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Curriculum Vitae in PDF Format
Short Biography in PDF Format
Education:
Ph.D. Louisiana State University,
Sociology. 1976
M.A. Louisiana State University, Sociology, 1973
B.A. Bowling Green State University, Sociology, 1972
Active Research:
7/92 – 11/30/2008
A longitudinal study of 3,050 elderly
Mexican Americans in the Southwest. Estimate prevalence and incidence of
major conditions and disabilities and compare with other populations.
Study predictors of mortality and change in health over time. Additional
1,000 subjects aged 75 older added after 10 years, Longitudinal Study
of Mexican American Elderly Health (Hispanic EPESE) NIH/NIA R01
AG10939, Role PI
8/1/99-4/30/04 The
goal of this pre and postdoctoral training program is to recruit
academically promising candidates into the study of health of older
minorities, NRSA Health of Older Minorities, NIH/NIA AG00270 (PI-
James Goodwin) Role: Co-Director, Renewal application received score of
144.
8/01/00-7/31/04
The Major goal of this project is to examine the enabling-disabling
process in older Hispanics, Enabling-Disabling Process in Hispanic
Older Adults, NIH/NIA, 1 R01 AG17638-01A1 (PI-Kenneth Ottenbacher)
Role: Co-Investigator
4/01/03-3/31/08
Center to promote research on the health of minority populations
especially Hispanics, UTMB Center for Population Health and Health
Disparities, NIH/NCI, ES-02-009 (PI-James Goodwin) Role:
Co-Investigator
07/01/03-06/30/06
This study focuses on the effects of marriage on health in older Mexican
Americans, Health Concordance among Older Mexican American Couples,
NIH/NIA, 1R01AG21089-01 (PI-M. Kristen Peek) Role: Co-Investigator
Selected Publications:
Markides,
K.S., Miranda, M. (eds.).
Minorities, Aging and Health.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications; 1997.
Ostir, G.V.,
Markides, K.S., Peek, M.K., Goodwin, J.S. The association between
emotional well-being and the incidence of stroke in older adults.
Psychosomatic Medicine, 63:210-215, 2001
Markides, K.S., Black, S.A., Ostir, G.V.,
Angel, R.J., Guralnik, J.M., Lichtenstein, M. Lower Body Function and
Mortality in Mexican American Elderly People. Journal of Gerontology:
Medical Sciences, 56A: M243-M247, 2001.
Dinuzzo, A.R., Black, S.A., Lichtenstein, M.J.,
Markides, K.S. Prevalence of functional blindness, visual impairment and
related functional deficits among elderly Mexican Americans. Journal
of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 56(9):M548-M551, 2001.
Markides, K.S.
Migration and Health, in International Encyclopedia of the Social and
Behavioral Sciences. P. Baltes and N.J. Smelser (Eds). New York
and Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2001: 9799-9803.
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.
Patel, K.V.,
Markides, K.S., Ray, L., Eschbach, K. Evaluation of mortality data for
older Mexican Americans: Implications for the Hispanic Paradox American
Journal of Epidemiology -00494-2003. (in press).
Biography:
Kyriakos S.
Markides received his PhD in sociology from Louisiana
State University in 1976. He
is currently the Annie and John Gnitzinger Professor of Aging and Director
of the Division of Sociomedical Sciences at the University of
Texas Medical Branch in
Galveston in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health.
He has been conducting research on the health of older Mexican Americans
since 1976. He is currently Principal Investigator of the Hispanic
Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (EPESE)
a longitudinal study of 3,050 older Mexican Americans from the
Southwestern United States. Dr. Markides is the author or co-author of over 210 publications, the
majority of which are on older Mexican Americans. He is also the founding
and current editor of the Journal of Aging and Health. The Institute for
Scientific Information has recently selected Dr. Markides to be listed
among the most cited social scientists in the world.
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