Igor Akushevich

Research Professor in the Social Science Research Institute

Social Science Research Institute

igor.akushevich@duke.edu

Box 90420, Durham, NC 27708-0408

2024 West Main Street, Box 90420, Durham, NC 27705

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Selected Grants

Environmental and health impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in North Carolina (NC)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by NC Department of Environmental Quality · 2025 - 2027

Leveraging population-based human data to uncover mechanisms connecting Alzheimer's disease and common infections and facilitate vaccines repurposing for AD prevention

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Racial and Geographic Disparities in Risk and Survival of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Effects of Over/UnderDiagnosis and Disease Severity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Leveraging Existing Data and Analytic Methods for Health Disparities Research Related to Aging and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2020 - 2025

Project 1: The Long Life Family Study

ResearchSenior Research Scientist · Awarded by Washington University in St. Louis · 2019 - 2025

Primary care delivery organization and socioeconomic disparities in patient outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Bureau of Economic Research · 2024 - 2025

Understanding Alzheimer's Disease in the Context of the Aging

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Determinants of geographic disparities in mortality and multimorbidity in the U.S.

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Genetics of aging, health and longevity: focus on regulatory mechanisms and functional variants connecting aging and Alzheimer's disease"

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Evaluating Effects in the Relationship between Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer's Disease: Epidemiological Determinants, Their Health-Related Causes and the Resulting Disparities

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity · 2020 - 2024

Analysis: The Long Life Family Study

ResearchSenior Research Scientist · Awarded by Washington University in St. Louis · 2019 - 2024

Genetics of changes in population pyramids: Implications for health forecasting with a focus on Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2014 - 2023

Comparing the Effectiveness of Guideline-concordant Care to Active Surveillance for DCIS: an Observational Study

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2015 - 2021

Bioinformatics Approaches to Advance Drug Repositioning for AD

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2018 - 2020

Long Life Family Study: Duke Univ./Univ. of Southern Denmark Field Center

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2019

The Cost of Bladder Cancer to Medicare

ResearchAnalyst · Awarded by Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network · 2018 - 2019

Causal Effects of Time-Dependent Treatment: Optimizing Care of Cancer Patients

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2015

Integrating Population and Basic Science in Cancer Research

ResearchFaculty Member · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2015

The Future of Major Geriatric Disorders in the US Elderly

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2013

Evaluating New Genetic Effects on Health and Aging from Longitudinal Data

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2013

New Methods of Studying Aging, Health and Longevity: Combining Longitudinal Data

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2011