Kenneth Langa, MD, PhD Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan Medical School
Dr. Langa is a General Internist, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, an Investigator at the VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, and a Faculty Associate in the Institute for Social Research, at the University of Michigan (UM). He is currently the Co-Director of the UM SGIM-Hartford Collaborative Center for Research and Education in the Care of Older Adults and the UM Patient Safety Enhancement Program. He earned a PhD from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago where his dissertation examined the impact of cost-containment policies on the use of medical interventions. Dr. Langa is the current recipient of a Career Development Award (K08) from the National Institute on Aging and a New Investigator Research Grant from the Alzheimer’s Association. His current research focuses on estimating the societal costs of chronic disease among older adults, with a focus on Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia. He is a collaborator on the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of adults age 50 and older that is funded by the National Institute on Aging, and the Aging, Demographics and Memory Study, a national population-based study of dementia.
Dr. Langa plans to use the Beeson award to expand the scope of his research on the long-term economic and health outcomes associated with providing informal care to older individuals with disabilities.
Dr. Langa is a General Internist, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, an Investigator at the VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, and a Faculty Associate in the Institute for Social Research, at the University of Michigan (UM). He is currently the Co-Director of the UM SGIM-Hartford Collaborative Center for Research and Education in the Care of Older Adults and the UM Patient Safety Enhancement Program. He earned a PhD from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago where his dissertation examined the impact of cost-containment policies on the use of medical interventions. Dr. Langa is the current recipient of a Career Development Award (K08) from the National Institute on Aging and a New Investigator Research Grant from the Alzheimer’s Association. His current research focuses on estimating the societal costs of chronic disease among older adults, with a focus on Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia. He is a collaborator on the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of adults age 50 and older that is funded by the National Institute on Aging, and the Aging, Demographics and Memory Study, a national population-based study of dementia.
Dr. Langa plans to use the Beeson award to expand the scope of his research on the long-term economic and health outcomes associated with providing informal care to older individuals with disabilities.