Ongoing projects
All NEAR projects are based on at least two or more databases within NEAR. Below is a list of the ongoing projects.
- Physical function before death – Linda Enroth, University of Tampere, Finland
- Life-course determinants of health status in the elderly – Debora Rizzuto, Karolinska Institutet
- Medications effects on trajectories of biological age – Sara Hägg, Karolinska Institutet
- Simul-Age – Björn Slaug, Lund University
- The effect of exclusion from social relations – Andreas Motel-Klingebiel and George Pavlidis, Linköping University
- Sleep disturbances, physical and cognitive frailty, and physical function – Shireen Sindi and Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Karolinska Institutet, and Laura Monica Perez, Vall d’Hebrón Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona
- A metric for global brain integrity – Lars Nyberg, Umeå University
- Cohort differences in dementia risk factors in Sweden – Scott Hofer and Giulia Grande, Karolinska Institutet
- Sleep disturbances and MRI – Shireen Sindi, Karolinska Institutet
- Birth cohort differences in the body mass index (BMI)-mortality association – Anna Dahl Aslan, University of Skövde
- Stress and cognitive and physical function – Ingemar Kåreholt, Jönköping University
- Aging frailty and cardiovascular risk – Francesca Leva, University of Milan
- Sex-specific differences, inflammation, late-life depression – Ingmar Skoog, University of Gothenburg
- Trends in prevalence of dementia – Chengxuan Qiu, Karolinska Institutet
- Trajectories of care needs – Davide Vetrano, Karolinska Institutet
- Green brain project – Cecilia Stenfors, Stockholm University
- Care in people with dementia – Weili Xu, Karolinska Institutet
- Sleep, cognition and pain – Anders Behrens, Blekinge Institute of Technology
- The role of physical health conditions for terminal decline in well-being – Denis Gerstorf, Humboldt University of Berlin
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and sleep apnea – Ashir Javeed, Blekinge Institute of Technology
- Smell and depression – Ingrid Ekström, Karolinska Institutet
- Personality traits and biomarkers of cognitive disorders – Robert Sigström, University of Gothenburg
- BMI and frailty index – Alessandra Marengoni, Brescia University
- Herpes and cognitive decline – Pascal Geldsetzer, Stanford University
- Intergenerational differences in cognitive trajectories: role of cardiovascular health and cognitive reserve – Giulia Grande, Karolinska Institutet
- Creating a ‘movement’ in dementia research using Swedish older adult data – Sydney Schaefer, Arizona State University
- Patterns of stress across the life course and their role in mental health and loneliness in later life – Charlotta Nilsen, Jönköping University
- Nutritional status among very old adults in urban and rural areas in Sweden – Birgitta Olofsson, Umeå University
- Dietary patterns and malnutrition in older adults: a multicohort study – Adrián Carballo Casla, Karolinska Institutet
- Validation of the Health Assessment Tool (HAT) in the Swedish National Study on Aging (SNAC), Part II, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Karolinska Institutet
- Old-age depression: Temporal and regional differences and their implications for treatment and healthcare utilization patterns in old age – Serhiy Dekhtyar, Karolinska Institutet
- Low and Declining Risk-factors preceding Dementia (LODERID) study – Jan Willem van Dalen, Radboud university Medical Center
- Validation of dementia diagnosis – Debora Rizzuto, Karolinska Institutet
- Aging with ADHD: Social and economic risk factors and resources across the life course and their impact on mental health – Charlotta Nilsen, Jönköping University
- Identifying Falls Risk Factors in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: Toward Targeted Prevention Strategies – Anna-Karin Welmer, Karolinska Institutet
- An investigation into the use of Swedish snus and its association with cognition and dementia – Manasa Shanta Näsholm, Karolinska Institutet
- Female-specific factors, biological and neuroimaging correlates, and the risk of dementia – Jessica Gong, University College London
