Josh Ehrlich
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Dr. Ehrlich is an ophthalmologist and population health researcher. His research is focused on understanding and addressing the adverse impact of vision impairment and blindness on health, disability, and quality-of-life, with a particular focus on older adults. He is the principal investigator of NIH funded research in this field, and also collaborates with a number of large population-based studies on aging in the U.S. and globally to develop and implement measures of vision and eye health. Dr. Ehrlich is a Visiting Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is also an invited member of the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health and the Vision Loss Experts Group, a technical advisory group to the World Health Organization and the Global Burden of Disease project. Dr. Ehrlich co-directs the Jerome Jacobson Program in International Ophthalmology where his global health work is focused on research capacity building, systems strengthening, and collaborative research.
- Huiyan Jin, Yunshu Zhou, Brian C. Stagg, Josh Ehrlich. 2024. Association between vision impairment and increased prevalence of falls in older US adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Leidy, Luke, Dickinson, Anna, Ramulu, Pradeep, Josh Ehrlich, Kaleem, Mona A. 2024. Clinical outcome measures in vision and eye care. Survey of Ophthalmology
- Arazi, Mattan, Bal, Sila, Josh Ehrlich, O'Banion, Jacquelyn, Shakarchi, Fatma. 2024. Global Ophthalmology in the Middle East: a Task Force proposal. Eye :1-2.
- Louay Almidani, Bonnielin K. Swenor, Josh Ehrlich, Varshini Varadaraj. 2024. COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Among US Older Adults with Vision Impairment: The National Health and Aging Trends Study 2021. Ophthalmic Epidemiology
- Twardzik, Erica, Schrack, Jennifer A, Vicki A Freedman, Reed, Nicholas S, Josh Ehrlich, Martinez-Amezcua, Pablo. 2024. An Incomplete Model of Disability: Discrepancies Between Performance-Based and Self-Reported Measures of Functioning. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 79(4):glad271.
- Joseph, Sanil, Rajendran, Vinoth Kumar, Khetwani, Dhwanit, Uduman, Mohammed Sithiq, Ramasamy, Dhivya, Gowth, Amanulla Mohammed, Kowsalya, Akkayasamy, Josh Ehrlich, Ravilla, Thulasiraj D.. 2024. Evaluation of a telemedicine-enabled universal eye health delivery model in rural southern India. Eye 38:1202-1207.
- Emmanuel E. Garcia Morales, Nicholas S. Reed, Yunshu Zhou, Sahar Assi, Varshini Varadaraj, Frank R. Lin, Josh Ehrlich, Jennifer A. Deal. 2024. Population prevalence of dual sensory loss in community-dwelling US adults 71 years and older: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 72(2):536-543.
- Nicholas S. Reed, Emmanuel E. Garcia-Morales, Clarice Myers, Alison R. Huang, Josh Ehrlich, Olivia J. Killeen, Julie E. Hoover-Fong, Frank R. Lin, Michelle L. Arnold, Esther S. Oh, Jennifer A. Schrack, Jennifer A. Deal. 2023. Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid Use Among US Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 71 Years and Older. JAMA Network Open 6(7):e2326320.
- Kumar, Priyanka, Chung, Grace, Eisenberg, Matthew, Garcia- Morales, Emmanuel, Reed, Nicholas, Sheehan, Orla C, Josh Ehrlich, Swenor, Bonnielin, Varadaraj, Varshini. 2023. Vision Difficulty and Dementia: Economic Hardships among Older Adults and their Caregivers. Frontiers in Epidemiology 3:1210204.
- Josh Ehrlich, Andes, Linda J., Eisenberg, Anna, Saaddine, Jinan, Lundeen, Elizabeth A.. 2023. Trends in the Diagnosed Prevalence and Incidence of Major Eye Diseases in Medicare Part B Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries Aged 68 Years or Older. Ophthalmology 130(12):1240-1247.