Publications

A full list of publications is available here

Selected Publications

  • Tanner CT, Richardson S, Hill MS, Stagg BC, Wettstein M, Ehrlich JR. The Longitudinal Association of Late-Life Visual and Hearing Difficulty and Cognitive Function: The Role of Social Isolation. J Aging Health. 2021; in press.

  • Ehrlich JR, Swenor BK, Zhou Y, Langa KM. The Longitudinal Association of Vision Impairment with Transitions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Findings from The Aging, Demographics and Memory Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glab157.

  • Ehrlich JR, Ramke J, Macleod D, Burn H, Lee CN, Zhang JH, Waldock W, Swenor BK, Gordon I, Congdon N, Burton M, Evans JR. The Association Between Vision Impairment and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2021;9(4):E418-E430. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30549-0.

  • Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health (Ehrlich JR). Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: Vision Beyond 2020. Lancet Glob Health. 2021;9(4):E489-E551. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30488-5.

  • Kolli A, Kamdar N, Seiler K, De Lott LB, Peterson M, Meade MA, Ehrlich JR. Associations Between Vision Impairment and the Incidence of Neuropsychiatric, Musculoskeletal, and Cardiometabolic Chronic Diseases. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2021.09.004.

  • Ehrlich JR, Ndukwe T, Chien S, Lee J. The Association of Cognitive and Visual Function in a Nationally Representative Study of Older Adults in India. Neuroepidemiology. 2021;55(2):126-134. doi: 10.1159/000513813.

  • Nagarajan N, Assi L, Varadaraj V, Motaghi M, Sun Y, Couser E, Ehrlich JR, Whitson H, Swenor BK. Vision Impairment and Cognitive Decline Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review. BMJ Open. Accepted/in press.

  • Kuo PL, Huang AR, Ehrlich JR, Kasper J, Lin FR, McKee MM, Reed NS, Swenor BK, Deal JA. Prevalence of Concurrent Functional Vision and Hearing Impairment and Association with Dementia in Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Network Open. 2021;4(3):e211558. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1558.

  • Assi L, Ehrlich JR, Zhou Y, Huang A, Kasper J, Lin FR, McKee MM, Reed NS, Swenor BK, Deal JA. Self-Reported Dual Sensory Impairment, Dementia, and Functional Limitations in Medicare Beneficiaries. J Am Geriatr Soc. In press.

  • EM, Yadalla D, Hutton D, Stein JD, Venkatesh R, Ehrlich JR. Detection of Posterior Segment Eye Disease in Rural Eye Camps in South India: A Non-Randomized Cluster Trial. Ophthalmol Retina. 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2021.01.005.

  • Bernard A, Weiss S, Rahman M, Ulin SS, D’Souza C, Salgat A, Panzer K, Stein JD, Meade MA, McKee MM, Ehrlich JR. The Impact of COVID-19 and Pandemic Mitigation Measures on Persons with Sensory Impairment. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021. In press.

  • Kolli A, Hood MM, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Moroi, SE, Ehrlich JR, Gillespie BW, Wood SD, Musch DC. Mid-Life Vision Impairment and Cognitive Function in Later Life: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation, Michigan Cohort. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glab180.

  • Assi L, Chamseddine F, Ibrahim P, Sabbagh H, Rosman L, Congdon N, Evans J, Ramke J, Kuper H, Burton MJ, Ehrlich JR, Swenor BK. A Global Assessment of Eye Health and Quality of Life. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.0146.

  • Lundeen EA, Saydah S, Ehrlich JR, Saadine J. Self-Reported Vision Impairment and Psychological Distress in U.S. Adults. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2021; doi: 10.1080/09286586.2021.1918177.

  • Shakarchi AF, Assi L, Gami A, Kohn K, Ehrlich JR, Swenor BK, Reed NS. The Association of Vision, Hearing, and Dual-Sensory Loss with Walking Speed and Incident Slow Walking: Longitudinal and Time to Event Analyses in the Health and Retirement Study. Semin Hear. 2021; doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1726017.

  • Hreha K, Downer B, Ehrlich JR, Howrey B, Taglialatela G. Association between stroke and vision on cognitive decline: Health and Retirement Study. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2021. doi: 10.1007/s40520-020-01776-w.

  • De Lott LB, Kolli A, Zhou Y, Hu M, Ehrlich JR. Development and Validation of a Novel Indicator of Visual Disability in the National Health and Aging Trends Study. Innov Aging. 2021. igab018, doi: 10.1093/geroni/igab018.

  • Hu M, Freedman VA, Ehrlich JR, Reed NS, Billington C, Kasper J. Collecting objective measures of visual and auditory function in a national in-home survey of older adults. J Surv Stat Methodol. 2021. doi: 10.1093/jssam/smaa044.

  • Varadaraj V, Assi L, Gajwani P, Wahl M, David J, Swenor BK, Ehrlich JR. Evaluation of Tablet-Based Tests of Visual Acuity and Contrast Sensitivity. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2020; doi: 10.1080/09286586.2020.1846758.

  • Lange R, Kumagai A, Weiss S, Zaffke KB, Day S, Wicker D, Howson A, Jayasundera KT, Smolinski L, Hedlich C, Lee PP, Massof RW, Stelmack JA, Carlozzi NE, Ehrlich JR. Vision-Related Quality of Life in Adults with Severe Peripheral Vision Loss: A Qualitative Interview Study. J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2020;5(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s41687-020-00281-y.

  • Shakarchi AF, Assi L, Ehrlich JR, Deal JA, Reed NS, Swenor BK. Dual sensory impairment and perceived everyday discrimination in the United States. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020;138(12):1-7. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.3982.

  • Varadaraj V, Chung S-E, Swiatek K, Sheehan O, Deemer A, Ehrlich JR, Wolff J, Assi L, Roth D, Swenor BK. Caring for Older Adults with Vision Impairment and Dementia. Innov Aging. 2020;4(6):igaa043. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igaa043.

  • Assi L, Varadaraj V, Shakarchi AF, Sheehan OC, Reed NS, Ehrlich JR, Swenor BK. Association of Vision Impairment and Preventive Care Among Older Adults in the United States. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020;138(12):1298-1306. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.3982.

  • GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study (Ehrlich JR). Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet Glob Health. 2020. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30425-3.

  • GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study (Ehrlich JR). Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years: an evaluation of the prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet Glob Health. 2020. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30489-7.

  • Abou-Hanna JJ, Leggett AN, Andrews CA, Ehrlich JR. Vision impairment and depression among older adults in low- and middle-income countries. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021;36(1):64-75. doi: 10.1002/gps.5394.

  • Bernard A, Weiss S, Stein JD, Ulin SS, D’Souza C, Salgat A, Panzer K, Riddering A, Edwards P, Meade M, McKee MM, Ehrlich JR. Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities: Development of a Novel Survey. Int J Pub Health. 2020. 65(6):755-757. doi: 10.1007/s00038-020-01433-z.

  • Shah K, Frank CR, Ehrlich JR. The Association Between Vision Impairment and Social Participation in Community-Dwelling Adults: A Systematic Review. Eye. 2020. 34(2):290-298. doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0712-8.

  • Ehrlich JR, Flora HJ, Stagg BC, Vengadesh B, Willey G, Vardhan A. Functional Difficulties of Patients Seeking Low Vision Services in South India. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol. 2020. 9(5):470-475.. doi. 10.1097/apo.0000000000000285.

  • Patel N, Stagg BC, Swenor BK, Zhou Y, Talwar N, Ehrlich JR. The Association of Co-Occurring Dementia and Self-Reported Vision Impairment with Activity Limitations in Older Adults. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020. 138(7):756-63. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.1562.

  • Reighard CL, Pillai MR, Shroff S, Spaeth GL, Schilling SG, Wizov SS, Stein JD, Robin AL, Raja V, Ehrlich JR. Glaucoma-Associated Visual Task Performance and Vision-Related Quality of Life in South India. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2019. 2(5):357-363. doi: 10.1016/j.ogla.2019.06.002. PMC6759221.

  • Xiang X, Freedman VA, Shah K, Hu R, Stagg BC, Ehrlich JR. Self-Reported Vision Impairment and Subjective Well-Being in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Mediation Analysis. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2019. 75(3):589-595. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glz148. PMC7328199.

  • Frank CR, Xiang X, Stagg BC, Ehrlich JR. Longitudinal Associations of Self-Reported Vision Impairment with Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression among Older Adults in the United States. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019;137(7):793-800. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.1085.

  • Saydah S, Gerzoff RB, Taylor CA, Ehrlich JR, Saaddine J. Vision impairment and Subjective Cognitive Decline–Related Functional Limitations—United States, 2015–2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019;68:453–7. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6820a2.

  • Ehrlich JR, Ndukwe T, Solway E, Woodward MA, Singer DC, Newman-Casey PA, Kirch M, Delott LB, Kullgren JT, Stagg BC, Musch DM, Malani PN. Self-reported Eye Care Use Among US Adults Aged 50 to 80 Years. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019. 137(9):1061-1066. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.1927

  • Stagg BC, Ehrlich JR, Choi H, Levine DA. The Association of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia with Receipt of Cataract Surgery among Community-Dwelling US Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019; 137(1):114-115. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.5138.

  • Ehrlich JR, Hassan S, Stagg BC. Prevalence of Falls, and Fall-Related Outcomes in Older Adults with Self-Reported Vision Impairment. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019; 67(2):239-245. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15628.

  • Ehrlich JR, Stagg BC, Andrews C, Kumagai A, Musch DC. Vision Impairment and Receipt of Eye Care among Older Adults in Low and Middle-income Countries. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019;137(2):146-158. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.5449.

  • Ganesh S, Narendran K, Nirmal J, Valaguru V, Patel N, Narayanaswamy P, Musch DC, Ehrlich JR. The Key Informant Strategy to Determine the Prevalence and Causes of Functional Low Vision among Children in South India. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2018;25(5-6):358-364. doi: 10.1080/09286586.2018.1489969. PMC6162098.

  • Choi S, Stagg BC, Ehrlich JR. Disparities in Low Vision Device Use among Older U.S. Medicare Recipients. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(12):1399-1403. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.3892.

  • Lee YH, Chen AX, Varadaraj V, Hong GH, Chen Y, Friedman DS, Stein JD, Kourgialis N, Ehrlich JR. Comparison of Access to Eye Care Appointments in Patients with Medicaid vs Those with Private Insurance. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(6):622-629. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.0813.

  • Ehrlich JR, Frank C, Smiley J, Le H-G, Joseph S, Schilling SG, Stagg B, Stein JD, Ravindran RD, Haripriya A. Development of a Rapid Point-of-Care Patient Reported Outcome Measure for Cataract Surgery in India. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2018;16(25). doi: 10.1186/s12955-018-0855-5.

  • Le H-G, Ehrlich JR, Venkatesh R, Srinivasan A, Kolli A, Haripriya A, Ravindran RD, Thulasiraj RD, Robin AL, Hutton D, Stein JD. A Sustainable Model for Delivering High-Quality Efficient Cataract Surgery in Southern India. Health Aff (Milwood). 2016;35(10):1783-90. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0562.

  • Ehrlich JR, Anthopolos R, Tootoo J, Andrews CA, Miranda ML, Lee PP, Musch DC, Stein JD. Assessing Geographic Variation in Strabismus Diagnosis Among Children Enrolled in Medicaid. Ophthalmology. 2016;123(9):2013-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.05.023

  • Radcliffe NM, Smuth SD, Syed ZA, Park SC, Ehrlich JR, De Moraes GV, Liebmann JM, Ritch R. Retinal Blood Vessel Positional Shifts and Glaucoma Progression. Ophthalmology. 2014;121(4):842-848. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.11.002.

  • Ehrlich JR, Aloh A, Kourgialis N, Prasetyanti W, Zakiyah R, Faillace S, Friedman DS. Uncorrected Refractive Error and Presbyopia among Junior High-School Teachers in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2013;20(6):369-374. doi: 10.3109/09286586.2013.848456.

  • Chee RI, Silva FQ, Ehrlich JR, Radcliffe NM. Agreement of Flicker Chronoscopy for Structual Glaucomatous Progression Detection and Factors Associated with Progression. Am J Ophthalmol. 2013;155(6):983-990. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2013.01.005

  • Aaker GD, Myung JS, Ehrlich JR, Mohammed M, Henchcliffe C, Kiss S. Detection of Retinal Changes in Parkinson's Disease with Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography. Clinical Ophthalmol, 2010;4:1427-1432. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S15136.