Dr Jo Mhairi Hale
Senior Lecturer
Biography
Dr. Jo Mhairi Hale received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Davis in 2016 then completed a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany in 2018, and has been at St Andrews ever since. Dr Hale was also the founding director of the Data for Justice postgraduate programme, now directed by Dr Lydia Cole. She has focused the last ~10 years to the study of sociopolitical drivers of health inequities, mostly in later-life health. As of 2026, Dr Hale is starting a new line of research working toward transforming food systems (e.g. food justice, urban agroecology). She is excited to return to her pre-PhD roots.
PhD supervision
- Ewan Jenkins
- Winifred Maduko
- Chau Cong Anh Nguyen
Selected publications
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Open access
Racial, ethnic, nativity, and educational disparities in cognitive impairment and activity limitations in the United States, 1998-2016
Sharma, S., Hale, J. M., Myrskylä, M. & Kulu, H., 1 Oct 2023, In: Demography. 60, 5, p. 1441-1468 28 p., 10941414.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
US racial-ethnic mortality gap adjusted for population structure
Pifarré i Arolas, H., Acosta, E., Dudel, C., Hale, J. M. & Myrskylä, M., 1 May 2023, In: Epidemiology. 34, 3, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Does postponing retirement affect cognitive function? A counterfactual experiment to disentangle life course risk factors
Hale, J. M., Bijlsma, M. J. & Lorenti, A., Sept 2021, In: SSM - Population Health. 15, 12 p., 100855.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trends in the risk of cognitive impairment in the United States, 1996-2014
Hale, J. M., Schneider, D. C., Gampe, J., Mehta, N. K. & Myrskylä, M., Sept 2020, In: Epidemiology. 31, 5, p. 745-754Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Cognitive disparities: the impact of the Great Depression and cumulative inequality on later-life cognitive function
Hale, J. M., Dec 2017, In: Demography. 54, 6, p. 2125-2158 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review