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Ruijia Chen, ScD

Postdoctoral Associate

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Epidemiology

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ORCID : 0000-0002-2759-9290

I am a social epidemiologist by training. My research focuses on social determinants across the life course that contribute to risk and disparities associated with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. I am particularly interested in applying modern causal inference methods to examine individual- and structural- level social determinants of health. Additionally, I am interested in investigating methodological challenges that affect our understanding of longitudinal cognitive changes. I received my master's degree in social policy from the University of Pennsylvania and my doctoral degree in Social Epidemiology from Harvard University.

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Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj
2023	Lifecourse Stressors and Social Disparities in Cognitive Aging: The Roles of Social Networks and Sleep Disturbance	5K00AG068431-04
2023	Lifecourse Stressors and Social Disparities in Cognitive Aging: The Roles of Social Networks and Sleep Disturbance	7K00AG068431-05
2022	Lifecourse Stressors and Social Disparities in Cognitive Aging: The Roles of Social Networks and Sleep Disturbance	5K00AG068431-03
2021	Lifecourse Stressors and Social Disparities in Cognitive Aging: The Roles of Social Networks and Sleep Disturbance	4K00AG068431-02
2020	Lifecourse Stressors and Social Disparities in Cognitive Aging: The Roles of Social Networks and Sleep Disturbance	1F99AG068431-01

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Wang J, Hill-Jarrett T, Buto P, Pederson A, Sims KD, Zimmerman SC, DeVost MA, Ferguson E, Lacar B, Yang Y, Choi M, Caunca MR, La Joie R, Chen R, Glymour MM, Ackley SF. Comparison of approaches to control for intracranial volume in research on the association of brain volumes with cognitive outcomes. Hum Brain Mapp. 2024 Mar; 45(4):e26633.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 38433682; PMCID: PMC10910271; DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26633;

Chen R, Wang J, Pederson AM, Prather AA, Hirst AK, Ackley S, Hokett E, George KM, Mungas D, Mayeda ER, Gilsanz P, Haneuse S, Whitmer RA, Glymour MM. Evaluation of racial and ethnic heterogeneity in the associations of sleep quality and sleep apnea risk with cognitive function and cognitive decline. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2024; 10(1):e12441.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 38356481; PMCID: PMC10865460; DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12441;

Yang Y, Lee AR, Rapp T, Chen R, Glymour MM, Torres JM. State home and community-based services expenditures and unmet care needs in the United States: Has everyone benefitted equally? Health Serv Res. 2024 Apr; 59(2):e14269.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 38148004

Torres JM, Flores Romero KR, Kotwal AA, Chen R, Hill-Jarrett T, Mitchell UA, Glymour MM. Spouses of individuals living with mild cognitive impairment or dementia in the United States: A descriptive, population-based study. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Mar; 20(3):1562-1572. PMID: 38041823; DOI: 10.1002/alz.13555;

Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Lee LO, Guimond AJ, Chen R, James P, Koga HK, Lee HH, Okuzono SS, Grodstein F, Rich-Edwards J, Kubzansky LD. A long and resilient life: the role of coping strategies and variability in their use in lifespan among women. Anxiety Stress Coping. 2023 Nov 29; 1-14.View Related Profiles.

Lee, Lewina
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 38031408; DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2023.2288333;

Ackley SF, Wang J, Chen R, Power MC, Allen IE, Glymour MM. Estimated effects of amyloid reduction on cognitive change: A Bayesian update across a range of priors. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Feb; 20(2):1149-1155.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 37904290; PMCID: PMC10917002; DOI: 10.1002/alz.13470;

Wang J, Sims KD, Ackley SF, Chen R, Kobayashi LC, Hayes-Larson E, Mayeda ER, Buto P, Zimmerman SC, Graff RE, Glymour MM. Association of cancer history with structural brain aging markers of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias risk. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Feb; 20(2):880-889.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 37811979; PMCID: PMC10916958; DOI: 10.1002/alz.13497;

Soh Y, Whitmer RA, Mayeda ER, Glymour MM, Eng CW, Peterson RL, George KM, Chen R, Quesenberry CP, Mungas DM, DeCarli CS, Gilsanz P. Timing and level of educational attainment and late-life cognition in the KHANDLE study. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Jan; 20(1):593-600.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 37751937; PMCID: PMC10842991; DOI: 10.1002/alz.13475;

Chen R, Charpignon ML, Raquib RV, Wang J, Meza E, Aschmann HE, DeVost MA, Mooney A, Bibbins-Domingo K, Riley AR, Kiang MV, Chen YH, Stokes AC, Glymour MM. Excess Mortality With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias as an Underlying or Contributing Cause During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Neurol. 2023 Sep 01; 80(9):919-928.View Related Profiles.

Stokes, Andrew
Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 37459088; PMCID: PMC10352932; DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2226;

Chen R, Calmasini C, Swinnerton K, Wang J, Haneuse S, Ackley SF, Hirst AK, Hayes-Larson E, George KM, Peterson R, Soh Y, Barnes LL, Mayeda ER, Gilsanz P, Mungas DM, Whitmer RA, Corrada MM, Glymour MM. Pragmatic approaches to handling practice effects in longitudinal cognitive aging research. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Sep; 19(9):4028-4036.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 37199336; PMCID: PMC10524983; DOI: 10.1002/alz.13067;

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Ackley SF, Wang J, Chen R, Power MC, Allen IE, Glymour MM. Estimated Effects of Amyloid Reduction on Cognitive Change: A Bayesian Update across a Range of Priors. medRxiv. 2023 May 03.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 37205483; PMCID: PMC10187341; DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.28.23289223;

Lundberg DJ, Wrigley-Field E, Cho A, Raquib R, Nsoesie EO, Paglino E, Chen R, Kiang MV, Riley AR, Chen YH, Charpignon ML, Hempstead K, Preston SH, Elo IT, Glymour MM, Stokes AC. COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity in US Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, March 2020 to February 2022. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 01; 6(5):e2311098.View Related Profiles.

Stokes, Andrew
Nsoesie, Elaine
Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 37129894; PMCID: PMC10155069; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.11098;

Lee LO, Chen R, Mendes WB, Kubzansky LD. Lifespan psychosocial stressors, optimism, and hemodynamic acute stress response in a national sample. Health Psychol. 2023 Mar; 42(3):172-181.View Related Profiles.

Lee, Lewina
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 36862473; PMCID: PMC10049855; DOI: 10.1037/hea0001276;

Amofa-Ho PA, Stickel AM, Chen R, Kobayashi LC, Glymour MM, Eng CW. The Mediating Roles of Neurobiomarkers in the Relationship Between Education and Late-Life Cognition. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023; 95(4):1405-1416.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 37694365; PMCID: PMC10578223; DOI: 10.3233/JAD-230244;

Chen R, Slopen N, Lee S. Perceived stress, recent stressors, and distress in relation to sleep disturbance and duration among middle-aged and older Asian immigrants. Sleep Health. 2023 Apr; 9(2):211-217. PMID: 36572577; PMCID: PMC10122696; DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2022.11.005;

Chen R, Williams DR, Nishimi K, Slopen N, Kubzansky LD, Weuve J. A life course approach to understanding stress exposures and cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults. Soc Sci Med. 2022 Dec; 314:115448.View Related Profiles.

Weuve, Jennifer
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 36274453; PMCID: PMC10069937; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115448;

Aschmann HE, Riley AR, Chen R, Chen YH, Bibbins-Domingo K, Stokes AC, Glymour MM, Kiang MV. Dynamics of racial disparities in all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Oct 04; 119(40):e2210941119.View Related Profiles.

Stokes, Andrew
Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 36126098; PMCID: PMC9546535; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2210941119;

Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Chen R, Lee LO, Kubzansky LD. Are coping strategies and variability in their use associated with lifespan? J Psychosom Res. 2022 Nov; 162:111035.View Related Profiles.

Lee, Lewina
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 36152346; PMCID: PMC10410682; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.111035;

Chen YH, Riley AR, Duchowny KA, Aschmann HE, Chen R, Kiang MV, Mooney AC, Stokes AC, Glymour MM, Bibbins-Domingo K. COVID-19 mortality and excess mortality among working-age residents in California, USA, by occupational sector: a longitudinal cohort analysis of mortality surveillance data. Lancet Public Health. 2022 Sep; 7(9):e744-e753.View Related Profiles.

Stokes, Andrew
Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 36057273; PMCID: PMC9433054; DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00191-8;

Chen YH, Matthay EC, Chen R, DeVost MA, Duchowny KA, Riley AR, Bibbins-Domingo K, Glymour MM. Excess Mortality in California by Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Nov; 63(5):827-836.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 36114132; PMCID: PMC9325680; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.06.020;

Chen R, Aschmann HE, Chen YH, Glymour MM, Bibbins-Domingo K, Stokes AC, Kiang MV. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Excess Mortality From External Causes in the US, March to December 2020. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Jul 01; 182(7):776-778.View Related Profiles.

Stokes, Andrew
Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 35532918; PMCID: PMC9086931; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1461;

Chen YH, Stokes AC, Aschmann HE, Chen R, DeVost S, Kiang MV, Koliwad S, Riley AR, Glymour MM, Bibbins-Domingo K. Excess natural-cause deaths in California by cause and setting: March 2020 through February 2021. PNAS Nexus. 2022 Jul; 1(3):pgac079.View Related Profiles.

Stokes, Andrew
Glymour, Maria
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 35832865; PMCID: PMC9272175; DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac079;

Chen R, Del Rosario K, Lockman A, Boehm J, Bousquet Santos K, Siegel E, Berry Mendes W, Kubzansky LD. Effects of Induced Optimism on Subjective States, Physical Activity, and Stress Reactivity. J Posit Psychol. 2023; 18(4):592-605. PMID: 37378047; PMCID: PMC10292719; DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2022.2070529;

Chen R, Weuve J, Misra S, Cuevas A, Kubzansky LD, Williams DR. Racial Disparities in Cognitive Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The Roles of Cumulative Stress Exposures Across the Life Course. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022 Feb 03; 77(2):357-364.View Related Profiles.

Weuve, Jennifer
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 33824971; PMCID: PMC8824673; DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glab099;

Shields MC, Trinh NT, Borba CPC, Chen R, Reddy AK, Singer SJ. Former Inpatient Psychiatric Patients' Past Experiences With Traditional Frontline Staff and Their Thoughts on the Benefits of Peers as Part of Frontline Staff. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2022 Mar; 60(3):15-22.View Related Profiles.

Borba, Christina
Chen, Ruijia

PMID: 34590985; PMCID: PMC10182870; DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20210916-01;

Nishimi KM, Koenen KC, Coull BA, Chen R, Kubzansky LD. Psychological resilience predicting cardiometabolic conditions in adulthood in the Midlife in the United States Study. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Aug 10; 118(32). PMID: 34341103; PMCID: PMC8364125; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2102619118;

Bousquet-Santos K, Chen R, Kubzansky LD. A sad heart: Depression and favorable cardiovascular health in Brazil. Prev Med. 2021 Jan; 142:106378. PMID: 33346038; DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106378;

Cuevas AG, Ong AD, Carvalho K, Ho T, Chan SWC, Allen JD, Chen R, Rodgers J, Biba U, Williams DR. Discrimination and systemic inflammation: A critical review and synthesis. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Oct; 89:465-479. PMID: 32688027; PMCID: PMC8362502; DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.07.017;

Cuevas AG, Chen R, Slopen N, Thurber KA, Wilson N, Economos C, Williams DR. Assessing the Role of Health Behaviors, Socioeconomic Status, and Cumulative Stress for Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Jan; 28(1):161-170. PMID: 31858741; PMCID: PMC6927482; DOI: 10.1002/oby.22648;

Cuevas AG, Chen R, Thurber KA, Slopen N, Williams DR. Psychosocial Stress and Overweight and Obesity: Findings From the Chicago Community Adult Health Study. Ann Behav Med. 2019 Oct 07; 53(11):NP. PMID: 30917198; PMCID: PMC6779073; DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaz008;

Chen R, Kessler RC, Sadikova E, NeMoyer A, Sampson NA, Alvarez K, Vilsaint CL, Green JG, McLaughlin KA, Jackson JS, Alegría M, Williams DR. Racial and ethnic differences in individual-level and area-based socioeconomic status and 12-month DSM-IV mental disorders. J Psychiatr Res. 2019 Dec; 119:48-59. PMID: 31563857; PMCID: PMC7255491; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.09.006;

Vilsaint CL, NeMoyer A, Fillbrunn M, Sadikova E, Kessler RC, Sampson NA, Alvarez K, Green JG, McLaughlin KA, Chen R, Williams DR, Jackson JS, Alegría M. Racial/ethnic differences in 12-month prevalence and persistence of mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders: Variation by nativity and socioeconomic status. Compr Psychiatry. 2019 Feb; 89:52-60. PMID: 30594752; PMCID: PMC6421861; DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.12.008;

Dong X, Chen R. Gender differences in the experience of loneliness in U.S. Chinese older adults. J Women Aging. 2017; 29(2):115-125. PMID: 27441601; DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2015.1080534;

Dong X, Chen R, Simon MA. Elder Mistreatment in U.S. Community-Dwelling Chinese Older Women. Violence Against Women. 2016 Aug; 22(9):1097-112. PMID: 26712238; PMCID: PMC9943530; DOI: 10.1177/1077801215618804;

Dong X, Chen R, Wu B, Zhang NJ, Mui AC, Chi I. Association between Elder Mistreatment and Suicidal Ideation among Community-Dwelling Chinese Older Adults in the USA. Gerontology. 2015; 62(1):71-80. PMID: 26336817; PMCID: PMC4679672; DOI: 10.1159/000437420;

Chen R, Dong XQ. Elder Mistreatment and its Subtypes across Different Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Groups among U.S. Chinese Community-Dwelling Older Adults. J Geriatr Med Gerontol. 2015; 1(1). PMID: 26973979; PMCID: PMC4786076; DOI: 10.23937/2469-5858/1510001;

Simon MA, Chen R, Chang ES, Dong X. The association between filial piety and suicidal ideation: findings from a community-dwelling Chinese aging population. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2014 Nov; 69 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S90-7. PMID: 25378454; PMCID: PMC4453747; DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu142;

Dong X, Chen R, Simon MA. Anxiety among community-dwelling U.S. Chinese older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2014 Nov; 69 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S61-7. PMID: 25378450; PMCID: PMC4453753; DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu178;

Dong X, Chen R, Simon MA. The prevalence of medical conditions among U.S. Chinese community-dwelling older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2014 Nov; 69 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S15-22. PMID: 25378445; PMCID: PMC4453750; DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu151;

Dong X, Chen R, Simon MA. Experience of discrimination among U.S. Chinese older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2014 Nov; 69 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S76-81. PMID: 25326642; PMCID: PMC4453749; DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu150;

Dong X, Chen R, Fulmer T, Simon MA. Prevalence and correlates of elder mistreatment in a community-dwelling population of U.S. Chinese older adults. J Aging Health. 2014 Oct; 26(7):1209-24. PMID: 25239973; PMCID: PMC9941853; DOI: 10.1177/0898264314531617;

Dong X, Chen R, Li C, Simon MA. Understanding depressive symptoms among community-dwelling Chinese older adults in the Greater Chicago area. J Aging Health. 2014 Oct; 26(7):1155-71. PMID: 25239971; PMCID: PMC9944289; DOI: 10.1177/0898264314527611;

Chen R, Simon MA, Chang ES, Zhen Y, Dong X. The perception of social support among U.S. Chinese older adults: findings from the PINE Study. J Aging Health. 2014 Oct; 26(7):1137-54. PMID: 25239970; PMCID: PMC9942516; DOI: 10.1177/0898264314529332;

Dong X, Chen R, Wong E, Simon MA. Suicidal ideation in an older U.S. Chinese population. J Aging Health. 2014 Oct; 26(7):1189-208. PMID: 25005173; PMCID: PMC9943579; DOI: 10.1177/0898264314541696;

Dong X, Chen R, Simon MA. Elder abuse and dementia: a review of the research and health policy. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Apr; 33(4):642-9. PMID: 24711326; PMCID: PMC9950800; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1261;

Dong X, Chen R, Chang ES, Simon M. Elder abuse and psychological well-being: a systematic review and implications for research and policy--a mini review. Gerontology. 2013; 59(2):132-42. PMID: 22922225; DOI: 10.1159/000341652;

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

Bar chart showing 46 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2023

Bar chart showing 46 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2023

Year	Publications
2012	1
2014	9
2015	3
2016	1
2018	1
2019	2
2020	3
2021	2
2022	10
2023	12
2024	2

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