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Kristine J. Ajrouch, PhD, FGSA (she/her/hers)

Research Professor
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Kristine J. Ajrouch, PhD is Research Professor in the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan where she co-directs the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD). A gerontologist and Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, she adopts a life course perspective to the study of social relations and health. Dr. Ajrouch's findings have been published in high-impact journals including the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Developmental Psychology, and Advances in Life Course Research. Her research has focused, for over twenty-five years, on Middle Eastern/Arab American populations (MENA) beginning with ethnic identity formation among adolescent children of immigrants followed by the study of aging and health disparities. Dr. Ajrouch’s current work is funded by the National Institute of Aging where she addresses social aspects of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). These projects seek to establish prevalence levels of AD among MENA older adults compared to blacks and whites in the metro-Detroit area by collecting biomarkers, social and cultural data and neuropsychological assessments.

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