Conference Pre- and Post Doctoral Poster Award.1999
Distinguished Teaching Assistant.1996
Rutgers Scholar.1994
John C. Daniel Memorial Award, Economics.1994
Research
Dr. Seplaki's overarching goals are to understand how challenges in the social and physical environment interact with the biological processes of aging, and how to translate that understanding into effective interventions that reduce disability and mortality among older adults. His research, spanni...
Dr. Seplaki's overarching goals are to understand how challenges in the social and physical environment interact with the biological processes of aging, and how to translate that understanding into effective interventions that reduce disability and mortality among older adults. His research, spanning both the individual and population level, encompasses physical and social characteristics of the home environment that support or challenge elders, life stressors, and socioeconomic status, and examines how these factors are related to changes in biological indicators of several physiological systems and self-reports of physical and mental health. Key themes in his work include an emphasis on measurement and estimation issues and a focus on subclinical disease processes related to geriatric frailty and allostatic load, including development of measures of health risk related to multi-system dysregulation. Taken together, Dr. Seplaki's research seeks to provide an integrated perspective on trajectories of health in late life and, ultimately, identify opportunities to reduce disability and mortality and improve the ability of older adults to continue to live independently.
Keywords: Aging, disability, environment, frailty, biomarkers, measurement, health disparities
Publications
Journal Articles
Dysmenorrhea catastrophizing and functional impairment in female pelvic pain
Li R†, DA Kreher, AL Gubbels, TM Palermo, AR Benjamin, CS Irvine, A Hart, TA Jusko, CL Seplaki.
Frontiers in Pain Research. 2023; .
"Mental health outcomes and correlates in cancer patients entering survivorship after curative treatment."
Kittel, JA†, CL Seplaki, E van Wijngaarden, J Richman, A Magnuson, Y Conwell.
The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 2023; .
Moran MC†, Klose A, Yoshida T, De Benedetto A, Schneider LC, Ong PY, Simpson EL, Leung DYM, Miller BL, Seplaki CL, Beck LA.
History of S. aureus Skin Infection Significantly Associates
Modifiable fall risk factors among older adults with advanced cancer: Secondary analysis of a cluster-randomized clinical trial
Jensen-Battaglia† M, M Mohammed, KP Loh, M Wells, R Tylock, E Ramsdale, B Canin, J Geer, MA O'Rourke, JJ Liu, CL Seplaki, SG Mohile, TM Wildes.
Loh KP, Seplaki CL, Sanapala C, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Lund JL, Epstein RM, Duberstein PR, Flannery M, Culakova E, Xu H, McHugh C, Klepin HD, Lin PJ, Watson E, Grossman VA, Liu JJ, Geer J, O'Rourke MA, Mustian K, Mohile SG
JAMA network open.. 2022 February 15 (2):e220018. Epub 02/01/2022.
Assessment of absolute risk of life-threatening cardiac events in long QT syndrome patients
Wang M†, DR Peterson, E Pagan, V Bagnardi, A Mazzanti, S McNitt, DQ Rich, CL Seplaki, V Kutyifa, B Polonsky, A Barsheshet, D Kukavica, S Rosero, I Goldenberg, S Priori, W Zareba.
Szanton SL, Roberts L, Leff B, Walker JL, Seplaki CL, Soones T, Thorpe RJ, Ornstein KA
Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation.. 2016 August 25 (8):1913-20. Epub 02/17/2016.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.. 2015 November 70 (11):1427-34. Epub 08/21/2015.
Disability Trajectories At The End Of Life: A Countdown Model." Journals of Gerontology B: Social Sciences. 2015; : [Epub ahead of print] PMCID Pending.
Wolf DA; VA Freedman; JI Ondrich; CL Seplaki; BC Spillman.
Accepted for Podium Presentation, 2018 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research - Precision Health, Washington, DC, USA. Abstract also submitted to the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 2018.
Prehospital undertriage of injured older adults: a mixed methods analysis to explain disparities in field triage.
Jones, CM.; Shah, M.; Seplaki, C.; Lerner, EB.; Veazie, P.; Cushman, J.; Fisher, S.
Resubmission pending.
Effectiveness of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients with Long QT Syndrome.
Abstract submitted to the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2018. .
Medical Toxicology beside consultation provides enhanced clearance compared to Poison Center based protocols in pediatric antidepressant ingestions
Do, M†.; Seplaki, C.; Abbassi, A.; Jones, C.; Wiegand, T.
Poster presentation at the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) Annual Scientific Meeting, April 8, 2018, Washington, DC. Manuscript in preparation.
Advances in Survey Assessment of Disability in Older Adults: Measuring Physical and Cognitive Capacity in the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS).
National Center for Health Statistics. (In Press). 10th Conference
Books
"Master of Public Health Program Self-Study Report: Submitted for Application for Re-accreditation By The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)".
(2021)
Authors: Seplaki CL, with others
Publisher:
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine 2021
The Biological Consequences of Socioeconomic Inequalities
(2012)
Chapter: Reversing the impact of SES disparities over the life course on cognitive and brain aging
Authors: Carlson MC, CL Seplaki, TE Seeman
Publisher:
Russell Sage Foundation, New York 2012
Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development
(2009)
Chapter: Frailty and Robustness
Authors: Seplaki, CL; Szanton, SL
Publisher:
Macmillan Reference USA, Detroit 2009
Office of Population Research Working Paper Series
(2004)
Chapter: Variation in Living Environments Among Community-Dwelling Elders
Authors: Seplaki CL, MA Smith, BH Singer
Publisher:
Princeton, Princeton University 2004
Encyclopedia of Aging
(2002)
Chapter: Health Insurance: National Approaches
Authors: Gould, E; et al
Publisher:
Macmillan Reference, New York 2002
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Population Health
(2002)
Chapter: The Measurement and Dynamic Analysis of Elderly Living Environment Transitions and Outcomes
Authors: Seplaki CL
Publisher:
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D. Thesis, Department 2002
