Professional Summary
Professor, University of Michigan, Epidemiology (2004-present)
Adjunct Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (2003-present)
Visiting Scientist, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, (2005)
Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Epidemiology (2000-2004)
Associate Professor, UC Davis, School of Medicine, Epidemiology (1991-2000)
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (1986-1993)
Courses Taught
EPID616: Neuroepidemiology
EPID677: Epidemiology of Aging
EPID813: Advanced seminar on public health and aging
Advanced topics in the Epidemiology of Aging
Education
Dr.P.H., University of California, Berkeley, 1986
M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley, 1975
Research Interest & Projects
Dr. Haan's primary research interests are in the epidemiology of aging populations. This involves study of the etiology and natural history of chronic diseases and functional impairment in old age. In addition, she is interested in methodological issues in understanding gerontological epidemiology. Her work has encompassed disease prevention in old age, the etiology of neurodegenerative diseases and the influence of cardiovascular disease on dementia. Her central focus is on gender and ethnicity as cofactors in explaining the heterogeneity of disease and functioning in aging. She is involved in clinical research in women's health, especially on the influence of hormones on the aging process, gene-environment interactions between estrogen and Apolipoprotein E, and the role of estrogen in preventing cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative diseases and cognitive decline. Dr. Haan is the PI of a multi-center randomized clinical trial of hormone replacement therapy as a preventive treatment for macular degeneration that includes 20 universities and is a component of the Women's Health Initiative. She has served in a leadership role in this study for seven years. Within WHI, she is also focused on the effects of HRT on cognitive impairment and dementia. Dr. Haan is conducting research into the associations between diabetes, dementia and cognitive impairment as part of the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA). This research concerns the influence of cultural social, psychological, dietary, genetic and biological risk factors on the development of these conditions in older Latinos. She is PI of an imaging substudy within SALSA that is examining differences in various brain structures in normal, cognitively impaired and demented adults. The implications of these research findings for health care services delivery and policy are also of interest.
Selected Publications
Whitmer, R.A., Gustafson, D.R., Barrett-Connor, E., Haan, M.N., Gunderson, E.P., Yaffe, K. (Sept, 2008). Central Obesity and Increased Risk of Dementia More than Three Decades Later. Neurology, 71(14), 1057-1064.
Cramer, C., Haan, M.N., Galea, S., Langa, K.M., Kalbfleisch, J.D. (July, 2008). Use of statins and incidence of dementia and cognitively impaired without dementia in a cohort study. Neurology, 71(5), 344-350.
West, N.A., Haan, M.N. (June, 2008). Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index as Predictors of Dementia or Cognitive Impairment in Older Mexican Americans. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences
Haan, M.N., Colon Lopez, V., Moore, K.M., Gonzalez, H.M., Mehta, K., Hinton, L. (2007). Predictors of decline in cognitive status, incidence of dementia/CIND and all cause mortality in older Latinos: the role of nativity and cultural orientation in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. In Angel J., Angel R., Espino D. (Ed.) Key Issues in Hispanic Health and Health Care Policy Research. (50-64). University of Pennsylvania Press.
Haan, M.N., Miller, J.W., Aiello, A.E., Whitmer, R.A., Jagust, W.J., Mungas, D.M., Allen, L.H., Green, R. (Feb 2007). Homocysteine, B vitamins and incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment: results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 85(2), 511-517.
Haan, M.N., Klein, R., Klein, B., Deng, Y., Blythe, L., Seddon, J., Musch, D., Kuller, L., Hyman, L., Wallace, B. (July, 2006). Hormone therapy and age-related macular degeneration: the Women's Health Initiative Sight Exam Study. Archives of Ophthalmology, 124(7), 988-992.
Aiello, A.E., Haan, M.N., Moore, K.A., Blythe, L., Gonzalez, J.K., Jagust, W.J. (July, 2006). Markers of infection predict cognitive decline over four years. Research and Practice in Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline., 9, 213-218.
Aiello, A.E., Haan, M.N., Moore, K.A., Blythe, L., Gonzalez, J.K., Jagust, W.J. (July, 2006). Influence of latent viral infection on rate of cognitive decline over four years. Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 54(7), 1046-1054.
Professional Affiliations
1985-now American Heart Association, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention,
Executive Committee member (1996-1998)
1993-now American Geriatrics Society
1986-now Society for Epidemiologic Research
1974-now American Public Health Association
1989-now Gerontological Society of America (Past Chair, Epidemiology of Aging Interest Group)
1993-now American College of Epidemiology (elected membership).
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