Ross Andel, Ph.D.
University of Southern California, 2003

Assistant Professor - School of Aging Studies

Email: randel@cas.usf.edu
Telephone: 813-974-9743
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
NIH Biosketch (pdf).

Description of Research Interests

Dr. Andel’s primary research interest has been in the investigation of modifiable risk factors for cognitive impairment that may be used to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. Factors examined by Dr. Andel have included intellectual, social, and physical activities in and outside of work, education, personality, and diet. Dr. Andel has worked with the Swedish Twin Registry and other datasets. Dr. Andel has also published on the effects of exercise on functional fitness in old age, risk factors for nursing home placement and other topics related to health and aging.

Selected Publications (representative publications selected from over 20)

Kröger, E., Andel, R., Lindsay, J., Benounissa, Z., Verreault, R., Laurin, D. (in press). Is complexity of work associated with risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease? The Canadian Study of Health and Aging. The American Journal of Epidemiology.

Andel, R., Crowe, M., Pedersen, N. L., Fratiglioni, L., Johansson, B., & Gatz, M. (2008). Physical exercise at midlife and risk of dementia three decades later: a population-based study of Swedish twins. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 63,M62-M66.

Crowe, M., Andel, R., Pedersen, N. L., Gatz, M. (2007). Do work-related stress and reactivity to stress predict dementia more than 30 years later? Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 21, 205-209.

Andel, R., Vigen, C., Mack, W., & Gatz, M. (2006). The effect of education and occupational complexity on rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12, 147-152.

Becker, M., Andel, R., Rohrer, L., & Banks, S. (2006). The effect of cholinesterase inhibitors on risk of nursing home placement among Medicaid beneficiaries with dementia. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 20, 147-152.

Andel, R., Crowe, M., Pedersen, N. L., Mortimer, J. A., Crimmins, E., Johansson, B., & Gatz, M. (2005). Complexity of work and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: a population-based study of Swedish twins. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 60B, P251-P258.

Andel, R., Hughes, T. F., & Crowe, M. (2005). Strategies to reduce risk of cognitive decline and dementia: A review. Aging Health, 1, 107-116.

Undergraduate Teaching (School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida )
GEY 3601 Physical Change and Aging
GEY 4612 Psychology of Aging
GEY 4900 Directed Readings
GEY 4900 Directed Research

Graduate Teaching (School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida)
GEY 6613 Physical Change and Aging
GEY 6934 Seminar in Aging and Cognition
GEY 7911 Directed Research