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Environmental gerontology, Health geography, Geographic and social determinants of health, Cognitive function, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, Aging in place, Therapeutic landscapes, Urban geography, Mixed methods, Qualitative
United States

Activities

Employment (3)

University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, Colorado, US

2023-08-15 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Geography and Institute of Behavioral Science)
Employment
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Jessica M. Finlay

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

2018-09-01 to 2023-08-14 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Institute for Social Research)
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Jessica M. Finlay

University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN, US

2011-09-01 to 2018-06-29 | Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow (Geography, Environment, and Society)
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Jessica M. Finlay

Education and qualifications (4)

University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN, US

2014-01-01 to 2018-06-29 | PhD (Geography, Environment, and Society)
Education
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Jessica M. Finlay

University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN, US

2011-09-01 to 2013-12-15 | MA (Geography, Environment, and Society)
Education
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Jessica M. Finlay

Queen's University: Kingston, ON, CA

2006-09-01 to 2011-04-30 | BEd
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Jessica M. Finlay

Queen's University: Kingston, ON, CA

2006-09-01 to 2010-04-30 | BAH (Geography)
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Jessica M. Finlay

Funding (5)

ENHANCE: Developing a Clinical Geography Tool to Intervene in Cognitive Decline through Neighborhood Design

2019-08 to present | Grant
National Institutes of Health (Maryland, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

F32 AG064815-01

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Jessica M. Finlay

A Mobile Informatics Solution to Aid in Memory

2019-07 to present | Grant
National Institutes of Health (Maryland, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

R44AG063683-01

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Jessica M. Finlay

ENHANCE: Development of a Clinical Geography Tool to Intervene in Cognitive Decline

2019-03 to present | Grant
Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (Ann Arbor, MI, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

UL1 TR002240-02

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Jessica M. Finlay

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

2018-09 to present | Award
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, US)
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Jessica M. Finlay

Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Individual, Household, and Neighborhood-Level Factors Affecting the Health and Well-Being of Older Adults

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Jessica M. Finlay via DimensionsWizard

Works (17)

‘Going Outside for Fresh Air, Sunshine and Walking’: A Qualitative Analysis of US Older Adults’ Therapeutic Landscapes during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Medical Sciences Forum
2022-04 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Viveka Guzmán; Gabriela Bustamante; Lindsay Kobayashi; Jessica M. Finlay
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Alcohol Use and Mental Health among Older American Adults during the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021-04 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Marisa R. Eastman; Jessica M. Finlay; Lindsay Kobayashi
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Weather Woes? Exploring Potential Links between Precipitation and Age-Related Cognitive Decline

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2020-12 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Jessica M. Finlay; Anam Khan; Carina Gronlund; Ketlyne Sol; Joy Jang; Robert Melendez; Suzanne Judd; Philippa Clarke
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Reconsidering frameworks of Alzheimer's dementia when assessing psychosocial outcomes

Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
2019 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2352-8737
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Jessica M. Finlay

Mark W. Skinner, Gavin J. Andrews and Malcom P. Cutchin (eds), Geographical Gerontology: Perspectives, Concepts, Approaches, Routledge, UK and New York, 2018, 332 pp., hbk US $140, ISBN 13: 978-1-138-24115-2.

Ageing and Society
2019-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0144-686X
Part of ISSN: 1469-1779
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Jessica M. Finlay

The Whole-Body Microbiome: How to Harness Microbes—Inside and Out—for Lifelong Health

The Experiment
2019-02 | Book
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Jessica M. Finlay

Six-Month Effectiveness of Remote Activity Monitoring for Persons Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers: An Experimental Mixed Methods Study

The Gerontologist
2019-01-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-9013
Part of ISSN: 1758-5341
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Jessica M. Finlay

Stakeholder Engagement to Enhance Interventions for Family Caregivers of People with Dementia: A Case Study of Care to Plan

Journal of Gerontological Social Work
2019-01-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0163-4372
Part of ISSN: 1540-4048
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Jessica M. Finlay

What we learned through asking about evidence: A model for interdisciplinary student engagement

Gerontology & Geriatrics Education
2019-01-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0270-1960
Part of ISSN: 1545-3847
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Jessica M. Finlay

Ageing in the margins: expectations of and struggles for ‘a good place to grow old’ among low-income older Minnesotans

Ageing and Society
2018-09-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0144-686X
Part of ISSN: 1469-1779
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Jessica M. Finlay

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

Social Science & Medicine
2018-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0277-9536
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Jessica M. Finlay

“It’s Like a Cyber-Security Blanket”: The Utility of Remote Activity Monitoring in Family Dementia Care

Journal of Applied Gerontology
2018-03-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0733-4648
Part of ISSN: 1552-4523
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Jessica M. Finlay

‘Walk like a penguin’: Older Minnesotans' experiences of (non)therapeutic white space

Social Science & Medicine
2018-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0277-9536
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Jessica M. Finlay

Geographies on the Move: A Practical and Theoretical Approach to the Mobile Interview

Professional Geographer
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84992028450

Contributors: Finlay, J.M.; Bowman, J.A.
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Jessica M. Finlay via Scopus - Elsevier

Therapeutic landscapes and wellbeing in later life: Impacts of blue and green spaces for older adults

Health and Place
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84936984778

Contributors: Finlay, J.; Franke, T.; McKay, H.; Sims-Gould, J.
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Jessica M. Finlay via Scopus - Elsevier

Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs (2013). Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment. London and New York: Anthem Press, 198 pp. ISBN 978 0 85728 329 0 (hardback)

International Journal of Ageing and Later Life
2015-03-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1652-8670
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Jessica M. Finlay

Eco-campus: Applying the ecocity model to develop green university and college campuses

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84859204592

Contributors: Finlay, J.; Massey, J.
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Jessica M. Finlay via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (7 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Health & place. (4)
Review activity for Journal of urban health. (1)
Review activity for Wellbeing, space and society. (2)