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Teresa Seeman

Teresa Seeman

Professor, Department of Geriatrics
University of California-Los Angeles
tseeman@mednet.ucla.edu

Dr. Seeman’s research interests focus on the role of socio-cultural factors in health and aging with specific interest in understanding the biological pathways through which these factors influence health and aging. A major focus of her research relates to understanding how aspects of the social environment, particularly social ties, influence health and aging. Dr. Seeman was a member of the MacArthur Research Network on Successful Aging (1985-1995) and directed data collection for the longitudinal MacArthur Study of Successful Aging. She has published extensively from this study and others on the role of social and psychological factors in aging. She is currently a member of the MacArthur Research Network on Socio-economic Status and Health. She has also served as a consultant to the Behavioral and Social Research Program at the National Institute on Aging on issues relating to the integration of physiological parameters into more socio-behavioral models of health and aging and currently serves as a member of the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program. In collaboration with Drs. Bruce McEwen, and Burton Singer, she has taken a lead in empirical research on the new concept of allostatic load, with particular attention to both issues of measurement of the concept as well as empirical documentation of its relationship to both subsequent health outcomes as well as prior life circumstances.



Representative Publications
Seeman, TE, Huang, MH, Bretsky, P, Crimmins, E, Launer, L, Guralnik, JM. (2005). Education and APOE-e4 in Longitudinal Cognitive Decline: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 60(2): P74-P83, 2005.

Karlamangla, A, Singer, BS, Williams, DR, Schwartz, J, Matthews, K, Kiefe, CI, and Seeman, TE. (2005). Impact of Socio-economic Status on Longitudinal Accumulation of Cardiovascular Risk in Young Adults: The CARDIA Study. Social Science & Medicine 60: 999-1015, 2005.

Karlamangla, A, Singer, BH, Greendale, GA & Seeman, TE. (2005). Increase in epinephrine excretion is associated with cognitive decline in elderly men: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 30: 453 – 460. 2005.

Hu, P., Adler, N.E., Goldman, N., Weinstein, M., Seeman, T. (2005). Relationship of Subjective Assessment of Socioeconomic Status with Measures of Health in Older Taiwanese Persons. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 53(3):483-8.

Singer, B., Ryff, C.D., & Seeman, T. (2004). Operationalizing allostatic load. In J. Schulkin (Ed.), Allostasis, homeostasis, and the costs of physiological adaptation (pp. 113-149). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Seeman, TE, Crimmins, E, Bucur, A., Huang, MH, Singer, B, Bucur, A, Gruenewald, T, Berkman, LF, Reuben, DB. (2004). Cumulative Biological Risk and Socio-Economic Differences in Mortality: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. Soc Sci & Med 58, 1985-1997, 2004.

Karlamangla, AS, Singer, BH, Reuben, DB, Seeman, TE. (2004). Increases in serum non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol may be beneficial in some high functioning older adults: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. J. Amer. Geriatrics Soc. 52(4): 487 – 494. 200.

Seeman, T., Glei, D., Goldman, N., Weinstein, M., Singer, B., Lin, Y.S. (2004). Social Relationships and Allostatic Load in Taiwanese Elderly and Near-Elderly. Social Science and Medicine 59:2245-57.

Goldman, N., Weinstein, M., Cornman, J., Singer, B., Seeman, T., Chang, M.C. (2004). Sex Differentials in Biological Risk Factors for Chronic Disease: Estimates from Population-Based Surveys. Journal of Women’s Health 13(4):393-403.

Lin, I.F., Goldman, N., Weinstein, M., Lin, Y.H., Gorrindo, T., Seeman, T. (2003). “Gender Differences in Adult Children’s Provision of Support to their Elderly Parents in Taiwan. Journal of Marriage and the Family 65:184-200.

Weinstein, M., Goldman, N., Hedley, A., Lin, Y.H., Seeman, T. (2003). Social Linkages to Biological Markers of Health Among the Elderly. Journal of Biosocial Science 35(3):433-53.

Seeman, T.E., Singer, B.H., Ryff, C.D., Love, G.D., & Levy-Storms, L. (2002). Social relationships gender, and allostatic load across two age cohorts. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64, 395-406.

Karlamangla, A.S., B.H., Singer, B.S., McEwen, J.W., Rowe, and Seeman, TE. (2002). Allostatic lead as a predictor of functional decline: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol 55, No. 7, 696-710, July 2002.

Seeman, TE, Singer, B, Ryff, C, Levy-Storms, L. (2002). Psychosocial factors and the development of allostatic load. Psychosomatic Medicine 64:395-406, May/June 2002.

Seeman, TE, Lusignolo, T, Berkman, L, Albert, M. (2001). Social Environment Characteristics and Patterns of Cognitive Aging: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. Health Psychology 20:243-255, 2001.

Seeman, TE, Singer, B, Wilkinson, C, McEwen, B. (2001). Gender Differences in Age-Related Changes in HPA axis Reactivity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 26:225-240, 2001.

Seeman, TE, Singer, B, Rowe, J, McEwen, B. (2001). Exploring a new concept of cumulative biological risk -- Allostatic load & its health consequences: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 98(8): 4770-4775, 2001.

Seeman, TE, Singer, B, Horwitz, R, McEwen, BS. (1997). "The Price of Adaptation --Allostatic Load & Its Health Consequences: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging". Archives of Internal Medicine 157:2259-2268, 1997..

Seeman, TE, McEwen, BS, Singer, B, Albert, M, Rowe, JW. (1997). "Increase in Urinary Cortisol Excretion and Declines in Memory: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging". J Clin Endo & Metabol 82:2458-2465, 1997.

Seeman, TE, McEwen, BS. (1996). Social Environment Characteristics and Neuroendocrine Function: the Impact of Social Ties and Support on Neuroendocrine Regulation. Psychosomatic Medicine 58:459-471, 1996.

Seeman, TE, Berkman, LF, Gulanski, B, Robbins, R, Greenspan, S, Charpentier, P, Rowe, J. (1995). Self-esteem and neuroendocrine response to challenge: MacArthur Successful Aging Studies. Psychosomatic Research 39:69-84, 1995.