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Education:
BS, Sociology,
Texas A & M University
BA, Modern Languages,
Texas A & M University
MA, Public
Affairs/Administration, University of Houston at Clear Lake City
Research Support
(active)
1992-2008 “A
Longitudinal Study of Mexican American Elderly Health” – The Hispanic
EPESE. NIH/NIA (Markides, K.S.) R01 AG10939
2003-2005 “Health
Concordance Among Older Mexican American Couples”
NIA/NIH (Peek, M.K.)
R01 AG21089
2003-2004 Pan
American Health Organization, WHO (Ostir, G.V.)
Selected Publications:
Reyes-Ortiz, C., Al
Snih, S., Loera, J., Ray, L., Markides, K.S. Risk Factors for Falling in
Older Mexican Americans. Ethnicity and Disease 14(3) July 2004.
Al Snih, S.,
Markides, K.S., Ostir, G.V., Ray, L., Goodwin, J.S. Predictors of recovery
in activities of daily living among disabled older Mexican Americans.
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 15(4): 315-320, 2003.
Black, S.A., Ray, L.A., Angel, R.J., Espino, D.V.,
Miranda, M., Markides, K.S. (eds.) Resource Book of the Hispanic
Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly.
Ann Arbor: National Archive of Computerized on Aging, 2003. URL:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu (search: study no.
2851).
Black, S.A.,
Markides, K.S., Ray, L.A. Depression Predicts Increased Incidence of
Adverse Health Outcomes in Older Mexican Americans With Type 2 Diabetes.
Diabetes Care, 26(10): 2822-2828, 2003.
Otiniano M.E.,
Ottenbacher, K.J., Markides, K.S., Ray, L.A., Du, X.L. Self-Reported
Heart Attack in Mexican American Elders: Examination of Incidence,
Prevalence, and 7-year Mortality. Journal of the American Geriatrics
Society
51: 923-929, 2003.
Al Snih, S.,
Markides, K.S., Ray, L., Ostir, G.V., Goodwin, J.S. Handgrip strength and
mortality in older Mexican Americans. J Am Geriatrics Society. 50:
1250-1256; 2002.
Ottenbacher, K.J.;
Branch, L.G.; Ray, L.A.; Gonzales, V.A.; Peek, M.K.; Hinman, M.R. The
Reliability of Upper and Lower Extremity Strength Testing in a Community
Survey of Older Adults. Archives of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation. 83: 1423-1427, 2002.
Nguyen, H.T.; Black,
S.A.; Ray, L.A.; Espino, D.V.; Markides, K.S. Predictors of decline in
MMSE scores among older Mexican Americans. J Gerontology: Medical
Sciences. 57(3): M181-M185, 2002.
Otiniano, M.E.;
Black, S.A.; Du, X.; Ray, L.A.; Markides, K.S. Correlates of Diabetic
Complications in Mexican American Elders. Ethnicity & Disease.
12(2) 252-258; 2002.
Satish S.; Postigo
L.G.; Ray L.A.; Goodwin J.S. Chronic rheumatologic symptoms in a
tri-ethnic sample of men and women aged 75 and older.
J Gerontology Med Sci.
56(8): M471-M476; 2001.
Newell, D.A.;
Markides, K.S.; Ray, L.A.; Freeman, J.L. Post-menopausal hormone
replacement therapy use by older Mexican American women. J American
Geriatrics Society. 49(8): 1046-1051; 2001.
Al Snih, S.;
Markides, K.S.; Ray, L.A.; Goodwin, J.S. Impact of pain on disability
among older Mexican Americans. J Gerontology: Medical Sciences,
56(7): M400-M404; 2001.
Al Snih, S.;
Markides, K.S.; Ray, L.A.; Freeman, J.L.; Goodwin, J.S. Prevalence of
Arthritis in Older Mexican Americans. Arthritis Care and Research.
13(6): 409-416; 2000.
Black, S.A.; Espino,
D.V.; Mahurin, R.; Lichtenstein, M.; Hazuda, H.; Fabrizio, D.; Ray, L.;
Markides, K.S. The Influence of Non-Cognitive Factors on the Mini Mental
State Exam in Older Mexican Americans: Findings from the Hispanic HEPESE.
J Clinical Epidemiology. 52(11): 1095-1102; 1999.
Mark ides, K.S.;
Miller, T.Q.; Ray, L.A. Changes in the Smoking Behavior of Elderly Mexican
Americans in the Southwest from 1982-84 to 1993-94. Preventive
Medicine. 28: 251-254; 1999.
Black, S.A.; Ray,
L.A.; Markides, K.S. The Prevalence and Health Burden of Self-Reported
Diabetes in Older Mexican Americans: Findings from the Hispanic EPESE.
Am J of Public Health. 89(4): 546-552; 1999.
Baillargeon, J.;
Wilkinson, G.; Rudkin, L.; Baillargeon, G.; Ray, L. Characteristics of
the healthy worker effect: a comparison of male and female occupational
cohorts.
J
Occupational Environmental Med.
40: 368-73;
1998.
Lee, D.J.; Markides,
K.S.; Ray, L.A. Epidemiology of Self-Reported Past Heavy Drinking in
Hispanic Adults. Ethnicity and Health, 2(1): 77-88; 1997.
Markides, K.S.;
Stroup-Benham, C.A.; Goodwin, J.A.; Perkowski, L.C.; Lichtenstein, M.;
Ray, L.A. The Effect of Medical Conditions on the Functional Limitations
of Mexican American Elderly. Annals of Epidemiology, 6: 386-391;
1996.
Biography
Laura Ray received her Master’s degree
from the University of Houston at Clear
Lake in 1986. She is
currently the Project Director and Data Manager for the Hispanic EPESE, a
longitudinal study of the health of 3,050 Mexican American Elderly in the
Southwestern United States. The majority of her time is spent in data
management and performing statistical analyses with the four waves of H-EPESE
data. She is currently preparing for a fifth wave of interviews, which
involves questionnaire development, interviewer training, and
implementation.
Laura is also the Assistant Director for
Research Support in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community
Health where she manages grants and contracts for the department and
various research projects. |
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