Publications

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The Caribbean American Dementia and Aging Study: Protocol for a Population-Based Study of Older Adult Health and Dementia in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico

Published in BMC Geriatrics, 2025

CADAS is a multi-purpose household study of aging focused on the life course determinants and consequences of health and dementia in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba.

Recommended citation: Liu MM, Llibre-Guerra J, Soria C, Li J, Zayas Llerena T, Rodriguez G, Acosta D, Jiménez Velázquez I, Llibre-Rodriguez JJ, Dow WH. The Caribbean American Dementia and Aging Study: protocol for a population-based study of older adult health and dementia in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. BMC Geriatr. 2025;25(1). doi:10.1186/s12877-025-06131-0 https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-025-06131-0

Assessing the 10/66 Dementia Classification Algorithm for International Comparative Analyses with the U.S.

Published in American Journal of Epidemiology, 2025

Cross-national comparisons of dementia prevalence are essential for identifying unique determinants and cultural-specific risk factors, but methodological differences in dementia classification across countries hinder global comparisons. This study maps the 10/66 algorithm for dementia classification, widely used and validated in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), to the U.S. Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS), the dementia sub-study of the Health and Retirement Study, and assesses its performance in ADAMS.

Recommended citation: Jorge J Llibre Guerra, Jordan Weiss, Jing Li, Chris Soria, Ana Rodriguez-Salgado, Juan de Jesús Llibre Rodriguez, Ivonne Z Jiménez Velázquez, Daisy Acosta, Mao-Mei Liu, William H Dow, Assessing the 10/66 Dementia Classification Algorithm for International Comparative Analyses with the U.S., American Journal of Epidemiology, 2024;, kwae470, https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwae470 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39745806/

Commentary: Examining Contextual Factors Contributing to Differentials in COVID-19 Mortality in U.S. vs. India

Published in Frontiers in Public Health, 2022

This commentary examines the disparities in COVID-19 mortality rates between the U.S. and India, exploring demographic dynamics and contextual factors contributing to the “Indian death paradox.”

Recommended citation: Zanwar PP, Wallace KL, Soria C, Perianayagam A. Commentary: Examining contextual factors contributing to differentials in COVID-19 mortality in U.S. vs. India. Front Public Health. 2022;10:995751. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.995751 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.995751/full

Connecting Fathers: Fathers’ Impact on Adult Children’s Social Networks

Published in The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2022

This paper was written while I was an undergraduate and published during my first year of graduate school.

Recommended citation: Soria C, Lawton L. Connecting Fathers: Fathers Impact on Adult Childrens Social Networks. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 2023;96(1):19-32. doi:10.1177/00914150221106645 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00914150221106645

Pre-Print

Partisan differences in health behaviors can impact respiratory disease dynamics

Published in medRxiv, 2026

This study examines how partisan differences in contact rates, mask usage, and vaccination patterns shape respiratory disease transmission dynamics.

Recommended citation: Soria C, Dorelien A, Feehan D, Mahmud A. Partisan differences in health behaviors can impact respiratory disease dynamics. medRxiv. 2026. doi:10.64898/2026.01.14.26344076 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.14.26344076v1

Social Network Structure Rivals Smoking and Income as a Predictor of U.S. County Mortality

Published in SocArXiv, 2025

This study examines how US county-level social network structure relates to mortality disparities using measures from 21 billion Facebook friendships.

Recommended citation: Soria C, Feehan DM. Social Network Structure Rivals Smoking and Income as a Predictor of U.S. County Mortality. SocArXiv. 2025. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/kvmx6_v2 https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/kvmx6_v2

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