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Jessica Marie Finlay

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
DepartmentBehavioral Sci Inst-Admin

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    R00AG075152     (FINLAY, JESSICA MARIE)Feb 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2026
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    Aging in Place since the COVID-19 Pandemic Onset: A Study of Neighborhoods and Cognitive Health among Older Americans
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K99AG075152     (FINLAY, JESSICA MARIE)Feb 1, 2022 - Jan 31, 2024
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    Aging in Place Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic Onset: A Study of Neighborhoods and Cognitive Health Among Older Americans
    Role: Principal Investigator
    F32AG064815     (FINLAY, JESSICA MARIE)Feb 1, 2020 - Jan 31, 2022
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    ENHANCE: Developing a Clinical Geography Tool to Intervene in Cognitive Decline through Neighborhood Design
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Milan RA, Sagehorn MAP, Perera R, Bowman GI, Finlay J. "It just isn't the same": altered routines among older Americans three years after the COVID-19 pandemic onset. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1573302. PMID: 40703188.
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    2. Larson PS, Clarke P, Melendez R, Finlay JM, Sol K, Judd S, Gomez-Lopez I, Khan A, Gronlund CJ. Long-term exposure to extreme heat and cold and cognitive decline in older adults: Results from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort. Environ Res. 2025 Oct 15; 283:121984. PMID: 40513855.
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    3. Reid CE, Finlay J, Hannigan M, Rieves ES, Walters H, Welton-Mitchell C, Wiedinmyer C, de Gouw J, Dickinson K. Physical Health Symptoms and Perceptions of Air Quality among Residents of Smoke-Damaged Homes from a Wildland Urban Interface Fire. ACS EST Air. 2025 Jan 10; 2(1):13-23. PMID: 39817255.
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    4. Westrick AC, Kobayashi LC, Kirch M, Singer D, Malani PN, Kullgren JT, Solway E, Finlay JM. The Joys and Stresses of Social Relationships and the Effect on Resiliency During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey of U.S. Older Adults. Gerontologist. 2024 07 01; 64(7). PMID: 37875132.
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    5. Mitchell LL, Burns MK, Impellizzeri DK, Falso VR, Famularo M, Finlay JM. Identity Development and Disruption in Older Adults During COVID-19: A Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2024 05 01; 79(5). PMID: 38366365.
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    6. Finlay J, Meltzer G, O'Shea B, Kobayashi L. Altered place engagement since COVID-19: A multi-method study of community participation and health among older americans. Wellbeing Space Soc. 2024; 6. PMID: 38887431.
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    7. Finlay J, Guzman V, Meltzer G, O'Shea B, Yeh J. "I just can't go back": Challenging Places for Older Americans since the COVID-19 Pandemic Onset. SSM Qual Res Health. 2024 Jun; 5. PMID: 38884031.
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    8. Finlay J, Westrick AC, Guzman V, Meltzer G. Neighborhood Built Environments and Health in Later Life: A Literature Review. J Aging Health. 2025 Jan; 37(1-2):3-17. PMID: 37994863.
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    9. Finlay J, Eastman M, Kobayashi L. "Please don't let me become a statistic in this grocery store": Civic engagement among older Americans since the COVID-19 pandemic onset. Soc Sci Med. 2023 11; 337:116267. PMID: 37852038.
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    10. Yu W, Esposito M, Li M, Clarke P, Judd S, Finlay J. Neighborhood 'Disamenities': local barriers and cognitive function among Black and white aging adults. BMC Public Health. 2023 01 30; 23(1):197. PMID: 36717795.
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    11. Joseph CA, Kobayashi LC, Frain LN, Finlay JM. "I Can't Take Any Chances": A Mixed Methods Study of Frailty, Isolation, Worry, and Loneliness Among Aging Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Appl Gerontol. 2023 05; 42(5):789-799. PMID: 36621930.
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    12. Horn BL, Albers EA, Mitchell LL, Jutkowitz E, Finlay JM, Millenbah AN, Seifert GJ, Hedin DS, Knutson MJ, Kramer KM, Mikal JP. Can Technology-Based Social Memory Aids Improve Social Engagement? Perceptions of a Novel Memory Aid for Persons With Memory Concerns. J Appl Gerontol. 2023 03; 42(3):399-408. PMID: 36274581.
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    13. Cohn-Schwartz E, Finlay JM, Kobayashi LC. Perceptions of societal ageism and declines in subjective memory during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal evidence from US adults aged =55 years. J Soc Issues. 2022 Aug 07. PMID: 36249550.
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    14. Cheng GJ, Wagner AL, O'Shea BQ, Joseph CA, Finlay JM, Kobayashi LC. Multimorbidity and Mental Health Trajectories Among Middle-Aged and Older U.S. Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Findings From the COVID-19 Coping Study. Innov Aging. 2022; 6(5):igac047. PMID: 36035631.
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    15. Finlay J, Esposito M, Langa KM, Judd S, Clarke P. Cognability: An Ecological Theory of neighborhoods and cognitive aging. Soc Sci Med. 2022 09; 309:115220. PMID: 35926362.
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    16. Abrams LR, Finlay JM, Kobayashi LC. Job Transitions and Mental Health Outcomes Among U.S. Adults Aged 55 and Older During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2022 07 05; 77(7):e106-e116. PMID: 33837416.
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    17. Finlay J, Jang J, Esposito M, McClure L, Judd S, Clarke P. 'My neighbourhood is fuzzy, not hard and fast': Individual and contextual associations with perceived residential neighbourhood boundaries among ageing Americans. Urban Stud. 2023 Jan; 60(1):85-108. PMID: 37636583.
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    18. Bustamante G, Guzman V, Kobayashi LC, Finlay J. Mental health and well-being in times of COVID-19: A mixed-methods study of the role of neighborhood parks, outdoor spaces, and nature among US older adults. Health Place. 2022 07; 76:102813. PMID: 35623164.
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    19. Finlay JM, Meltzer G, Cannon M, Kobayashi LC. Aging in Place During a Pandemic: Neighborhood Engagement and Environments Since the COVID-19 Pandemic Onset. Gerontologist. 2022 04 20; 62(4):504-518. PMID: 34788816.
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    20. Kobayashi LC, O'Shea BQ, Joseph C, Finlay JM. Acute relationships between mental health and cognitive function during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal evidence from middle-aged and older US adults. SSM Ment Health. 2022 Dec; 2:100097. PMID: 35434675.
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    21. Henning-Smith C, Meltzer G, Kobayashi LC, Finlay JM. Rural/urban differences in mental health and social well-being among older US adults in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aging Ment Health. 2023 03; 27(3):505-511. PMID: 35369828.
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    22. Albers EA, Mikal J, Millenbah A, Finlay J, Jutkowitz E, Mitchell L, Horn B, Gaugler JE. The Use of Technology Among Persons With Memory Concerns and Their Caregivers in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study. JMIR Aging. 2022 Mar 17; 5(1):e31552. PMID: 35134748.
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    23. Joseph CA, O'Shea BQ, Eastman MR, Finlay JM, Kobayashi LC. Physical isolation and mental health among older US adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal findings from the COVID-19 Coping Study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2022 Jun; 57(6):1273-1282. PMID: 35244741.
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    24. Wagner AL, Porth JM, Wu Z, Boulton ML, Finlay JM, Kobayashi LC. Vaccine Hesitancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Latent Class Analysis of Middle-Aged and Older US Adults. J Community Health. 2022 06; 47(3):408-415. PMID: 35079933.
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    25. Truskinovsky Y, Finlay JM, Kobayashi LC. Caregiving in a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Well-Being of Family Caregivers 55+ in the United States. Med Care Res Rev. 2022 10; 79(5):663-675. PMID: 35001714.
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    26. Gallo HB, Kobayashi LC, Finlay JM. Older Americans' Perceptions of the Federal Government's Pandemic Response: Voices From the COVID-19 Coping Study. Res Aging. 2022 Aug-Sep; 44(7-8):589-599. PMID: 34967234.
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    27. Gaugler JE, Zmora R, Mitchell LL, Finlay J, Rosebush CE, Nkimbeng M, Baker ZG, Albers EA, Peterson CM. Remote activity monitoring for family caregivers of persons living with dementia: a mixed methods, randomized controlled evaluation. BMC Geriatr. 2021 12 18; 21(1):715. PMID: 34922475.
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    28. Magee W, Elliott MR, Sinkewicz M, Finlay J, Clarke P. Who looks on the bright side? Optimistic and pessimistic perceptual-response reflexes over American adulthood. Adv Life Course Res. 2022 03; 51. PMID: 35250415.
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    29. Khan AM, Finlay JM, Clarke P, Sol K, Melendez R, Judd S, Gronlund CJ. Association between temperature exposure and cognition: a cross-sectional analysis of 20,687 aging adults in the United States. BMC Public Health. 2021 07 29; 21(1):1484. PMID: 34325692.
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    30. Finlay J, Esposito M, Li M, Kobayashi LC, Khan AM, Gomez-Lopez I, Melendez R, Colabianchi N, Judd S, Clarke PJ. Can Neighborhood Social Infrastructure Modify Cognitive Function? A Mixed-Methods Study of Urban-Dwelling Aging Americans. J Aging Health. 2021 10; 33(9):772-785. PMID: 34301156.
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    31. O'Shea BQ, Finlay JM, Kler J, Joseph CA, Kobayashi LC. Loneliness Among US Adults Aged =55 Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic : Findings From the COVID-19 Coping Study. Public Health Rep. 2021 Nov-Dec; 136(6):754-764. PMID: 34283657.
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    32. Finlay J, Yu W, Clarke P, Lia M, Judd S, Esposito M. Neighborhood cognitive amenities? A mixed-methods study of intellectually-stimulating places and cognitive function among older Americans. Wellbeing Space Soc. 2021; 2. PMID: 37396718.
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    33. Finlay J, Esposito M, Li M, Colabianchi N, Zhou H, Judd S, Clarke P. Neighborhood active aging infrastructure and cognitive function: A mixed-methods study of older Americans. Prev Med. 2021 09; 150:106669. PMID: 34087319.
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    34. Statz TL, Peterson CM, Birkeland RW, McCarron HR, Finlay JM, Rosebush CE, Baker ZG, Gaugler JE. "We Moved Her Too Soon": Navigating Guilt Among Adult Child and Spousal Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia Following a Move into Residential Long-Term Care. Couple Family Psychol. 2022 Dec; 11(4):300-314. PMID: 36743783.
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    35. Eastman MR, Finlay JM, Kobayashi LC. Alcohol Use and Mental Health among Older American Adults during the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 04 16; 18(8). PMID: 33923483.
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    36. Finlay JM, Kler JS, O'Shea BQ, Eastman MR, Vinson YR, Kobayashi LC. Coping During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Older Adults Across the United States. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:643807. PMID: 33898379.
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    37. Finlay JM, Rowles GD. Clinical geography: A proposal to embrace space, place and wellbeing through person-centered practice. Wellbeing Space Soc. 2021; 2. PMID: 37077695.
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    38. Reppas-Rindlisbacher C, Finlay JM, Mahar AL, Siddhpuria S, Hallet J, Rochon PA, Kobayashi LC. Worries, attitudes, and mental health of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian and U.S. perspectives. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 05; 69(5):1147-1154. PMID: 33738789.
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    39. Kobayashi LC, O'Shea BQ, Kler JS, Nishimura R, Palavicino-Maggio CB, Eastman MR, Vinson YR, Finlay JM. Cohort profile: the COVID-19 Coping Study, a longitudinal mixed-methods study of middle-aged and older adults' mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. BMJ Open. 2021 02 10; 11(2):e044965. PMID: 33568377.
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    40. Zmora R, Mitchell LL, Bustamante G, Finlay J, Nkimbeng M, Gaugler JE. Dementia Caregivers' Experiences and Reactions to Remote Activity Monitoring System Alerts. J Gerontol Nurs. 2021 Jan 01; 47(1):13-20. PMID: 33377980.
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    41. Mitchell LL, Zmora R, Finlay JM, Jutkowitz E, Gaugler JE. Do Big Five Personality Traits Moderate the Effects of Stressful Life Events on Health Trajectories? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2021 01 01; 76(1):44-55. PMID: 32478815.
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    42. Finlay J, Khan A, Gronlund C, Sol K, Jang J, Melendez R, Judd S, Clarke P. Weather Woes? Exploring Potential Links between Precipitation and Age-Related Cognitive Decline. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 12 03; 17(23). PMID: 33287278.
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    43. Zmora R, Statz TL, Birkeland RW, McCarron HR, Finlay JM, Rosebush CE, Gaugler JE. Transitioning to Long-Term Care: Family Caregiver Experiences of Dementia, Communities, and Counseling. J Aging Health. 2021 01; 33(1-2):133-146. PMID: 32990494.
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    44. Finlay J, Esposito M, Tang S, Gomez-Lopez I, Sylvers D, Judd S, Clarke P. Fast-food for thought: Retail food environments as resources for cognitive health and wellbeing among aging Americans? Health Place. 2020 07; 64:102379. PMID: 32838895.
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    45. Peterson CM, Mikal JP, McCarron HR, Finlay JM, Mitchell LL, Gaugler JE. The Feasibility and Utility of a Personal Health Record for Persons With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers for Web-Based Care Coordination: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Aging. 2020 Jun 26; 3(1):e17769. PMID: 32589158.
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    46. Finlay JM, McCarron HR, Statz TL, Zmora R. A Critical Approach to Aging in Place: A Case Study Comparison of Personal and Professional Perspectives from the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area. J Aging Soc Policy. 2021 May-Jun; 33(3):222-246. PMID: 31856684.
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    47. Finlay J, Esposito M, Kim MH, Gomez-Lopez I, Clarke P. Closure of 'third places'? Exploring potential consequences for collective health and wellbeing. Health Place. 2019 11; 60:102225. PMID: 31622919.
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    48. Gaugler JE, Bain LJ, Mitchell L, Finlay J, Fazio S, Jutkowitz E. Reconsidering frameworks of Alzheimer's dementia when assessing psychosocial outcomes. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2019; 5:388-397. PMID: 31463361.
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    49. Gaugler JE, Zmora R, Mitchell LL, Finlay JM, Peterson CM, McCarron H, Jutkowitz E. Six-Month Effectiveness of Remote Activity Monitoring for Persons Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers: An Experimental Mixed Methods Study. Gerontologist. 2019 01 09; 59(1):78-89. PMID: 29982413.
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    50. McCarron HR, Finlay JM, Sims T, Nikzad-Terhune K, Gaugler JE. Stakeholder Engagement to Enhance Interventions for Family Caregivers of People with Dementia: A Case Study of Care to Plan. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2019 01; 62(1):29-47. PMID: 30085902.
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    51. Finlay JM, Kobayashi LC. Social isolation and loneliness in later life: A parallel convergent mixed-methods case study of older adults and their residential contexts in the Minneapolis metropolitan area, USA. Soc Sci Med. 2018 07; 208:25-33. PMID: 29758475.
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    52. Mitchell LL, Peterson CM, Rud SR, Jutkowitz E, Sarkinen A, Trost S, Porta CM, Finlay JM, Gaugler JE. "It's Like a Cyber-Security Blanket": The Utility of Remote Activity Monitoring in Family Dementia Care. J Appl Gerontol. 2020 01; 39(1):86-98. PMID: 29504488.
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    53. Finlay JM, Davila H, Whipple MO, McCreedy EM, Jutkowitz E, Jensen A, Kane RA. What we learned through asking about evidence: A model for interdisciplinary student engagement. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2018 Jan 24; 1-15. PMID: 29364792.
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    54. Finlay JM. 'Walk like a penguin': Older Minnesotans' experiences of (non)therapeutic white space. Soc Sci Med. 2018 02; 198:77-84. PMID: 29276989.
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    55. Finlay J, Franke T, McKay H, Sims-Gould J. Therapeutic landscapes and wellbeing in later life: Impacts of blue and green spaces for older adults. Health Place. 2015 Jul; 34:97-106. PMID: 25982704.
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    56. Clinton SM, Sucharski IL, Finlay JM. Desipramine attenuates working memory impairments induced by partial loss of catecholamines in the rat medial prefrontal cortex. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2006 Jan; 183(4):404-12. PMID: 16307295.
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    57. Brown EE, Finlay JM, Wong JT, Damsma G, Fibiger HC. Behavioral and neurochemical interactions between cocaine and buprenorphine: implications for the pharmacotherapy of cocaine abuse. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1991 Jan; 256(1):119-26. PMID: 1988653.
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    58. Finlay JM, Szostak C, Fibiger HC. Further characterization of intravenous self-administration of midazolam in the rat. Behav Pharmacol. 1989; 1(1):13-23. PMID: 11175383.
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