Benjamin Shaw
Associate Professor
Health Policy, Management and Behavior
University at Albany
United States of America
Biography
Associate Professor of Health Policy, Management and Behavior examines aging, physical activity among the elderly, and how early life trauma can influence health in older adults. His research includes a four-year National Institutes of Health-funded study examining how older adults' patterns of physical activity, substance use, and health care utilization change with increasing age. Shaw's study examines how the health lifestyles of older adults in the U.S. compare to those of elderly Japanese. Shaw is also involved in a study of racial, ethnic, and cultural differences in quality of life during old age. He has a master's degree in public health and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.
Research Interest
My research seeks to advance our understanding of the influential social, psychological, and behavioral contexts of health during the aging process. By working to make both theoretical and methodological contributions to the study of health and aging, my ultimate aim is to improve our understanding of the aging process in order to better inform public health interventions and policies that promote healthy aging.
Publications
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Agahi, N., Shaw, B.A., & Fors, S. (2014). Social and economic conditions in childhood and the progression of functional health problems from midlife into old age.Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 68, 734-740.doi:10.1136/jech-2013-203698
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Shaw, B.A., & Agahi, N. (2014). Smoking and physical inactivity patterns during midlife as predictors of all-cause mortality and disability: A 39-year prospective study.European Journal of Ageing, 11, 195-204. doi: 10.1007/s10433-013-0298-0
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Murayama, H., Liang, J., Bennett, J., Shaw, B.A., Botoseneanu, A., Kobayashi, E., Fukaya, T., & Shinkai, S. (2015). Trajectories of body mass index and their associations with mortality among older Japanese: Do they differ from Western populations? American Journal of Epidemiology, 182(7), 597-605.
