Kate Duchowny
Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
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Dr. Kate Duchowny is a social epidemiologist and research assistant professor in the Social Environment and Health Program at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. Her overarching research goal seeks to bridge the social, environmental, and biological determinants of musculoskeletal health and physical functioning in older adults to inform interventions. Dr. Duchowny’s current research is organized around two lines of inquiry: 1) Identifying which aspects of the built and social environment matter most in helping older adults maintain independence and physical mobility, and 2) Examining life course sociobiologic mechanisms (e.g., viral infections, mitochondrial function) that drive disparate outcomes in physical disability especially related to neighborhoods.
- Kramer, Philip A, Coen, Paul M, Cawthon, Peggy M, Distefano, Giovanna, Cummings, Steven R, Goodpaster, Bret H, Hepple, Russell T, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Shankland, Eric G, Marcinek, David J, Toledo, Frederico G S, Kate Duchowny, Ramos, Sofhia V, Harrison, Stephanie, Newman, Anne B, Molina, Anthony J A. 2024. Skeletal muscle energetics explain the sex disparity in mobility impairment in the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA). The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 79(4):glad283.
- Grace Noppert, Philippa J Clarke, Hoover, Andrew, Kubale, John, Robert A Melendez, Kate Duchowny, Hegde, Sonia T., Grace Noppert, Clarke, Philippa, Hoover, Andrew, Kubale, John, Melendez, Robert, Duchowny, Kate, Hegde, Sonia T.. 2024. State variation in neighborhood COVID-19 burden across the United States. Communications Medicine 4(1):1-12.
- Mau, Theresa, Blackwell, Terri L, Cawthon, Peggy M, Molina, Anthony J A, Coen, Paul M, Distefano, Giovanna, Kramer, Philip A, Ramos, Sofhia V, Forman, Daniel E, Goodpaster, Bret H, Toledo, Frederico G S, Kate Duchowny, Sparks, Lauren M, Newman, Anne B, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Cummings, Steven R. 2024. Muscle Mitochondrial Bioenergetic Capacities Are Associated With Multimorbidity Burden in Older Adults: The Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 79(7):glae101.
- Grace Noppert, Philippa J Clarke, Stebbins, Rebecca C, Kate Duchowny, Robert A Melendez, Kimberly Rollings, Aiello, Allison E. 2024. The embodiment of the neighborhood socioeconomic environment in the architecture of the immune system. PNAS Nexus 3(7):pgae253.
- Khadka, Aayush, Hebert, Jillian L, Glymour, M Maria, Jiang, Fei, Irish, Amanda, Kate Duchowny, Vable, Anusha M. 2024. Quantile regressions as a tool to evaluate how an exposure shifts and reshapes the outcome distribution: A primer for epidemiologists. American Journal of Epidemiology
- Grace Noppert, Kate Duchowny, Rebecca Stebbins, Allison E. Aiello, Jennifer B. Dowd, Philippa J Clarke. 2023. Biological expressions of early life trauma in the immune system of older adults. PLOS ONE 18(6):e0286141.
- Sarah F. Ackley, Scott C. Zimmerman, Jason D. Flatt, Alicia R. Riley, Jae Sevelius, Kate Duchowny. 2023. Discordance in chromosomal and self-reported sex in the UK Biobank: Implications for transgender- and intersex-inclusive data collection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(18):e2218700120.
- Mau, Theresa, ..., Kate Duchowny, et al. 2023. Mitochondrial Energetics in Skeletal Muscle Are Associated With Leg Power and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 78(8):1367-1375.
- Jacob Wallace, Anthony Lollo, Kate Duchowny, Matthew Lavallee, Chima D. Ndumele. 2022. Disparities in Health Care Spending and Utilization Among Black and White Medicaid Enrollees. JAMA Health Forum 3(6):e221398.
- Kate Duchowny, Sarah F. Ackley, Willa D. Brenowitz, Jingxuan Wang, Scott C. Zimmerman, Michelle R. Caunca, M. Maria Glymour. 2022. Associations Between Handgrip Strength and Dementia Risk, Cognition, and Neuroimaging Outcomes in the UK Biobank Cohort Study. JAMA Network Open 5(6):e2218314.