Erika Pugh

Erika Pugh studies cognitive aging and dementia risk, with particular attention to how social and psychological factors—such as loneliness, discrimination, childhood trauma, and loss—affect memory and thinking abilities in older adults. Much of this work focuses on health disparities affecting older African Americans, including research participation barriers and unequal healthcare access. The research combines neuropsychological assessment methods with population health approaches to understand cognitive decline across diverse groups.

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, rising from none in 2017 to a peak in 2021 and again in 2025, with lower output in intervening years such as 2024.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026