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Brea L. Perry

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1985
Health disparities and outcomesMental Health Treatment and AccessMental Health Research TopicsDementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies

Publications

210

Citations

8,736

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

42

Publishing since 1985

Research summary
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Brea L. Perry studies how people's social relationships and networks affect their health, particularly as they age. Her recent work examines how social ties influence cognitive function, brain health, biological aging, and conditions like dementia and Alzheimer's disease, as well as how vulnerable groups such as immigrants and people with chronic illness rely on support networks. She also develops research methods for measuring social networks and daily life experiences.

Social networks and healthCognitive aging and dementiaHealth disparitiesSocial support in vulnerable populationsResearch methods for network and daily-life data

Publication activity has been fairly steady at roughly 12 papers per year over the last five years, aside from a large spike in 2021.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through May 2030 — about 4 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH RF1AG070931through May 2030 · $3.1M awarded

    Understanding how social cognition protects older adults' cognitive health: the role of social connectedness

  • ActiveNIH R37AG057739through Jan 2030 · $739k awarded

    Social Networks in Alzheimer Disease 2.0.

  • ActiveNIH R01AG076032through Apr 2027 · $582k awarded

    Epigenetic mechanisms underlying the direct and moderating effects of social connectedness on complex diseases in aging

3 earlier awards
  • NIH R01AG070931Sep 2020 – May 2026 · $686k awarded

    Understanding how social connectedness protects older adults' cognitive health: the role of social cognition

  • NIH R01AG057739Sep 2018 – Aug 2024 · $676k awarded

    Leveraging Neuroimaging Biomarkers to Understand the Role of Social Networks in Alzheimer's Disease

  • NIH R01DA039928Aug 2016 – Jun 2021 · $318k awarded

    Doctor Shopping for Controlled Substances: Insights from Two-Mode Social Network Analysis

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,197 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 8,736cohort median 1,128
h-index: 45cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 11.8cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~4 · 46% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 54 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 11.8/year recently
2017: 14 publications172018: 15 publications182019: 10 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 32 publications32212022: 21 publications222023: 15 publications232024: 9 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 8 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 1 collaborator at the same institution2019: 5 collaborators at the same institution2020: 3 collaborators at the same institution2021: 12 collaborators at the same institution2022: 7 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 2 collaborators at the same institution2025: 1 collaborator at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Innovation in Aging×19
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×13
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia×10
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B×6
  • PLoS ONE×5
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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