Dr Jo Mhairi Hale
Senior Lecturer
Biography
Dr. Jo Mhairi Hale received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Davis in 2016 then completed a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany in 2018, and has been at St Andrews ever since. She is dedicated to shedding light on the stark and far-reaching consequences of sociopolitical inequalities in hopes of contributing to dismantling power structures that perpetuate those inequities. She has focused primarily on population health disparities and disparities in outcomes for Mexican migrants to the USA, but is starting a new line of research with the Data for Justice team to study the health impacts of climate change.
PhD supervision
- Ewan Jenkins
- Chau Cong Anh Nguyen
- Winifred Maduko
- Victor Emmanuel
- Mengxing Joshi
Selected publications
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Open access
Racial, ethnic, nativity, and educational disparities in cognitive impairment and activity limitations in the United States, 1998-2016
Sharma, S., Hale, J. M., Myrskylä, M. & Kulu, H., 1 Oct 2023, In: Demography. 60, 5, p. 1441-1468 28 p., 10941414.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A longitudinal analysis of the association between long-term exposure to air pollution and cognitive function among adults aged 45 and over in China
Hu, K., Hale, J. M., Kulu, H., Liu, Y. & Keenan, K., 4 Mar 2023, In: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 78, 3, p. 556-569 14 p., gbac162.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cognitive impairment and partnership status in the United States, 1998-2016, by sex, race/ethnicity, and education
Sharma, S., Hale, J. M., Myrskylä, M. & Kulu, H., 22 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Population Studies. Latest Articles, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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US racial-ethnic mortality gap adjusted for population structure
Pifarré i Arolas, H., Acosta, E., Dudel, C., Hale, J. M. & Myrskylä, M., 1 May 2023, In: Epidemiology. 34, 3, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Racial, Ethnic, Nativity, and Educational Disparities in Cognitive Impairment and Activity Limitations in the United States, 1998-2016
Sharma, S., Hale, J. M., Myrskylä, M. & Kulu, H., 1 Oct 2023, In: Demography. 60, 5, p. 1441-1468 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does postponing retirement affect cognitive function? A counterfactual experiment to disentangle life course risk factors
Hale, J. M., Bijlsma, M. J. & Lorenti, A., Sept 2021, In: SSM - Population Health. 15, 12 p., 100855.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trends in the risk of cognitive impairment in the United States, 1996-2014
Hale, J. M., Schneider, D. C., Gampe, J., Mehta, N. K. & Myrskylä, M., Sept 2020, In: Epidemiology. 31, 5, p. 745-754Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A longitudinal analysis of PM2.5 exposure and multimorbidity clusters and accumulation among adults aged 45-85 in China
Hu, K., Keenan, K., Hale, J. M., Liu, Y. & Kulu, H., 29 Jun 2022, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 2, 6, 20 p., e0000520.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cognitive disparities: the impact of the Great Depression and cumulative inequality on later-life cognitive function
Hale, J. M., Dec 2017, In: Demography. 54, 6, p. 2125-2158 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Understanding cognitive impairment in the U.S. through the lenses of intersectionality and (un)conditional cumulative (dis)advantage
Hale, J. M., Schneider, D. C., Mehta, N. K. & Myrskylä, M., 7 Nov 2022, Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, p. 1-83, 83 p. (MPIDR working paper; no. 2022-029).Research output: Working paper