Neil Mehta
Epidemiologist and demographer; Professor, Inaugural Chair of Epidemiology, and Associate Dean for Research at UTMB's School of Public and Population Health.
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Sep 28, 2026
Matt DavisHOST
I'm curious if you could talk a little about that, the effect of education and what you observed.
Neil MehtaGUEST
There's a lot of literature showing that one's educational attainment is a really major risk factor for cognition throughout the life course.
Neil MehtaGUEST
In our study, when we controlled, so statistically adjusted for educational attainment, it did influence the within country trends.
Neil MehtaGUEST
So what was going on within countries in terms of memory function changes, and mostly these were improvements.
Neil MehtaGUEST
Once you controlled for education, we saw that it explained some of the positive trends within countries.
Lauren GerlachHOST
But, you know, if you were talking or advising U.S. policymakers, you know, what do you think we should be prioritizing based on these findings? Yeah.