Arun Balachandran
arunabc3.bsky.social
Arun Balachandran
@arunabc3.bsky.social
Postdoc @ColumbiaAging @Columbia University| @UofMaryland| PhD @univgroningen|
Ageing,Health,Mortality,Gender
New week, new podcast episode to get you on the right track! We spoke with Dr. Arun Balachandran, a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University, about his research on Population Aging, quantitative methodology, and public health.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reposted by Arun Balachandran
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...
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...
www.nature.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reposted by Arun Balachandran
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...
May 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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
May 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our new article explores using new data if elderly Labor force participation in India is driven by choice or compulsion link.springer.com/referencewor...
November 10, 2024 at 3:52 AM
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...
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...
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September 15, 2024 at 1:41 AM
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
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April 30, 2024 at 9:53 PM
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
April 18, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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
January 3, 2024 at 9:36 PM