Director, NACDA Program on Aging
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
James McNally is the NACDA Program on Aging Director at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Initially trained in forensic anthropology at the University of Maryland and then formal demography and population health at Georgetown University, Dr. McNally developed an interest in population health and gerontology at Brown University and in policy applications of health data Post-Doctoral Fellow at Syracuse University's Center for Policy Research. He currently does methodological research on the development of Common Data Elements (CDE) to facilitate population health models. His work on imputation has been cited in deliberations before the U.S. Supreme Court. He has worked extensively with studies on the aging lifecourse, health, retirement, and international aspects of aging during his career. He has spent much of his career addressing the methodological issues associates with the measurement of health outcomes; specifically focusing on applications for using secondary data in research applications. He has helped design and implement health surveys at the national and community level and well as in international settings. His curation work has led to the long-term preservation and maintenance of both contemporary and historic studies, many of which would have otherwise been damaged, lost or destroyed. His mission is to train future generations of students, researchers, archivists, and public advocates in the use of research data. Dr. McNally has worked on research projects both in the US and internationally and is routinely invited to present on health outcomes and the application of data to better understand lifecourse events.
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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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