Karen J. Cruickshanks, Ph.D.
Professor
1038 WARF
610 N. Walnut Street
Madison, WI 53723-2336
(608) 262-4032
(608) 265-2148 (fax)
cruickshanks@episense.wisc.edu
| Degrees: | 1977 B.A. (Biology), Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 1987 Ph.D. (Epidemiology), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Appointments: | Director of Graduate Programs in Population Health Vice Chair, Department of Population Health Sciences Affiliate Appointments: UW Institute on Aging |
| Research: | My research program is studying the health problems of aging. The cornerstone of the research is two epidemiological population-based cohort studies. The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study, now in its 13th year, is funded by the National Institute on Aging (AG11099) to study hearing, olfaction, cognition, physical function and quality of life in 3500 older residents of Beaver Dam, WI. In 2004, a new cohort study was funded by the National Institute of Aging, National Eye Institute and National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (AG021917) to study the adult offspring of these participants (ages 21-74 yrs in 2005). This new multi-generational study of the Beaver Dam families will help us understand the genetic and environmental factors which contribute to age-related sensory impairments and provide new epidemiologic data on the prevalence of sensory impairments (vision, hearing, smell, and taste), sensory disorders, and subclinical atherosclerosis in the post-war baby-boomer generation. A major theme of our research is the link between subclinical atherosclerosis and the sensory and neurological disorders of aging. |
| Publications: | Cruickshanks KJ, Tweed TS, Wiley, TL, Klein BEK, Klein R, Chappell RJ, Nondahl DM, Dalton DS: The five-year incidence and progression of hearing loss: The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 129: 1041-1046, 2003. Dalton DS, Cruickshanks KJ, Klein BEK, Klein R, Wiley TL, Nondahl DM: The impact of hearing loss on quality of life in older adults. Gerontologist; 45:661-668, 2003. Mitchell JL, Cruickshanks KJ, Klein BEK, Palta M, Nondahl DM: Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and its association with cognitive impairment. Arch Intern Med;163:2485-90, 2003. Tomany SC, Cruickshanks KJ, Klein R, Klein BEK, Knudtson MD: Sunlight and the 10-Year Incidence of Age-related Maculopathy: The Beaver Dam Eye Study. Arch Ophthalmol, 122(5):750-7, 2004. Klein R, Klein BEK, Moss S, Wong T, Hubbard L, Cruickshanks KJ, Palta M: The relation of retinal vessel caliber to the incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy: XIX: The Wisconsin Epidemiological Study of Diabetic Retinopathy. Arch Ophthalmol, 122 (1):76-83; 2004. Nondahl DM, Schubert CR, Cruickshanks KJ. A questionnaire for assessing environmental tobacco smoke exposure. Environmental Research. 2005(97):76-82. Knudtson MD, Klein BEK, Klein R, Cruickshanks KJ, Lee KE: Age-Related Eye Disease, Quality of Life, and Functional Activity. Arch Ophthalmol. 123:807-814, 2005. Puent B, Klein BEK, Klein R, Cruickshanks KJ, Nondahl DM: Factors Related to Vision Care in an Older Adult Cohort. Optom Vis Sci. 82 (7): 612-616, 2005. |