chan E, Miller DR, Spiro A, Ren XS, Kazis LE. Alcohol dependence, other psychiatric disorders, and health-related quality of life: a replication study in a large random sample of enrollees in the Veterans Health Administration. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2004 May; 30(2):473-87.View Related Profiles.

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Miller, Donald
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Skinner KM, Miller DR, Spiro A, Kazis LE. Measurement strategies designed and tested in the Veterans Health Study. J Ambul Care Manage. 2004 Apr-Jun; 27(2):180-9.View Related Profiles.

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Miller, Donald
Kazis, Lewis

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Kazis LE, Lee A, Spiro A, Rogers W, Ren XS, Miller DR, Selim A, Hamed A, Haffer SC. Measurement comparisons of the medical outcomes study and veterans SF-36 health survey. Health Care Financ Rev. 2004; 25(4):43-58.View Related Profiles.

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Miller, Donald
Kazis, Lewis

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Kazis LE, Miller DR, Skinner KM, Lee A, Ren XS, Clark JA, Rogers WH, Spiro A, Selim A, Linzer M, Payne SM, Mansell D, Fincke RG. Patient-reported measures of health: The Veterans Health Study. J Ambul Care Manage. 2004 Jan-Mar; 27(1):70-83.View Related Profiles.

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Fincke, Benjamin
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Clark, Jack
Kazis, Lewis

PMID: 14717468

Wright RO, Tsaih SW, Schwartz J, Spiro A, McDonald K, Weiss ST, Hu H. Lead exposure biomarkers and mini-mental status exam scores in older men. Epidemiology. 2003 Nov; 14(6):713-8. PMID: 14569188

Mroczek DK, Spiro A. Personality structure and process, variance between and within: integration by means of a developmental framework. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2003 Nov; 58(6):P305-6; author reply P311-2. PMID: 14614111

Rhodes D, Spiro A, Aro A, Hu H. Relationship of bone and blood lead levels to psychiatric symptoms: the normative aging study. J Occup Environ Med. 2003 Nov; 45(11):1144-51. PMID: 14610395

Todaro JF, Shen BJ, Niaura R, Spiro A, Ward KD. Effect of negative emotions on frequency of coronary heart disease (The Normative Aging Study). Am J Cardiol. 2003 Oct 15; 92(8):901-6. PMID: 14556863

Charbonneau A, Rosen AK, Ash AS, Owen RR, Kader B, Spiro A, Hankin C, Herz LR, Jo V Pugh M, Kazis L, Miller DR, Berlowitz DR. Measuring the quality of depression care in a large integrated health system. Med Care. 2003 May; 41(5):669-80.View Related Profiles.

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Spiro, Avron
Berlowitz, Dan
Miller, Donald
Herz, Lawrence
Kazis, Lewis

PMID: 12719691

Mroczek DK, Spiro A. Modeling intraindividual change in personality traits: findings from the normative aging study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2003 May; 58(3):P153-65. PMID: 12730308

Shen BJ, Todaro JF, Niaura R, McCaffery JM, Zhang J, Spiro A, Ward KD. Are metabolic risk factors one unified syndrome? Modeling the structure of the metabolic syndrome X. Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Apr 15; 157(8):701-11. PMID: 12697574

Kressin NR, Boehmer U, Nunn ME, Spiro A. Increased preventive practices lead to greater tooth retention. J Dent Res. 2003 Mar; 82(3):223-7.View Related Profiles.

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Kressin, Nancy
Boehmer, Ulrike

PMID: 12598553

Niaura RS, Stroud LR, Todaro J, Ward KD, Spiro A, Aldwin C, Landsberg L, Weiss ST. Associations between repression, general maladjustment, body weight, and body shape in older males: the Normative Aging Study. Int J Behav Med. 2003; 10(3):221-38. PMID: 14525718

Jones JA, Orner MB, Spiro A, Kressin NR. Tooth loss and dentures: patients' perspectives. Int Dent J. 2003; 53(5 Suppl):327-34.View Related Profiles.

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Jones, Judith
Kressin, Nancy

PMID: 14562938

Niaura R, Todaro JF, Stroud L, Spiro A, Ward KD, Weiss S. Hostility, the metabolic syndrome, and incident coronary heart disease. Health Psychol. 2002 Nov; 21(6):588-93. PMID: 12433011

Kressin NR, Spiro A, Atchison KA, Kazis L, Jones JA. Is depressive symptomatology associated with worse oral functioning and well-being among older adults? J Public Health Dent. 2002; 62(1):5-12.View Related Profiles.

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Jones, Judith
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Kressin, Nancy

PMID: 14700083

Jones JA, Spiro A, Miller DR, Garcia RI, Kressin NR. Need for dental care in older veterans: assessment of patient-based measures. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002 Jan; 50(1):163-8.View Related Profiles.

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Miller, Donald
Jones, Judith
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Kressin NR, Reisine S, Spiro A, Jones JA. Is negative affectivity associated with oral quality of life? Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2001 Dec; 29(6):412-23.View Related Profiles.

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Jones, Judith
Kressin, Nancy

PMID: 11784284

Brady CB, Spiro A, McGlinchey-Berroth R, Milberg W, Gaziano JM. Stroke risk predicts verbal fluency decline in healthy older men: evidence from the normative aging study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2001 Nov; 56(6):P340-6.View Related Profiles.

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Brady, Christopher
Gaziano, J. Michael
Milberg, William

PMID: 11682587

Aldwin CM, Spiro A, Levenson MR, Cupertino AP. Longitudinal findings from the Normative Aging Study: III. Personality, individual health trajectories, and mortality. Psychol Aging. 2001 Sep; 16(3):450-65. PMID: 11554523

Lawrence HP, Garcia RI, Essick GK, Hawkins R, Krall EA, Spiro A, Vokonas PS, Kong L, King T, Koch GG. A longitudinal study of the association between tooth loss and age-related hearing loss. Spec Care Dentist. 2001 Jul-Aug; 21(4):129-40.View Related Profiles.

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Kaye, Elizabeth
Vokonas, Pantel
Garcia, Raul

PMID: 11669061

Boehmer U, Kressin NR, Spiro A, Garcia RI, Kazis L, Miller D, Randall CW, Jones JA. Oral health of ambulatory care patients. Mil Med. 2001 Feb; 166(2):171-8.View Related Profiles.

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Wehler, Carolyn
Jones, Judith
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Kressin, Nancy
Garcia, Raul
Boehmer, Ulrike

PMID: 11272717

Jones JA, Kressin NR, Spiro A, Randall CW, Miller DR, Hayes C, Kazis L, Garcia RI. Self-reported and clinical oral health in users of VA health care. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001 Jan; 56(1):M55-62.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Wehler, Carolyn
Jones, Judith
Kazis, Lewis
Kressin, Nancy
Garcia, Raul

PMID: 11193235

Kressin NR, Spiro A, Skinner KM. Negative affectivity and health-related quality of life. Med Care. 2000 Aug; 38(8):858-67.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Kressin, Nancy

PMID: 10929997

LoCastro J, Spiro A, Monnelly E, Ciraulo D. Personality, family history, and alcohol use among older men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2000 Apr; 24(4):501-11.View Related Profiles.

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Ciraulo, Domenic
Monnelly, Edward
LoCastro, Joseph

PMID: 10798587

Achat H, Kawachi I, Spiro A, DeMolles DA, Sparrow D. Optimism and depression as predictors of physical and mental health functioning: the Normative Aging Study. Ann Behav Med. 2000; 22(2):127-30.View Related Profiles.

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Sparrow, David

PMID: 10962705

Spiro A, Bossé R. Relations between health-related quality of life and well-being: the gerontologist's new clothes? Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2000; 50(4):297-318. PMID: 11087109

Niaura R, Banks SM, Ward KD, Stoney CM, Spiro A, Aldwin CM, Landsberg L, Weiss ST. Hostility and the metabolic syndrome in older males: the normative aging study. Psychosom Med. 2000 Jan-Feb; 62(1):7-16. PMID: 10705906

Schnurr PP, Spiro A, Paris AH. Physician-diagnosed medical disorders in relation to PTSD symptoms in older male military veterans. Health Psychol. 2000 Jan; 19(1):91-7. PMID: 10711592

Hankin CS, Spiro A, Miller DR, Kazis L. Mental disorders and mental health treatment among U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs outpatients: the Veterans Health Study. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Dec; 156(12):1924-30.View Related Profiles.

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Kazis, Lewis

PMID: 10588406

Schnurr PP, Spiro A. Combat exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and health behaviors as predictors of self-reported physical health in older veterans. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1999 Jun; 187(6):353-9. PMID: 10379722

Boehmer U, Kressin NR, Spiro A. Preventive dental behaviors and their association with oral health status in older white men. J Dent Res. 1999 Apr; 78(4):869-77.View Related Profiles.

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Kressin, Nancy
Boehmer, Ulrike

PMID: 10326731

Huntington NL, Krall EA, Garcia RI, Spiro A. SES and oral health status in an elderly population. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1999; 896:451-4.View Related Profiles.

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Kaye, Elizabeth
Garcia, Raul

PMID: 10681948

Levenson MR, Aldwin CM, Spiro A. Age, cohort and period effects on alcohol consumption and problem drinking: findings from the Normative Aging Study. J Stud Alcohol. 1998 Nov; 59(6):712-22. PMID: 9811093

Schnurr PP, Spiro A, Aldwin CM, Stukel TA. Physical symptom trajectories following trauma exposure: longitudinal findings from the normative aging study. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1998 Sep; 186(9):522-8. PMID: 9741557

Mroczek DK, Ozer DJ, Spiro A, Kaiser RT. Evaluating a measure of the five-factor model of personality. Assessment. 1998 Sep; 5(3):287-301. PMID: 9728035

Clark JA, Spiro A, Fincke G, Miller DR, Kazis LE. Symptom severity of osteoarthritis of the knee: a patient-based measure developed in the veterans health study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1998 Sep; 53(5):M351-60.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Fincke, Benjamin
Clark, Jack
Kazis, Lewis

PMID: 9754141

Kawachi I, Sparrow D, Kubzansky LD, Spiro A, Vokonas PS, Weiss ST. Prospective study of a self-report type A scale and risk of coronary heart disease: test of the MMPI-2 type A scale. Circulation. 1998 Aug 4; 98(5):405-12.View Related Profiles.

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Sparrow, David
Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 9714090

Kazis LE, Miller DR, Clark J, Skinner K, Lee A, Rogers W, Spiro A, Payne S, Fincke G, Selim A, Linzer M. Health-related quality of life in patients served by the Department of Veterans Affairs: results from the Veterans Health Study. Arch Intern Med. 1998 Mar 23; 158(6):626-32.View Related Profiles.

Selim, Alfredo
Spiro, Avron
Fincke, Benjamin
Clark, Jack
Kazis, Lewis

PMID: 9521227

Fincke BG, Miller DR, Spiro A. The interaction of patient perception of overmedication with drug compliance and side effects. J Gen Intern Med. 1998 Mar; 13(3):182-5.View Related Profiles.

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Fincke, Benjamin

PMID: 9541375; PMCID: PMC1496921

Payton M, Riggs KM, Spiro A, Weiss ST, Hu H. Relations of bone and blood lead to cognitive function: the VA Normative Aging Study. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 1998 Jan-Feb; 20(1):19-27. PMID: 9511166

Kubzansky LD, Kawachi I, Spiro A, Weiss ST, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D. Is worrying bad for your heart? A prospective study of worry and coronary heart disease in the Normative Aging Study. Circulation. 1997 Feb 18; 95(4):818-24.View Related Profiles.

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Sparrow, David
Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 9054737

Kawachi I, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Vokonas P, Weiss ST. A prospective study of anger and coronary heart disease. The Normative Aging Study. Circulation. 1996 Nov 1; 94(9):2090-5.View Related Profiles.

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Sparrow, David
Vokonas, Pantel

PMID: 8901656

Bush LA, Horenkamp N, Morley JE, Spiro A. D-E-N-T-A-L: a rapid self-administered screening instrument to promote referrals for further evaluation in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996 Aug; 44(8):979-81. PMID: 8708312

Aldwin CM, Sutton KJ, Chiara G, Spiro A. Age differences in stress, coping, and appraisal: findings from the Normative Aging Study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1996 Jul; 51(4):P179-88. PMID: 8673639

Kressin N, Spiro A, Bosse R, Garcia R, Kazis L. Assessing oral health-related quality of life: findings from the normative aging study. Med Care. 1996 May; 34(5):416-27.View Related Profiles.

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Kazis, Lewis
Kressin, Nancy
Garcia, Raul

PMID: 8614164

Riggs KM, Spiro A, Tucker K, Rush D. Relations of vitamin B-12, vitamin B-6, folate, and homocysteine to cognitive performance in the Normative Aging Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 1996 Mar; 63(3):306-14. PMID: 8602585

Spiro A, Aldwin CM, Ward KD, Mroczek DK. Personality and the incidence of hypertension among older men: longitudinal findings from the Normative Aging Study. Health Psychol. 1995 Nov; 14(6):563-9. PMID: 8565931

Spiro A, Schnurr PP, Aldwin CM. Combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in older men. Psychol Aging. 1994 Mar; 9(1):17-26. PMID: 8185864

Aldwin CM, Levenson MR, Spiro A. Vulnerability and resilience to combat exposure: can stress have lifelong effects? Psychol Aging. 1994 Mar; 9(1):34-44. PMID: 8185866

Mroczek DK, Spiro A, Aldwin CM, Ozer DJ, Bossé R. Construct validation of optimism and pessimism in older men: findings from the normative aging study. Health Psychol. 1993 Sep; 12(5):406-9. PMID: 8223365

Bossé R, Aldwin CM, Levenson MR, Spiro A, Mroczek DK. Change in social support after retirement: longitudinal findings from the Normative Aging Study. J Gerontol. 1993 Jul; 48(4):P210-7. PMID: 8315238

Butcher JN, Aldwin CM, Levenson MR, Ben-Porath YS, Spiro A, Bossé R. Personality and aging: a study of the MMPI-2 among older men. Psychol Aging. 1991 Sep; 6(3):361-70. PMID: 1930753

Aldwin CM, Spiro A, Clark G, Hall N. Thymic peptides, stress, and depressive symptoms in older men: a comparison of different statistical techniques for small samples. Brain Behav Immun. 1991 Jun; 5(2):206-18. PMID: 1893220

Spiro A, Aldwin CM, Levenson MR, Bossé R. Longitudinal findings from the Normative Aging Study: II. Do emotionality and extraversion predict symptom change? J Gerontol. 1990 Jul; 45(4):P136-44. PMID: 2365969

Aldwin CM, Spiro A, Levenson MR, Bossé R. Longitudinal findings from the normative aging study: 1. Does mental health change with age? Psychol Aging. 1989 Sep; 4(3):295-306. PMID: 2803623

Aldwin CM, Levenson MR, Spiro A, Bossé R. Does emotionality predict stress? Findings from the normative aging study. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1989 Apr; 56(4):618-24. PMID: 2709310

Clark GA, Aldwin CM, Hall NR, Spiro A, Goldstein A. Is poor early growth related to adult immune aging? A follow-up study. Am J Hum Biol. 1989; 1(3):331-337. PMID: 28514085

Levenson MR, Aldwin CM, Bossé R, Spiro A. Emotionality and mental health: longitudinal findings from the normative aging study. J Abnorm Psychol. 1988 Feb; 97(1):94-6. PMID: 3351120

Dockery DW, Speizer FE, Ferris BG, Ware JH, Louis TA, Spiro A. Cumulative and reversible effects of lifetime smoking on simple tests of lung function in adults. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1988 Feb; 137(2):286-92. PMID: 3341623

Louis TA, Robins J, Dockery DW, Spiro A, Ware JH. Explaining discrepancies between longitudinal and cross-sectional models. J Chronic Dis. 1986; 39(10):831-9. PMID: 3489727

Ferris BG, Ware JH, Berkey CS, Dockery DW, Spiro A, Speizer FE. Effects of passive smoking on health of children. Environ Health Perspect. 1985 Oct; 62:289-95. PMID: 4085432; PMCID: PMC1568686

Dockery DW, Ware JH, Ferris BG, Glicksberg DS, Fay ME, Spiro A, Speizer FE. Distribution of forced expiratory volume in one second and forced vital capacity in healthy, white, adult never-smokers in six U.S. cities. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1985 Apr; 131(4):511-20. PMID: 3873193

Ware JH, Dockery DW, Spiro A, Speizer FE, Ferris BG. Passive smoking, gas cooking, and respiratory health of children living in six cities. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1984 Mar; 129(3):366-74. PMID: 6703495

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 268 publications over 39 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2015

Bar chart showing 268 publications over 39 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2015

Year	Publications
1984	1
1985	2
1986	1
1988	2
1989	3
1990	1
1991	2
1993	2
1994	2
1995	1
1996	5
1997	1
1998	8
1999	4
2000	6
2001	6
2002	3
2003	10
2004	14
2005	10
2006	13
2007	10
2008	8
2009	12
2010	7
2011	11
2012	14
2013	8
2014	11
2015	16
2016	11
2017	8
2018	5
2019	8
2020	15
2021	9
2022	12
2023	4
2024	2

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Combat Veterans at Increased Risk of Mental Health Concerns

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2013-2020 US Department of Veterans Affairs (Clinical Science R&D Service): Senior Research Career Scientist

2010 American Psychological Association, Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics): Fellow

2010 Gerontological Society of America (Behavioral and Social Sciences): Fellow

2008-2013 US Department of Veterans Affairs (Clinical Science R&D Service): Research Career Scientist Award

2005 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Adolph Kammer Merit in Authorship Award

2004 American Psychological Association (Adult Development and Aging): Fellow

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