Ph.D. Student Profile

Dominique LaDawn Sylvers, BS, MPH

Dominique LaDawn Sylvers, BS, MPH (she/her)

  • Doctoral Pre-Candidate
  • Cognate: Demography

Education

  • Bachelor of Science, Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 
  • Master of Public Health, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI

Research Interests & Projects

  • Racial health inequities
  • Aging
  • Life course
  • Educational inequity
  • Neighborhood segregation
  • Socio-historical context
  • Muscle strength
  • Physical activity
  • Cognition
  • Demography
  • Quantitative methods
  • Data visualization

Selected Publications

  • Yoshikawa, A, Bouldin, ED, López-Anuarbe, M, Kindratt, TB, Sylvers, DL, & Webster, NJ. (2024). Use of Caregiving Support Services Among Diverse Dementia Caregivers by Geographic Context. The Gerontologist, 64(2), gnad067.

  • Kindratt, TB, Sylvers, DL, Yoshikawa, A, López-Anuarbe, M, Webster, NJ, & Bouldin, ED. (2023). Dementia Caregiving Experiences and Health Across Geographic Contexts by Race and Ethnicity. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 78(Supplement 1), S48–S58.

  • Sylvers, DL, Hicken, M., Esposito, M, Manly, J, Judd, S, & Clarke, P. (2022). Walkable Neighborhoods and Cognition: Implications for the Design of Health Promoting Communities. Journal of Aging and Health, 34(6-8), 893-904.

  • Sylvers, D., Taylor, RJ, Barnes, L, Ifatunji, MA, & Chatters, LM. (2022). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Major and Everyday Discrimination Among Older Adults: African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Latino Whites. Journal of Aging and Health, 34(3), 460–471.

  • Finlay J, Esposito M, Tang S, Gomez-Lopez I, Sylvers D, Judd S, Clarke P. (2020). Fast-food for thought: Retain food environments as resources for cognitive health and wellbeing among aging Americans? Health and Place, 64, 102379.

  • Hicken, MT, Burnside, L, Edwards, DL, & Lee, H. (2019). Chapter 5: Black–White Health Inequalities by Intentional Design: The Lasting Health Impact of Racial Residential Segregation. In Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional. American Public Health Association.
  • Ramsay JE, Janevic MR, Hogan CK, Edwards DL, Connell CM. (2018). Using the Replicating Effective Programs Framework to Adapt a Heart Health Intervention. Health Promotion Practice, 20(5), 760-769.

Additional Information

Computing Experience: R, Stata, Beginner proficiency in Python


2024 Annual Meeting Poster Award, Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences September

2024 Member of the Month, Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences

2019 National Institute of Aging T32, UM Population Studies Center Trainee

2018 National Institute of Aging, Diversity Supplement (PI: Clarke)

2012 Michigan State University Ronald E. McNair Scholar