Kristine J Ajrouch
Research Professor, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
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BIO
Dr. Ajrouch’s research focuses on aging, health, immigration and family in the United Statues and the Middle East; social networks over the life course; and Arab American identity and well-being. Currently, she is working with a multidisciplinary team of researchers to study Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias among Arab Americans and directs the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease.
- Kristine J Ajrouch, Laura Beth Zahodne, Simon Brauer, Wassim Tarraf, Toni C Antonucci. 2024. COVID-19 Stress and Cognitive Disparities in Black, MENA and White Older Adults. The Gerontologist
- Kindratt, Tiffany B., Laura Beth Zahodne, Dallo, Florence J., Kristine J Ajrouch. 2024. Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Diagnosis in the United States Among US-Born and Foreign-Born White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian Older Adults. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
- Neupert, Shevaun D, Graham, Eileen K, Ogle, Destiny, Ali, Sumbleen, Zavala, Daisy V, Kincaid, Reilly, Hughes, Mac Kenzie L, Hu, Rita X, Toni C Antonucci, Suitor, J Jill, Gilligan, Megan, Kristine J Ajrouch, Scott, Stacey B. 2024. A Coordinated Data Analysis of Four Studies Exploring Age Differences in Social Interactions and Loneliness During a Global Pandemic. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
- Kristine J Ajrouch, Rita Xiaochen Hu, Noah J Webster, Toni C Antonucci. 2024. Friendship trajectories and health across the lifespan. 60(1):94-107.
- Phillip Cantu, Tsai-Chin Cho, Mary Wyman, Brooke Helppie-McFall, Kristine J Ajrouch. 2024. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Monetary Value of Informal Caregiving for Non-Institutionalized People Living With Dementia. Journal of Aging and Health
- Kindratt, Tiffany B., Moncriffe, Berford, Kristine J Ajrouch, Laura Beth Zahodne, Dallo, Florence J.. 2024. Diabetes Among Racial and Ethnically Diverse Older Adults in the United States with Cognitive Limitations. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 11:238–247.
- Kristine J Ajrouch, Arar, Rawan, Nassar, Sylvia C.. 2023. Contexts of Immigration and Diversity: Biopsychosocial Implications for Arab Americans. Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans: Culture, Development, and Health :1-17.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Simon Brauer, Tarraf Wassim, Emily Morris, Toni C Antonucci, Kristine J Ajrouch. 2023. Measurement and structural invariance of a neuropsychological battery among Middle Eastern/North African, Black, and White older adults. Neuropsychology 37(8):975-984.
- Laura Beth Zahodne, Simon Brauer, Wassim Tarraf, Emily P Morris, Toni C Antonucci, Kristine J Ajrouch. 2023. Measurement and structural invariance of a neuropsychological battery among Middle Eastern/North African, Black, and White older adults. Neuropsychology 37(8):975-984.
- Dallo, Florence J., Kindratt, Tiffany B., Kristine J Ajrouch. 2023. Suitability of Middle Eastern and North African immigrant minimal reporting category for Arab immigrant health research in the national health interview survey. Social Science & Medicine 336:116260.