Jennifer A. Ailshire

Education:

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Michigan

Current Projects with Burgard:

The role of sleep and SES in determining mortality
The association between family relationship quality and sleep disturbances

Revise & Resubmit   Burgard, Sarah A., Jennifer A. Ailshire, and N. Michelle Hughes. “The Night Shift: Sex Stratification of Sleep among American Adults.”

Under Review   Ailshire, Jennifer A., Sarah A. Burgard, Patrick M. Krueger, and Elliot Friedman. “Sleep Duration and Mortality Risk: Do Social Factors Moderate the Association?”

2009   Burgard, Sarah A., and Jennifer A. Ailshire. “Putting Work to Bed: Stressful Experiences on the Job and Sleep Quality.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 50(4): 476-492.

Research interests:

Neighborhood determinants of health
Social relationships and health behaviors (e.g. BMI and sleep)
Aging and the life course

Experience/Employment:

NIA Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California

Contact Information:

ailshire@usc.edu

www.jenniferailshire.com