Arun Balachandran @arunabc3

Arun Balachandran

@arunabc3.bsky.social

Postdoc @ColumbiaAging @Columbia University| @UofMaryland| PhD @univgroningen| Ageing,Health,Mortality,Gender

140 Followers | 254 Following | 13 Posts | Joined: 08.10.2023 | 1.8022

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Thanks @nacda-icpsr.bsky.social for this interesting podcast with me.

@danbelsky.bsky.social @columbiaaging.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

01.10.2025 19:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pace of Aging analysis of healthspan and lifespan in older adults in the US and UK - Nature Aging Adapting their Pace of Aging method across two population studies of older adults, Balachandran and colleagues find that a faster aging rate puts older adults at risk for early onset of disability and...

New Gateway-supported research: This @nature.com Aging article uses Harmonized US and UK data to study the pace of #aging, #healthspan, and lifespan in older adults. The work builds on a talk from our GSA workshop.

Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

14.07.2025 17:04 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Thanks @g2aging.bsky.social

@danbelsky.bsky.social @columbiaaging.bsky.social

15.07.2025 01:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Thanks to media for coverage of our study!!
Scienmag.com: lnkd.in/etp6Pi-k
MedicalXpress.co.uk: lnkd.in/ejhnhwAb
ScienceDaily: lnkd.in/e_4AxSK3
Healthmedicinenetwork: lnkd.in/ec_3YN58
EurekAlert!: lnkd.in/eMSyXj35

31.05.2025 16:46 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New @nataging.nature.com
Our body-wide pace of aging predicts healthspan and lifespan: outcomes of mortality, morbidity, cognitive impairment, and disability in US and UK cohorts
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

26.05.2025 14:54 — 👍 100 🔁 21 💬 3 📌 2

Looking forward this demography workshop at the @norc.org, University of Chicago. Excited to present our results of the new work with on Pace of Aging with @danbelsky.bsky.social

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiaaging.bsky.social #aging #demography

05.05.2025 15:16 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Our new article explores using new data if elderly Labor force participation in India is driven by choice or compulsion link.springer.com/referencewor...

10.11.2024 03:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Transportation Barriers to Accessing Maternal Care Services in India There is large evidence on efforts that are aimed at informing on benefits of institutional delivery in reducing maternal mortality. However, the critical role of transport infrastructure in accessing...

Our new paper explore the transportation barriers in accessing maternal health services in India. Thanks to fabulous co-author @ajbailey.bsky.social and the Equimob project for the collaboration, and for the motivation to explore yet another dimension on transport equity.
www.epw.in/journal/2024...

15.09.2024 01:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Our new article show that medicines hold the highest share of OOP #Cancer medical expenditure in #India, and point the ineffectiveness of price control measures for cancer #drugs
@sobin 🙌
@ISECBengaluru @SAGEPublishers @WHO @MoHFW_INDIA @IIHMRUniversity
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30.04.2024 21:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks @vdilego.bsky.social !

18.04.2024 22:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Our paper introducing Pace of Aging as a measure for HRS (and sister surveys) won the best Paper award at PAA!! @Danbelsky @PopAssocAmerica @ColumbiaAging @ColumbiaCPRC @agingbiomarkers #PAA2024

18.04.2024 20:38 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Full thesis: shorturl.at/agBH7
Citations: shorturl.at/jlwI2

03.01.2024 22:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@frw-rug.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social

03.01.2024 21:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thx @ikashnitsky.phd for your earlier post that motivated me to check my own PhD citations!

03.01.2024 21:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My PhD papers has been cited 100+ times in @googlescholar_!
As someone who had self-doubts during PhD, its a humble milestone that my work holds such relevance in the field!Thx to my awesome supervisors&mentors! @KSJames5 @LeoWissen #FannyJanssen @FRW_RUG @ajbailey.bsky.social @NIDI_KNAW

03.01.2024 21:36 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

@arunabc3 is following 19 prominent accounts

UTMB School of Public & Population Health
@utmbspph

A new kind of public health school where global research, student-centered learning, and genuine mentorship shape the next generation of changemakers.

NHATS & NSOC
@nhats-nsoc

The National Health & Aging Trends Study conducts annual in-person interviews with a nationally representative sample of US Medicare beneficiaries, & the National Study of Caregivers periodically gathers data on their family and unpaid carers. nhats.org

UTMB Department of Population Health & Health Disparities
@utmb-phhd

National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)
@nacda-icpsr

NACDA is the aging archive within ICPSR at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. We offer access to data on aging populations at no cost to secondary researchers. Visit us at nacda-aging.org

Roger Wong
@rogerwongphd

Assistant Professor of Public Health & Preventive Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) health disparities researcher. WashU PhD MPH MSW & Cornell BS Alum. Profile: tinyURL.com/RogerWongUpstate

Sealy Center on Aging
@utmbscoa

The Sealy Center on Aging focuses on improving the health and well-being of older adults through interdisciplinary research, education, and community service by integrating the resources and activities relevant to aging at UTMB Health. Please use ALT text!

Gateway to Global Aging Data
@g2aging

The Gateway to Global Aging Data is a platform for population survey data on aging around the world. Your one stop shop for aging data. http://g2aging.org

Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN)
@rccn-aging.org

Catalyzing cross-disciplinary research across the NIA Center Programs. Published by RCCN, supported by NIA Award 1U24AG058556-01. Content solely responsibility of authors / does not represent NIH official views.

Science of Health at Columbia University
@cusciofhealth

We aim to revolutionize biomedicine by understanding and measuring health at all scales, from biological to psychological to functional. Website: tinyurl.com/y6khjbkf See our recent paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu8437

Sean Murphy
@murphyslaw1987

Philosopher w/ focus on disease causation (esp. clusters). I completed Mark Purdey’s research project by identifying the true environmental causes (oil pollution, pesticides, mercury, & mycotoxins) of “Huntington’s Disease” at Lake Maracaibo.

Gerontological Society of America
@geronsociety

Founded in 1945, we are the largest and most established interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging.

Nature Aging
@nataging.nature.com

Nature Aging is a thematic journal from the Nature Portfolio that serves the broad aging research community. Follows & posts ≠ endorsements.

@columbiaaging

Columbia University
@columbiauniversity

Hi! This is the official account for Columbia University in the City of New York, est. 1754. Follow us for news, events, and ideas from our campuses. 🎓🗽🦁

Berkeley Population Sciences
@berkeleypopcenter

Berkeley Population Sciences promotes innovative, interdisciplinary research and the collaboration of all aspects of population studies. https://populationsciences.berkeley.edu/

Tim Howles
@timhowles

Research Fellow, University of Oxford Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities Associate Director @LSRIOxford Anglican Priest https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles

Dan Belsky
@danbelsky

GeroScience, Population Health, Lifecourse. We build tools to measure aging and use them to investigate healthspan impacts of gerotherapeutics, environments, social policies

Lucas Chancel
@lucaschancel

Associate Professor, Sciences Po & Co-Director, World Inequality Lab, Paris School of Economics || Global inequality · Climate Change · Politics of Taxation and Redistribution || www.lucaschancel.com

Ankit Sikarwar
@ank-scpo

Assistant Professor on Environmental Inequalities at SciencesPo, Paris.