IFD&TC 2026 • April 19-21 • Providence, Rhode Island
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) is excited to participate in the International Field Directors & Technologies 58th Annual Conference (IFD&TC).
Conducted by NORC’s Health Sciences and Education & Child Development departments, NLS-72, an EdSHARe project, is a longitudinal, nationally representative study of the high school graduating class of 1972 that is currently in its sixth follow-up round.
The latest round aims to examine how educational attainment and differential life course events influence the risk for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias at age 70. NLS-72 is a mixed-mode survey, including in-person, telephone, web, and paper completion modes.
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NORC at IFD&TC 2026
NORC’s NLS-72 team is proud to give six presentations at this year’s annual conferece.
Our presentations will cover:
- Designing cognitive measure administration training for field interviewers
- Challenges in locating a sample nearly 40 years after the fifth round
- Developing systems for inter-organizational field data collection
- Using ArcGIS to optimize case assignments
- Last-chance strategies for collecting biospecimens
- Leveraging artificial intelligence for case review
NLS-72 and HS&B Presentations
A member of the NLS-72 team will also present on inter-round outreach for sample members of NLS-72’s sister longitudinal research project, High School & Beyond (HS&B). The following is a list of NLS-72 and HS&B’s presentation titles along with internal and external co-authors:
- Designing Training and Tools for Field Interviewers to Administer Clinical Cognitive Measures
- NORC co-authors: Rachel Canas (first author), Laura Stoff, Erika Greenia, Justin Jones, Jennifer Hasche, Katie O’Doherty
- Client team co-authors: Jennifer Manly, Stephanie Assuras, Sara Scherer, Adea Rich, Christopher Walker, Binxin Wang
- Locating the Unlocatable: Strategies for Re-engaging a Longitudinal Cohort After Four Decades
- NORC co-authors: Amy Silver (first author), Shana Brown, Meagan de Nicolo, Natalia Ashley
- Developing an Inter-organizational Reporting and Field Monitoring System
- NORC author: Christopher Wong
- Client team co-authors: Libbie Gibson, Chandra Muller, Eric Grodsky, John Robert Warren
- Utilizing ArcGIS Mapping to Optimize Case Assignments in a Large Field Study
- NORC co-authors: Meagan de Nicolo (first author), Christopher Wong
- Last-Chance Strategies for Collecting Biospecimens from Older Adult Populations
- NORC co-authors: Chelsea Burns (first author), Kriston Koepp
- Beyond Automation: AI and the Art of Case Review
- NORC co-authors: Erika Greenia (first author), Rachel Canas
- Where Are They Now?
- NORC co-authors: Natalia Ashley (first author), Christopher Wong
- Client team co-authors: Chandra Muller, Eric Grodsky, John Robert Warren
