NACDA Podcast 19 - Dr. Arun Balachandran and the Pace of Aging

This 30 minute podcast features Dr. Arun Balachandran

• Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
• Research Focus: Intersects across Population Aging, quantitative methodology, and public health
• He has worked with the University of Maryland College Park and with the Population Council. At the University of Maryland, he was involved in the design and implementation of a unique longitudinal database in the Global South- the India Human Development Survey (IHDS), which is the only nationally representative longitudinal survey on social, health and development indicators.
• Currently working on: New measures to population aging using longitudinal biomarker data.
• Most recent study: Pace of Aging analysis of healthspan and lifespan in older adults in the US and UK. Nature Aging (May, 2025).

Major publications:

• Arun Balachandran, Pei, H., Shi, Y., Beard, J. R., Caspi, A., Cohen, A. A., … & Belsky, D. W. (2025). Pace of Aging analysis of healthspan and lifespan in older adults in the US and UK. Nature Aging, 1-11.
• Arun Balachandran and K. S. James (2021). A multi-dimensional perspective on the gender gap in health among older adults in India and China: Application of a new ageing measure. Ageing & Society, 41(5). doi:10.1017/S0144686X19001521
• Arun Balachandran, K. S James, Leo van Wissen, Samir KC and Fanny Janssen. (2021). Can changes in education alter future population ageing in Asia and Europe? Journal of Biosocial Science, 1-13.
• Arun Balachandran, Joop De Beer, K. S James, Leo Van Wissen, and Fanny Janssen (2019). Comparison of Population Aging in Europe and Asia Using a Time-Consistent and Comparative Aging Measure. Journal of Aging and Health, 0898264318824180.
• Arun Balachandran and K. S. James (2019). A multi-dimensional measure of population ageing accounting for Quantum and Quality in life years: An application of selected countries in Europe and Asia. SSM-population health, 7, 100330.