Research
Publications
2023
Theresa Andrasfay, Gillian Fennell, and Eileen Crimmins. 2023. "Pain, Physical Demands at Work, and Future Work Expectations Among Older Adults in the United States." Forthcoming in Innovation in Aging.
Theresa Andrasfay and Eileen Crimmins. 2023. "Occupational characteristics and epigenetic aging among older adults in the United States." Epigenetics 18.1 (2023): 2218763.
Theresa Andrasfay, Jung Ki Kim, Jennifer A Ailshire, Eileen Crimmins. 2023. Aging on the job? The association between occupational characteristics and accelerated biological aging. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.
Sung S. Park, Noreen Goldman, Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, and Theresa Andrasfay. 2023. The impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy among four Asian American subgroups. SSM-Population Health, 101480.
Marcia C Castro, Susie Gurzenda, Cassio M Turra, Sun Kim, Theresa Andrasfay, and Noreen Goldman. 2023. Research Note: COVID-19 Is Not an Independent Cause of Death. Demography, 60(2): 343-349.
Theresa Andrasfay, Anne Pebley, and Noreen Goldman. 2023. "Physical Work Exposures of Older Workers: Does Measurement Make a Difference?" Work, Aging and Retirement, 9(2): 179-189.
2022
Theresa Andrasfay and Noreen Goldman. 2022. Reductions in US life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic by race and ethnicity: Is 2021 a repetition of 2020? PLOS ONE, 17(8):e0272973.
Media Coverage: Vox
Theresa Andrasfay, Qiao Wu, Haena Lee, and Eileen Crimmins. 2022. "Adherence to Social-Distancing and Personal Hygiene Behavior Guidelines and Risk of COVID-19 Diagnosis: Evidence From the Understanding America Study" American Journal of Public Health, 112(1): 169–178.
Haena Lee, Theresa Andrasfay, Alicia Riley, Qiao Wu, and Eileen Crimmins. 2022. "Do Social Determinants of Health Explain Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Infection in the US?" Social Science & Medicine, 306:115098.
Noreen Goldman and Theresa Andrasfay. 2022. "Life expectancy loss among Native Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic." Demographic Research, 47(9): 233-246.
Theresa Andrasfay. 2022. "Birth Outcomes among Descendants of Foreign-Born and US-Born Women in California: Variation by Race and Ethnicity." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 24: 605–613.
2021
Theresa Andrasfay and Noreen Goldman. 2021. “Reductions in 2020 US life expectancy due to COVID-19 and the disproportionate impact on the Black and Latino populations.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(5): e2014746118.
Media Coverage: The New York Times, CNN, NPR, The Intercept, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, Vox, The Los Angeles Times, US News and World Report
Theresa Andrasfay, Nina Raymo, Noreen Goldman, and Anne Pebley. 2021. Physical work conditions and disparities in later life functioning: Potential pathways. SSM-Population Health, 16: 100990
Noreen Goldman, Anne Pebley, Keunbok Lee, Theresa Andrasfay, and Boriana Pratt. “Racial and Ethnic Differentials in COVID-19-Related Job Exposures by Occupational Status in the US." PLOS ONE, 16(9): e0256085.
Marcia C Castro, Susie Gurzenda, Cassio M Turra, Sun Kim, Theresa Andrasfay, and Noreen Goldman. 2021. "Reduction in life expectancy in Brazil after COVID-19." Nature Medicine, 27: 1629–1635.
Media Coverage: The New York Times
Theresa Andrasfay and Noreen Goldman. 2021. “Association of the COVID-19 Pandemic With Estimated Life Expectancy by Race/Ethnicity in the United States, 2020." JAMA Network Open, 2021; 4(6):e2114520.
Media Coverage: CNN
Anne Pebley, Noreen Goldman, Theresa Andrasfay, and Boriana Pratt. 2021. "Trajectories of physical functioning among older adults in the US by race, ethnicity and nativity: Examining the role of working conditions." PLOS ONE, 16(3): e0247804.
2020
Theresa Andrasfay and Noreen Goldman. 2020. “Physical Functioning and Survival: Is the Link Weaker among Latino and Black Older Adults?” Social Science & Medicine, 255: 112983.
Theresa Andrasfay and Noreen Goldman. 2020. “Intergenerational change in birthweight: effects of foreign-born status and race/ethnicity.” Epidemiology, 31(5): 649-658.
Theresa Andrasfay. 2020. “Changes in physical functioning as short-term predictors of mortality.” The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 75(3): 630-639.
2018
Theresa Andrasfay. 2018. “Reproductive health care utilization of young adults insured as dependents.” Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(5): 570-576.