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Jason Allaire

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Jason Allaire

Assoc Professor

Department of Psychology

Poe Hall 718

Bio

Dr. Jason Allaire is an Associate Professor of Psychology and a recognized expert in aging and health disparities with over 30 years experience in health-related research. He earned his PhD in Life Span Developmental Psychology with a minor in Statistics at Wayne State University and completed his postdoctoral training in Gerontology at the Pennsylvania State University. He has authored over 50+ publications in peer-reviewed journals, and has secured over 5 million dollars of federal funding from NIH and NSF.

Publications

  1. Aiken-Morgan, A. T., Bichsel, J., Allaire, J. C., Savla, J., Edwards, C. L., & Whitfield, K. E. (2012). Personality as a Source of Individual Differences in Cognition among Older African Americans. J Res Pers, 46(5), 465-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2012.04.006
  2. Aiken-Morgan, A. T., Gamaldo, A. A., Sims, R. C., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2015). Education Desegregation and Cognitive Change in African American Older Adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 70(3), 348-356. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbu153
  3. Aiken-Morgan, A. T., Gamaldo, A. A., Wright, R. S., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2018). Stability and Change in Cognitive Status Classification of Black Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc, 66(1), 179-183. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15225
  4. Allaire, J. C., Balk, M., Azmi, S., Handl, H. L., Yang, K., & Barnes, G. (2021). Use of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors after first-line therapy in esophageal cancer patients in the US. Curr Med Res Opin, 37(8), 1403-1407. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2021.1929134
  5. Allaire, J. C., Dennis, C., Masturzo, A., & Wittlin, S. (2024). Exploring the Impact of Device Sourcing on Real-World Adherence and Cost Implications of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Patients With Diabetes: Retrospective Claims Analysis. JMIR Diabetes, 9, e58832. https://doi.org/10.2196/58832
  6. Allaire, J. C., Dennis, C., Wright, E. E., Jr., Edelman, S. V., & Masturzo, A. (2025). Impact of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Sourcing on Real-World Adherence and Health Care Costs: A Comparative Analysis by Insurance Type. Clin Diabetes, 43(3), 399-408. https://doi.org/10.2337/cd24-0108
  7. Allaire, J. C., Gamaldo, A., Ayotte, B. J., Sims, R., & Whitfield, K. (2009). Mild cognitive impairment and objective instrumental everyday functioning: the everyday cognition battery memory test. J Am Geriatr Soc, 57(1), 120-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02054.x
  8. Allaire, J. C., & Marsiske, M. (2002). Well- and ill-defined measures of everyday cognition: relationship to older adults’ intellectual ability and functional status. Psychol Aging, 17(1), 101-115. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.17.1.101
  9. Allaire, J. C., & Marsiske, M. (2005). Intraindividual variability may not always indicate vulnerability in elders’ cognitive performance. Psychol Aging, 20(3), 390-401. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.20.3.390
  10. Allaire, J. C., Tamez, E., & Whitfield, K. E. (2007). Examining the association between lung functioning and cognitive performance in African American adults. J Aging Health, 19(1), 106-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264306297190
  11. Allaire, J. C., & Willis, S. L. (2006). Competence in everyday activities as a predictor of cognitive risk and mortality. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn, 13(2), 207-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825580490904228
  12. Allan, A. C., Gamaldo, A. A., Wright, R. S., Aiken-Morgan, A. T., Lee, A. K., Allaire, J. C., Thorpe, R. J., Jr., & Whitfield, K. E. (2024). Social support moderates association between area deprivation index and changes in physical health among adults in the Baltimore Study of Black Aging (BSBA). Ethn Health, 29(7), 774-792. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2024.2376035
  13. Allan, A. C., Gamaldo, A. A., Wright, R. S., Aiken-Morgan, A. T., Lee, A. K., Allaire, J. C., Thorpe, R. J., & Whitfield, K. E. (2023). Differential Associations Between the Area Deprivation Index and Measures of Physical Health for Older Black Adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 78(2), 253-263. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac149
  14. Ayotte, B. J., Allaire, J. C., & Bosworth, H. (2009). The associations of patient demographic characteristics and health information recall: the mediating role of health literacy. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn, 16(4), 419-432. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825580902741336
  15. Ayotte, B. J., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2012). Understanding within-group variability of everyday cognition in aging Black/African American adults: a mimic (multiple indicators, multiple causes) model approach. Exp Aging Res, 38(5), 488-510. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073x.2012.726022
  16. Ayotte, B. J., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2013). Social support, physical functioning, and cognitive functioning among older African American adults. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn, 20(4), 494-510. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2012.761669
  17. Carmasin, J. S., Mast, B. T., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2014). Vascular risk factors, depression, and cognitive change among African American older adults. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 29(3), 291-298. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4007
  18. Cary, M. P., Jr., Thorpe, R. J., Jr., Walker, J. L., Gamaldo, A. A., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2016). The Effects of Social Support on Physical Functioning in Older African Americans: Longitudinal Results from the Baltimore Study of Black Aging. J Natl Med Assoc, 108(4), 195-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2016.07.003
  19. Chow, S. M., Hamaker, E. L., & Allaire, J. C. (2009). Using Innovative Outliers to Detect Discrete Shifts in Dynamics in Group-Based State-Space Models. Multivariate Behav Res, 44(4), 465-496. https://doi.org/10.1080/00273170903103324
  20. Dennis, C. C., Allaire, J. C., Bouhairie, V. E., & Hirsch, I. B. (2026). The Impact of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Use Versus Nonuse on Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Individuals Using Rapid- and Short-Acting Insulin: A Retrospective Analysis. Diabetes Technol Ther, 28(6), 564-571. https://doi.org/10.1177/15209156251403569
  21. Gamaldo, A. A., & Allaire, J. C. (2016). Daily Fluctuations in Everyday Cognition: Is It Meaningful? J Aging Health, 28(5), 834-849. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264315611669
  22. Gamaldo, A. A., Allaire, J. C., Sims, R. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2010). Assessing mild cognitive impairment among older African Americans. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 25(7), 748-755. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.2417
  23. Gamaldo, A. A., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2010). Exploring the within-person coupling of sleep and cognition in older African Americans. Psychol Aging, 25(4), 851-857. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021378
  24. Gamaldo, A. A., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2012). Intraindividual variability in psychometrically defined mild cognitive impairment status in older African Americans. Psychol Aging, 27(4), 989-997. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028557
  25. Gamaldo, A. A., An, Y., Allaire, J. C., Kitner-Triolo, M. H., & Zonderman, A. B. (2012). Variability in performance: identifying early signs of future cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology, 26(4), 534-540. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028686
  26. Gamaldo, A. A., Gamaldo, C. E., Allaire, J. C., Aiken-Morgan, A. T., Salas, R. E., Szanton, S., & Whitfield, K. E. (2014). Sleep complaints in older blacks: do demographic and health indices explain poor sleep quality and duration? J Clin Sleep Med, 10(7), 725-731. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.3858
  27. Gamaldo, A. A., Weatherbee, S. R., & Allaire, J. C. (2008). Exploring the within-person coupling of blood pressure and cognition in elders. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 63(6), P386-389. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/63.6.p386
  28. Gamaldo, A. A., Wright, R. S., Aiken-Morgan, A. T., Allaire, J. C., Thorpe, R. J., Jr., & Whitfield, K. E. (2019). The Association between Subjective Memory Complaints and Sleep within Older African American Adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 74(2), 202-211. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbx069
  29. Haskett, M. E., Ahern, L. S., Ward, C. S., & Allaire, J. C. (2006). Factor structure and validity of the parenting stress index-short form. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol, 35(2), 302-312. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp3502_14
  30. Haskett, M. E., Allaire, J. C., Kreig, S., & Hart, K. C. (2008). Protective and vulnerability factors for physically abused children: effects of ethnicity and parenting context. Child Abuse Negl, 32(5), 567-576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.06.009
  31. Johansson, B., Hofer, S. M., Allaire, J. C., Maldonado-Molina, M. M., Piccinin, A. M., Berg, S., Pedersen, N. L., & McClearn, G. E. (2004). Change in cognitive capabilities in the oldest old: the effects of proximity to death in genetically related individuals over a 6-year period. Psychol Aging, 19(1), 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.19.1.145
  32. Jones, R. N., Rosenberg, A. L., Morris, J. N., Allaire, J. C., McCoy, K. J., Marsiske, M., Kleinman, K. P., Rebok, G. W., & Malloy, P. F. (2005). A growth curve model of learning acquisition among cognitively normal older adults. Exp Aging Res, 31(3), 291-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/03610730590948195
  33. Kennedy, S. W., Allaire, J. C., Gamaldo, A. A., & Whitfield, K. E. (2012). Race differences in intellectual control beliefs and cognitive functioning. Exp Aging Res, 38(3), 247-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073x.2012.672122
  34. Korde, R., Veluswamy, R., Allaire, J. C., & Barnes, G. (2022). Small cell lung cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor: a systematic literature review of treatment efficacy, safety and quality of life. Curr Med Res Opin, 38(8), 1361-1368. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2022.2078101
  35. Mast, B. T., & Allaire, J. C. (2006). Verbal learning and everyday functioning in dementia: an application of latent variable growth curve modeling. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 61(3), P167-173. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/61.3.p167
  36. Neupert, S. D., & Allaire, J. C. (2012). I think I can, I think I can: examining the within-person coupling of control beliefs and cognition in older adults. Psychol Aging, 27(3), 742-749. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026447
  37. Neupert, S. D., Patterson, T. R., Davis, A. A., & Allaire, J. C. (2011). Age differences in daily predictors of forgetting to take medication: the importance of context and cognition. Exp Aging Res, 37(4), 435-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073x.2011.590757
  38. Ong, A. D., & Allaire, J. C. (2005). Cardiovascular intraindividual variability in later life: the influence of social connectedness and positive emotions. Psychol Aging, 20(3), 476-485. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.20.3.476
  39. Sardina, A. L., Mahlobo, C. T., Gamaldo, A. A., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2022). Exploring the Association Between Affect and Leisure Activity Engagement in Black Adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 77(12), 2157-2169. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac084
  40. Sims, R. C., Allaire, J. C., Gamaldo, A. A., Edwards, C. L., & Whitfield, K. E. (2009). An examination of dedifferentiation in cognition among African-American older adults. J Cross Cult Gerontol, 24(2), 193-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-008-9080-8
  41. Sims, R. C., Thorpe, R. J., Jr., Gamaldo, A. A., Aiken-Morgan, A. T., Hill, L. K., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2015). Cognition and health in African American men. J Aging Health, 27(2), 195-219. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264314543474
  42. Sims, R. C., Whitfield, K. E., Ayotte, B. J., Gamaldo, A. A., Edwards, C. L., & Allaire, J. C. (2011). Subjective memory in older African Americans. Exp Aging Res, 37(2), 220-240. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073x.2011.555640
  43. Tan, S. C., Gamaldo, A. A., Brick, T., Thorpe, R. J., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2021). The Effects of Selective Survival on Black Adults’ Cognitive Development. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 76(8), 1489-1498. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab003
  44. Thorpe, R. J., Jr., Clay, O. J., Szanton, S. L., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2011). Correlates of mobility limitation in African Americans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 66(11), 1258-1263. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glr122
  45. Voils, C. I., Allaire, J. C., Olsen, M. K., Steffens, D. C., Hoyle, R. H., & Bosworth, H. B. (2007). Five-year trajectories of social networks and social support in older adults with major depression. Int Psychogeriatr, 19(6), 1110-1124. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1041610207005303
  46. Walker, J. L., Thorpe, R. J., Jr., Harrison, T. C., Baker, T. A., Cary, M., Szanton, S. L., Allaire, J. C., & Whitfield, K. E. (2016). The Relationship between Pain, Disability, and Sex in African Americans. Pain Manag Nurs, 17(5), 294-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2016.05.007
  47. Weatherbee, S. R., & Allaire, J. C. (2008). Everyday cognition and mortality: performance differences and predictive utility of the Everyday Cognition Battery. Psychol Aging, 23(1), 216-221. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.23.1.216
  48. Weatherbee, S. R., Gamaldo, A. A., & Allaire, J. C. (2009). Exploring the within-person coupling of reading vision and cognition in the elderly. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn, 16(6), 671-682. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825580902871034
  49. Whitfield, K. E., Allaire, J. C., Belue, R., & Edwards, C. L. (2008). Are comparisons the answer to understanding behavioral aspects of aging in racial and ethnic groups? J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 63(5), P301-308. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/63.5.p301
  50. Whitfield, K. E., Allaire, J. C., Gamaldo, A., Aiken-Morgan, A. T., Sims, R., & Edwards, C. (2008a). Blood pressure and memory in older African Americans. Ethn Dis, 18(2), 181-186.
  51. Whitfield, K. E., Allaire, J. C., Gamaldo, A., Aiken-Morgan, A. T., Sims, R., & Edwards, C. (2008b). How blood pressure affects the aging mind. Ethn Dis, 18(2), 238-239.
  52. Whitfield, K. E., Allaire, J. C., Gamaldo, A. A., & Bichsel, J. (2010). Factor structure of cognitive ability measures in older African Americans. J Cross Cult Gerontol, 25(3), 271-284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-010-9120-z
  53. Whitfield, K. E., Allaire, J. C., & Wiggins, S. A. (2004). Relationships among health factors and everyday problem solving in african americans. Health Psychol, 23(6), 641-644. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.23.6.641
  54. Zhang, S., Gamaldo, A. A., Neupert, S. D., & Allaire, J. C. (2020). Predicting Control Beliefs in Older Adults: A Micro-Longitudinal Study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 75(5), e1-e12. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz001
  55. Zhang, S., Grenhart, W. C. M., Sprufera, J. F., McLaughlin, A. C., & Allaire, J. C. (2020). Using Variable Priority Training to Examine Video Game-Related Gains in Cognition. J Cogn Enhanc, 4(3), 274-284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41465-019-00148-1

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Aging and cognition; health disparities; intraindividual variability; bee wrangling.

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