Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health

Faculty

Kristin M. Tomey, PhD

Contact:
ktea@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 615-9574
Fax: (734) 764-6250
Office: 1867 SPH I

Title:
Assistant Research Scientist, Epidemiology

Interests:
Aging-related health conditions, particularly physical functioning difficulties such as trouble walking, bending or stooping and hearing. Main areas of investigation are the associations and pathways between community-level influences and physical functioning-related health outcomes in mid-aged and older persons, the impact of biological, social and mental health states on physical functioning difficulties, and improving measurement of physical functioning performance.

Faculty Website

Pubmed List of Publications

 

Projects:
Development of Functional Limitations in the Built Environment of Mid-Aged Women

Estimating the Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Particulate Air Pollution on Biological Markers of Cardiovascular Risk in the SWAN cohort

Perimenopause, Bone and Arthritis in African Americans

Neighborhoods and CVD risk in a multiethnic cohort

Change in Bone, Arthritis, Function: Hormones & Obesity

Functional Status and the Menopause Transition III