Rate My Professor Sean Hogan

Hogan's career at the University of Otago centers on supporting the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, which conducts the renowned Dunedin Longitudinal Study tracking the lives of over 1,000 individuals born in 1972-1973. He is a co-author on 44 publications with nearly 5,000 citations, contributing to research on biological aging, neurocognitive function, health disparities, and life-course outcomes. Key publications include "DunedinPACNI estimates the longitudinal Pace of Aging from a single brain image to track health and disease" (Nature Aging, 2025), "Disparities in the pace of biological aging among midlife adults of the same birth cohort" (Nature Aging, 2021), "The high societal costs of childhood conduct problems" (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2018), "Clustering of health, crime and social-welfare inequality in 4 people groups" (Nature Human Behaviour, 2020), "Association of neurocognitive and physical function with gait speed in midlife" (JAMA Network Open, 2019), and "Preparedness for healthy ageing and polysubstance use in long-term cannabis users" (The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2022). In 2017, he received the University of Otago Division of Sciences Community Engagement Award for general staff. His work supports the study's global impact on understanding human development and aging.