Presentations

Conference Presentations 

* Indicates scheduled

(45 Presentations in Total, including 33 Podium Presentations)

2025

Population Association of America (PAA) 2025 Annual Meeting*

• Lin Z, Sun R, Chen X. "Racial and Ethnic Reporting and Representation in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials in the US" 

  • • He J*+, Lin Z*, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Chen X. "Crime Exposure, Dementia Risks, and Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Middle-Aged and Older Americans" (*Co-first authors with equal contribution; + Student mentee) (Oral/Podium)

    • Wang Y, Lin Z*, Chen X*. "Associations of Early-Life Risk Factors with Racial Disparities in Incident Dementia among Older Americans, 1998-2018" (* Co-senior authors)

    • Huo S, Lin Z, Yu J, Chen X. "Childhood Roots of Frailty: Machine Learning Insights into Health Inequality in Later Life" 

2024

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting

• Lin Z, Chen X. "How Do Places of Residence Over the Life Course Shape the Dynamics of Health Disparities in Later Life?" (Oral/Podium)

  • • Lin Z, Chen X. "Children’s Residential Proximity, Spousal Presence, and Modifiable Risk Factors for Dementia" (Oral/Podium)

    • Lin Z, Ba F, Allore H, Chen X. "Health Care Utilization and Costs for Hospitalized Dementia Patients in China" (Oral/Podium)

    • Lin Z, Ba F, Allore H, Chen X. "In-hospital Mortality among Dementia Patients in China: Evidence from Hospital Administrative Data"

    • Fan P, Lin Z, Yu J, Liu Z, Chen X. "DNA Methylation Age Acceleration Mediates the Associations Between Early-life Circumstances and Dementia Risk" (Oral/Podium)

    • Lou Y, Lin Z, Chen X. "Cognitive Misperception and Advance Care Planning among American Older Adults" 

Population Association of America (PAA) 2024 Annual Meeting

• Lin Z, Chen X. "The Long-Term Impacts of Dementia on Preventive Care Utilization and Health Behaviors" (Oral/Podium)

  • • Lin Z, Chen X. "The Long-term Impact of Place of Birth on Later-life Cognitive Health: Evidence and Insights from the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol" (Oral/Podium)

    • Lin Z, Schlesinger M, Chen X. "The Fatal Conceit? Cognitive Misperception, Disability, and Mortality among Older Adults: Evidence from US and England" [PAA 2024 Poster Winner]

    • Lin Z, Wang Y, Gill T, Chen X. "Childhood Exposure to School Racial Segregation and Late-Life Cognitive Function among US Older Adults"

American Economic Association (AEA/ASSA) 2024 Annual Meeting

• Lin Z, Chen X. "Deciphering the Upward Spillover Effect of Children’s Education on Parental Cognitive Aging: Evidence from the Compulsory Schooling Law in China" (Oral/Podium)

2023 

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting

• Lin Z, Ye J, Allore H, Gill T, Chen X. "Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among US Older Adults"  (Oral/Podium)

  • • Lin Z, Wang Y, Gill T, Chen X. "Association of Childhood Exposure to School Racial Segregation with Late-Life Cognition among American Adults"  (Oral/Podium)

• Lin Z, Schlesinger M, Chen X. "Cognitive Misperception, Disability, and Mortality among Older Adults in 25 Countries"  (Oral/Podium)

• Lin Z, Qian Y, Gill T, Hou X, Chen S, Chen X. "Functional Limitations and Absence of Care Among Older Adults Living with Dementia in China, England, the European Union, and the United States"  (Oral/Podium)

• Lin Z, Chen X. "Birthplace and Cognition among US Older Adults: Evidence from the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP)"  (Oral/Podium)

Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon)

• Lin Z, Chen X. "The Long-Term Impacts of Dementia on Preventive Care Utilization and Health Behaviors"  (Oral/Podium) [Emerging Scholars in Long Term Care, Aging & Demography]

• Lin Z, Ye J, Allore H, Gill T, Chen X. "Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among US Older Adults"  (Oral/Podium)

• Lin Z, Schlesinger M, Chen X. "The Fatal Conceit? Cognitive Misperception, Disability, and Mortality Among Older Adults in the United States and England"

Population Association of America (PAA) 2023 Annual Meeting

• Lin Z, Ye J, Allore H, Gill T, Chen X. "Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among US Older Adults"  (Oral/Podium)

• Lin Z, Qian Y, Gill T, Yu Z, Chen S, Chen X. "Difficulties with Activities of Daily Living and Persistent Lack of Care Among Older Adults Living with Dementia in 31 Countries, 2012-2018" (Oral/Podium)

2022 

NBER Economics of Aging Program Meeting

• Lin Z, Chen X. "The Short- and Long-Term Impacts of Dementia on Preventive Care Utilization and Health Behaviors" (Oral/Podium)

Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon)

• Lin Z, Chen X. "Deciphering the Upward Spillover Effect of Children’s Education on Parental Cognitive Aging: Evidence from the Compulsory Schooling Law in China" (Oral/Podium)

Population Association of America (PAA) 2022 Annual Meeting

• • • Lin Z, Chen X. "Long-term Services and Supports and Disease Management among Older Chinese Adults in Different Stages of Cognitive Impairment" (Oral/Podium)

    • Lin Z, Chen X. "Deciphering the Upward Spillover Effect of Children’s Education on Parental Cognitive Aging: Evidence from the Compulsory Schooling Law in China" (Oral/Podium)

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting

• Lin Z, Chen X. "The Short- and Long-Term Impacts of Dementia on Preventive Care Utilization and Health Behaviors"  (Oral/Podium)

• Lin Z, Fu M, Chen X. "Association of Subjective and Objective Cognition with Disease Awareness: Evidence from Blood Biomarkers Data"

IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG 2022)

• Lin Z, Fu M, Chen X. "Association of Subjective and Objective Cognition with Disease Awareness: Evidence from Blood Biomarkers Data"

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

• Lin Z, Ye J, Allore H, Gill T, Chen X. "Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among US Older Adults" (Oral/Podium)

• Lin Z, Chen X. "The Short-Term and Long-Term Impacts of Dementia on Preventive Care Utilization and Health Behaviors"

Yale Program on Aging Didactics Workshop

• Lin Z, Qian Y, Gill T, Yu Z, Chen S, Chen X. "Disability and Absence of Care for Older Adults Living with Dementia in 31 Countries, 2012-2018" (Oral/Podium)

Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2022

• Lin Z, Chen X. "The Dynamic Impacts of Dementia on Preventive Care Utilization" (Oral/Podium)

Launch of CCDCW Special Issue on ADRD (GLO Global Conference 2022)

• Lin Z, Ba F, Allore H, Liu GG, Chen X. "Geographic Variation in Inpatient Care Utilization, Outcomes and Costs for Dementia Patients Aged 65 Years or Older — China, 2017–2019" (Oral/Podium)

2021 

Alzheimer’s Association: Addressing Health Disparities

• • Lin Z, Ye J, Allore H, Gill T, Chen X. "Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among US Older Adults" (Oral/Podium)

International Workshop on the Socio-Economics of Ageing

• • Lin Z, Chen X. "Long-term Services and Supports and Disease Management among Older Chinese Adults in Different Stages of Cognitive Impairment" (Oral/Podium)

China Health Policy and Management Society Annual Symposium

• • Lin Z, Chen X. "Long-term Services and Supports and Disease Management among Older Chinese Adults in Different Stages of Cognitive Impairment" (Oral/Podium)

  • Lin Z, Ba F, Allore H, Chen X. "Health Care Utilization, Outcomes and Costs for Hospitalized Dementia Patients in China" (Oral/Podium)

2020 

Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon)

• Lin Z, Chen X. "How Does Children’s Education Affect Parents’ Cognitive Aging? Evidence from the Compulsory Schooling Law in China" (Oral/Podium)

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

• Lin Z, Chen X. "How Does Children’s Education Affect Parents’ Cognitive Aging? Evidence from the Compulsory Schooling Law in China" (Oral/Podium)

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting

• Lin Z, Chen X. "Children’s Education and Parents’ Cognitive Aging: Evidence from the Compulsory Schooling Law in China" (Oral/Podium)

• Lin Z, Chen X. "Early Life Circumstances and Cognitive Aging: Longitudinal Evidence from China Health and Retirement Study"

Invited Talks & Presentations 

2024 

Lin Z. "Unraveling the Early-Life Origins of Racial Disparities in Cognitive Aging: Evidence and Implications for Public Policy"

• Division of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago

2023 

Lin Z. "The Long-Term Impacts of Dementia on Preventive Care Utilization and Health Behaviors"

• Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University