Amanda J Sonnega
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Amanda Sonnega, PhD, is a Research Scientist in the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan (UM), where she is responsible for integrating communication, outreach, and education efforts for the Health and Retirement Study. She received her doctorate through the Department of Health, Behavior, and Society at the Johns Hopkins University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship within the ISR program in Social Environment and Health. Dr. Sonnega has lectured in the UM School of Public Health on psychosocial factors in health-related behavior. Her research focuses on life course trajectories of physical and mental health; institutional and personal factors associated with vulnerability and resilience in aging individuals; and work transitions and their broad effects on health and well-being.
- Shekhar Chauhan, Dawn Carr, Miles G. Taylor, Amanda J Sonnega. 2026. Food deprivation and cognitive function among adults 55 in the United States and India. Journal of Aging & Social Policy
- Shervin Assari, Amanda J Sonnega, Babak Najand, Hossein Zare. 2025. Higher-than Expected Social Security Reliance Among Educated Black Americans: Minorities' Diminished Returns in National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2023. Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences 5(1):1145.
- Chauhan, Shekhar, Carr, Dawn, Taylor, Miles, Amanda J Sonnega. 2025. Differences in Protective Resources and Risks for Depressive Symptoms Among Recent Widows in the United States and India. American Journal of Epidemiology
- Abrams, Leah, Mudrazija, Stipica, Butrica, Barbara, Carpenter, Rebekah, Amanda J Sonnega, Carr, Dawn. 2025. Predicting Active and Productive Engagement: Introducing the Index of Aging in Midlife and Beyond (IAM ). Innovation in Aging
- Carr, Dawn, Lohman, Matt C, Chauhan, Shekhar, Amanda J Sonnega, Taylor, Miles G. 2025. The Protective Effects of Psychological Resilience on Disability Consequences of Falling. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
- Dawn Carr, Shekhar Chauhan, Matthew Lohman, Miles G. Taylor, Amanda J Sonnega. 2025. The protective effects of psychological resilience on fall risk. Aging & Mental Health
- Shervin Assari, Amanda J Sonnega, Hossein Zare. 2025. Diminished Returns of Educational Attainment on Welfare Receipt of American Indian/Alaska Native People: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2023. Open Journal of Psychology 5(1):12-23.
- Agree, Emily M, Amanda J Sonnega, Wolf, Douglas A. 2025. Building Survey Data Infrastructure on Aging: The Legacy of NIA. The Gerontologist 65(6):gnaf038.
- Rahmani, Arash, Najand, Babak, Amanda J Sonnega, Akhlaghipour, Golnoush, Mendez, Mario F., Assari, Shervin. 2024. Intersectional Effects of Race and Educational Attainment on Memory Function of Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 11(1):81-91.
- Megan Zuelsdorff, Amanda J Sonnega, Lisa L. Barnes, DeAnnah R. Byrd, Deborah K. Rose, Robynn Cox, Derek Norton, Robert W. Turner. 2024. Childhood and adulthood trauma associate with cognitive aging among Black and White older adults. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 32(3):P373-385.