Samia C. Akhter-Khan - Publications

My research has been published in over 20 interdisciplinary journals, such as in Communications Psychology, Perspectives on Psychological Science, Social Science & Medicine, The Gerontologist, Alzheimer's & Dementia, Neurology, npj Mental Health Research, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Asian Anthropology and has been featured in Science, The Guardian, The Times, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

I have also worked on several technical reports on long-term care in Asia for HelpAge International and the Asian Development Bank and have recently co-authored the WHO report on climate change and healthy aging.

Peer-reviewed publications

2025

Kongngern, F., Prina, M., Akhter-Khan, S. C., Gao, Q., Prince, M. & Mayston, R. (in press). A systematic review of frailty interventions in community-based lowand middle-income settings. International Journal of Public Health.

Akhter-Khan, S.C., Wongfu, C., Aein, N.M.P., Lu, B., Prina, M., Suwannaporn, S., Mayston, R., & Wai, K.M. (2025). Photovoice as intervention to reduce loneliness among older adults: A feasibility and preliminary effectiveness study with Myanmar migrants in northern Thailand. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15270

2024

Akhter-Khan, S.C., Ghai, S., & Mayston, R. (2024). Considerations for conducting psychological research in lower- and middle-income countries. Communications Psychology, 2, 120. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00168-4

Prina, M., Khan, N. P., Akhter-Khan, S. C., Caicedo, J. C., Peycheva, A., Seo, V., Xue, S., & Sadana, R. (2024). Healthy ageing and climate change: An assessment of the impact of climate hazards on older people. Journal of Global Health, 14, 04101. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.14.04101

Akhter-Khan, S. C., van Es, W., Prina, M., Lawrence, V., Piri, I., Rokach, A., Mayston, R., & Heu, L. C. (2024). Experiences of loneliness in lower- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Social Science & Medicine, 340, 116438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116438

Xue, S., Massazza, A., Akhter-Khan, S. C., Wray, B., Husain, I., & Lawrance, E. (2024). Mental health and psychosocial interventions in the context of climate change: A scoping review. npj mental health research, 3(10). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44184-024-00054-1

Akhter-Khan, S. C.*, Tao, Q. *, Ang, T. F. A. *, Karjadi, C., Itchapurapu, I. S., Libon, D., Alosco, M. L., Mez, J., Qiu, W. Q., & Au, R. (2024). Cerebral microbleeds in different brain regions and their associations with the digital clock-drawing test in the Framingham Heart Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 45780. https://doi.org/10.2196/45780 * Equal contribution.

Bowness, B., Henderson, C., Akhter-Khan, S. C., Akiba, M., & Lawrence, V. (2024). Involving carers in research: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of participatory reserach with carers in health and social care. Health Expectations, 27(1), e13940.https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13940

2023

Akhter-Khan, S. C., Aein, N. M. P., Wongfu, C., Prina, M., Wai, K. M., Mayston, R., Suwannaporn, S. (2023) Social relationship expectations, care, and loneliness in later life: Perspectives from Thai and Myanmar adults in northern Thailand. Social Science & Medicine – Mental Health, 4, 100279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100279

Tao, Q., Zhang, C., Mercier, G., Lunetta, K., Ang, T. F. A., Akhter-Khan, S. C., Zhang, Z., Taylor, A., Killiany, R., Alosco, M., Mez, J., Au, R., Zhang, X., Farrer, L., & Qiu, W. (2023). Identification of an APOE ε4 specific blood-based molecular pathway for Alzheimer's Disease risk. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 15(4).https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12490

Akhter-Khan, S. C., Chua, K.-C., Al-Kindhi, B., Mayston, R., & Prina, M. (2023). Unpaid productive activities and loneliness in later life: Results from the Indonesian Family Life Survey (2000-2014). Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 105, 104851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2022.104851

Akhter-Khan, S. C., Prina, M., Wong, G.H.Y., Mayston, R. & Li, L. (2023). Understanding and addressing older adults’ loneliness: The Social Relationship Expectation (SRE) framework. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(4), 762-777. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221127218

Akhter-Khan, S. C., Hofmann, V., Warncke, M., Tamimi, N., Mayston, R., & Prina, M. (2023). Caregiving, volunteering, and loneliness in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review. Aging & Mental Health, 27(7), 1233-1245.https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2022.2144130

Huang, J., Stein, T. D., Wang, Y., Ang, T. F. A., Tao, Q., Lunetta, K. L., Massaro, J., Akhter-Khan, S. C., Mez, J., Au, R., Farrer, L. A., Zhang, X., Qiu, W. Q. & Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2023). Blood levels of MCP-1 modulate the genetic risks of Alzheimer's disease mediated by HLA-DRB1 and APOE for Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(5), 1925-1937. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12851

2022

Tao, Q.*, Akhter-Khan, S. C.*, Ang, T. F. A., De Carli, C., Alosco, M., Mez, J., Killiany, R., Sheral, D., Rokach, A., Itchapurapu, I. S., Zhang, X., Lunetta, K., Steffens, D., Farrer, L., Greve, D., Au, R., & Qiu, W. Q. (2022). Different loneliness types, cognitive function, and brain structure in midlife: Findings from the Framingham Heart Study. EClinicalMedicine, 53, 101643. * Equal contribution https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101643

Akhter-Khan, S. C., Wai, K. M. & Drewelies, J. (2022). Loneliness in Myanmar’s older population: A

mixed-methods investigation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 37, 315-337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-022-09459-x

Akhter-Khan, S. C., Drewelies, J., & Wai, K. M. (2022). Coping with loneliness in southern Myanmar. Asian Anthropology, 21(4), 245-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/1683478X.2022.2115623

2021

Tao, Q., Ang, T. F. A., Akhter-Khan, S. C., Itchapurapu, I. S., Killany, R., Zhang, X.,Budson, E., Turk, K. W., Goldstein, L., Mez, J. Alosco, M., Qiu, W. Q. & Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2021). Impact of C-reactive protein on cognition and the Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in homozygous APOE4 carriers. Neurology, 97(12), e1243-e1252.https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000012512

Akhter-Khan, S. C. (2021). Providing care is self-care: Towards valuing older people’s care provision in global economies. The Gerontologist, 61(5), 631-639. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa079

Akhter-Khan, S. C.*, Tao, Q.*, Ang, T. F. A., Itchapurapu, I., Alosco, M., Mez, J., Piers, R., Steffens, D., Au, R., & Qiu, W.Q. (2021). Associations of loneliness with risk of Alzheimer’s disease dementia in the Framingham Heart Study. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 17(10), 1619-1627. *Equal contribution. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12327

2020

Akhter-Khan, S. C. & Au, R. (2020). Why loneliness interventions are unsuccessful: A call for precision health. Advances in Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2(3):e200017. https://doi.org/10.20900/agmr20200017

Akhter-Khan, S. C. & Wai, K. M. (2020). Can COVID-19 move Myanmar in the right direction? Perspectives on older people, mental health, and local organizations. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(9), 921-923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2020.06.004

Blog posts

2019-2024

Rocha IJzerman, H., Ghogomu, E., Akhter-Khan, S. C., & Welch, V. (2024, December). Beyond traditional boundaries: How big team science can dramatically improve SIL research [Blog post]. Retrieved from: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-traditional-boundaries-how-big-team-k74pc/?trackingId=TCwt5C3lQh%2B6OWO5bHt6gQ%3D%3D

Rocha IJzerman, H., Ghogomu, E., Akhter-Khan, S. C., & Welch, V. (2024, December). Social isolation and loneliness: The critical need for high-quality research and evidence-based interventions [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/social-isolation-loneliness-critical-need-7kikc/?trackingId=WLHGeAgeRZ2nmrHA%2BIgxkg%3D%3D

Akhter-Khan, S. C. (2023, May). Photovoice as potential intervention for loneliness among older migrants from Myanmar [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://kingsengagedresearchblog.wordpress.com/2023/05/12/photovoice-as-potential-intervention-for-loneliness-among-older-migrants-from-myanmar/

Akhter-Khan, S. C. (2023, May). Photovoice, Care, and Loneliness: An exhibition by older migrants from Myanmar [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://ageingissues.wordpress.com/2023/05/05/photovoice-care-and-loneliness-an-exhibition-by-older-migrants-from-myanmar/

Akhter-Khan, S. C. (2023, January). Loneliness in Myanmar [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://socialsciences.nature.com/posts/loneliness-in-myanmar

Akhter-Khan, S. C. (2021, February). “Game over”? Why there is hope for Myanmar: Forbidden advice from a military officer [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.myanmarmemo.com/en/2021/02/16/game-over-why-there-is-hope-for-myanmar-forbidden-advice-from-a-military-officer/

Akhter-Khan, S. C. (2019, September). Addressing Loneliness and Depression in Myanmar [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.myanmarmemo.com/2019/09/14/addressing-loneliness-and-depression-in-myanmar/

Preprints

OSF

Akhter-Khan, S. C.*, Buck, L. F.*, Hofmann, V. X. C.*, Chua, K., Mayston, R., Prina, M., & Wai, K. M. (2024, December 11). Cultural adaptation and validation of the Burmese De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Short Scale in Myanmar. Retrieved from osf.io/e9vx8 *equal contribution

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