We have had a busy last few weeks here at GREMAP! In November, folks from the research group had the opportunity to attend various meetings and conferences to present their work and connect with collaborators, both old and new.

In early November, Dr. Mezuk and her co-PI Toni Antounucci held a day-long working meeting focused on their recent grant from the NIA, which will reinterview the cohort from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) to assess key cognitive and psychosocial outcomes. The event was hosted at Harvard University and was an amazing opportunity for study leadership, staff, and collaborators to get together, connect, and work collaboratively to prepare for going into the field.

The NSAL ‘2.0’ team pictured in the medical library at Harvard.

In addition, many GREMAP members and collaborators attended the the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) annual meeting, which took place from November 12th-15th (also in Boston!). At the meeting, folks presented their work on a variety of topics related to aging and health, including contextual/neighborhood factors, mental health and suicidality, and expectations related to work and aging.

GREMAP presentations included:

• “Association between Residential Segregation and Suicide across the Lifecourse among Black Americans”, presented by Dr. Eskira Kahsay
• “Spousal Work Expectations and Psychological Distress: Insights from the United States and South Korea”, presented by Dr. Linh Dang
• “Feeling Younger Every Day? Daily Activities and Subjective Age in the Health and Retirement Study”, presented by Dr. Briana Mezuk, alongside co-presenter Dr. Wassim Tarraf
• “The Structure of Major Life Transitions among Older Suicide Decedents: An Application of Large Language Models”, presented by Dr. Briana Mezuk

GREMAP members [left to right] Briana Mezuk, Kallisse Dent, Linh Dang, Eskira Kahsay, and Cullen Zhong at the GSA conference.

Lastly, doctoral student Aparna Ananthasubramaniam, who is pursuing a dual degree in Social Work and Information, presented her work on the intersection between state policies, housing transitions, and suicidality at the 2025 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) meeting. The talk was titled “State Housing Policy Environments and Suicide Risk among Households Experiencing Eviction and Foreclosure” and highlights her work using data from multiple sources to examine the effect of state-level policies (e.g., resident protections, eviction moratoria) on suicide deaths related to eviction and foreclosure. You can read the full abstract here.