HwaJung Choi, PhD

 HwaJung Choi
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Medical School
Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
Office:
University of Michigan
Internal Medicine
2800 Plymouth Rd. NCRC 14, Room G109
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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[email protected]
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HwaJung Choi, PhD
HwaJung Choi
Associate Professor
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    • About

    Dr. Choi is an Associate Professor at Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, and Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan. She is also a Faculty Associate at the Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan. She was a Fulbright scholar and received Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan.

    Dr. Choi is an economist and family demographer whose research focuses on family and community contextual factors and their implications for health and care use among older adults with physical and cognitive limitations. Dr. Choi also examines trends and cross-national differences in health and disability outcomes. She was recently awarded large research grants from the National Institute on Aging as PI, which support the following studies: to assess the impacts of Covid19 pandemic on care use among adults with dementia (R01AG075002); to examine the implications of residential location for disability and cognitive function outcomes (R01AG080491); to develop and evaluate new measures of family care availability (RF1AG083037).

    Links
    • Google Scholar
    • IHPI
    • UM SPH HMP
    • MiCDA

    Qualifications
    • Participation in the American Community Survey Workshop
      Population Association of America, United States
      2014 - 2023
    • Applied Data Science Program
      Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professional Education, Cambridge, United States
      2022 - 2023
    • Human Research Across the Translational Spectrum: from the Lab to the Real World
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
      2017 - 2017
    • Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology of Aging
      RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, United States
      2016 - 2016
    • Summer Applied Econometrics Courses, ESTIMATE
      Michigan State University, Department of Economics, East Lansing, United States
      2013 - 2013

    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation

    Research Overview

    • Aging and Disability
    • Family Care Resources and Care Utilization of Older Adults with Dementia
    • Spatial Proximity to Informal and Formal Health Care Resources
    • Cognitive Impairment among Older Adults
    • Contextual Factors Affecting Health of Middle-aged and Older Adults

    Recent Publications

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    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Changes in Care Use at the Onset of Dementia Related to the Baseline Family Availability Contextual Profile
      Choi H, Chen B, Qin L, Wang X, Webster N, Leggett A. 2026 Nov 6;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      County Pandemic Risk Exposure and In-Person vs. Telehealth Visits among Older Adults with Dementia
      Choi H, Qin L, Wu C, Chang CH. 2026 Nov 6;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Family Care Availability in the U.S.: Implications for Older Adults with a High Risk of Dementia
      Choi H, Chen B, Qin L, Wang X, Leggett X, Webster N. 2026 Nov 6;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Housing Quality and Disability Associations among Midlife and Older Adults in the U.S. Health and Retirement Study
      Rollings K, Clarke P, Choi H. 2026 Nov 6;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      R01 COVID-19 - County Pandemic Risk Exposure and In-Person vs. Telehealth Visits Among Older Adults with Dementia
      Choi H, Lu W, Conan , Chiang-Hua . 2026 Nov 17;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      R01 COVID-19 - County Pandemic Risk Exposure and In-Person vs. Telehealth Visits Among Older Adults with Dementia
      Choi H, Lu W, Conan , Chiang-Hua . 2026 Nov 17;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Shifting Family Care Availability across U.S. Birth Cohorts and Family Relationships
      Wang X, Chen B, Choi H. 2026 Nov 6;
    • Journal Article
      Family caregiving job disruptions and later life cognition: Intersections of race/ethnicity and gender
      Mendez Campos B, Cho TC, Lai W, Smith J, Choi HJ. Journal of Alzheimer S Disease, 2026 Aug 1; 112 (4): 1637 - 1647. DOI:10.1177/13872877251394339
      PMID: 42015794