PARC Research Associates are Penn faculty (any rank and track) with an active population aging research agenda who participate in PARC activities. Interested in becoming a PARC Research Associate? Please complete the following form: https://forms.gle/zu2eyCsMMApxVmPdA.

Aiken

Linda H. Aiken

Professor of Nursing & Sociology

Founding Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 1973

Associated PARC Research Themes: Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Global Aging and Health, Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

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Abby Alpert

Assistant Professor, Health Care Management, Wharton School

Ph.D., Economics, University of Maryland, 2011

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Juan Pablo Atal

Assistant Professor of Economics

Associate Undergraduate Chair of Economics

Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2016

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Catherine Auriemma

Instructor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

M.D., Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2014

Behrman

Jere R. Behrman

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics
Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966

Associated PARC Research Themes: Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Global Aging and Health, Health Disparities in Aging

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Therese (Tess) Bittermann

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

M.D., Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2010

Boen

Courtney Boen

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2017

Associated PARC Research Themes: Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD), Health Disparities in Aging

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Kathryn H. Bowles

Director of the Center for Integrative Sciences in Aging
van Ameringen Chair in Nursing Excellence
Professor of Nursing

Ph.D., Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 1996

Associated PARC Research Themes:

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Rebecca Brown

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

M.D., Medicine, Harvard School of Medicine, 2005

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Robert Burke

Assistant Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

M.D., Medicine, Stanford University, 2008

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Pamela Z. Cacchione

Associate Director, Center for Integrative Science in Aging
Ralston House Endowed Term Chair in Gerontological Nursing
Associate Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing

Ph.D., Nursing Research, Saint Louis University, 1998

Associated PARC Research Themes: Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD), Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Global Aging and Health, Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

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Molly Candon

Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Ph.D., Economics, University of Georgia, 2015

Associated PARC Research Themes: Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

Contact:

3535 Market StreetRoom 3048

215-746-6015

PSOM faculty page, Twitter

Coe

Norma B. Coe

Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Co-Director, PARC

Director, PEDAL Lab

Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005

Damrauer

Scott Damrauer

Associate Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine

M.D., Harvard Medical School, 2004

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Guy David

Gilbert and Shelley Harrison Professor, Health Care Management, Wharton School
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Medical Ethics, Perelman School of Medicine
Director of Education, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

Ph.D., Business, University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, 2004

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George Demiris

Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, Department of Biobehavioral and Health Sciences, School of Nursing & Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine

Ph.D., Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, 2000

Elo

Irma T. Elo

Tamsen and Michael Brown Presidential Professor

Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Public Affairs and Demography, Princeton University, 1990

Associated PARC Research Themes: Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD), Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Global Aging and Health, Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults, Health Disparities in Aging

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Mary Ersek

Killebrew-Censits Chair in Undergraduate Education
Professor of Medicine

Ph.D., Nursing Science, University of Washington, 1991

Associated PARC Research Themes: Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD), Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

Contact:

418 Curie Blvd. Room 329

215-746-3563

Penn Nursing faculty page

Fang

Hanming Fang

Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics

Chair, Department of Economics

Ph.D., Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2000

Associated PARC Research Themes: Global Aging and Health, Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

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Pilar Gonalons-Pons

Alber-Klingelfhofer Presidential Associate Professor

Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014

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Peter Groeneveld

Professor of Medicine

M.D., Medicine, Tufts University, 1995

Associated PARC Research Themes: Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

Contact:

1204 Blockley Hall423 Guardian Drive

215-898-2569

PSOM faculty page, Twitter

Guillot

Michel Guillot

Chair, Graduate Group in Demography

Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Demography and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 2000

Associated PARC Research Themes: Global Aging and Health, Health Disparities in Aging

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Atul Gupta

Assistant Professor, Health Care Management, Wharton School

Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University, 2018

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Scott D. Halpern

Director, Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center

Director, Fostering Improvement in End-of-Life Decision Science (FIELDS) Program

Professor of Medicine

Ph.D., Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, 2002

Associated PARC Research Themes: Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

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Ali G. Hamedani

Assistant Professor, Neurology and Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine

M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2013
M.H.S., Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2012

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Nancy A. Hodgson

Anthony Buividas Endowed Term Chair of Gerontology
Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences Department Program
Director, Hillman Scholars in Nursing Innovation
Chair, Graduate Group in Nursing

Ph.D., Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 1999

Associated PARC Research Themes: Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD), Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

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Allison K. Hoffman

Professor of Law, Penn Law School

J.D., Law, Yale Law School, 2004

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Rebecca Hubbard

Associate Professor of Biostatistics

Ph.D., Biostatistics, University of Washington, 2007

Kable

Joseph Kable

Jean-Marie Kneeley President's Distinguished Professor of Psychology

Director, MindCORE

Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, 2004

Associated PARC Research Themes: Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD)

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Jason Karlawish

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Professor of Neurology

M.D., Medicine, Northwestern University, 1991

Associated PARC Research Themes: Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD), Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

Kohler

Hans-Peter Kohler

Co-Director, Population Aging Research Center

Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography

Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1997

Associated PARC Research Themes: Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD), Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Global Aging and Health, Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults, Health Disparities in Aging

Kohler

Iliana Kohler

Associate Director of Training, Population Studies Center

Practice Associate Professor in Sociology

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 2001

Associated PARC Research Themes: Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD), Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Global Aging and Health, Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults, Health Disparities in Aging

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Karen Lasater

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Ph.D., Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 2015

Associated PARC Research Themes: Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

Contact:

418 Curie BlvdRoom 374

215-746-8362

Penn Nursing faculty page, Twitter

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Julia Lynch

Associate Professor, Political Science

PhD, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2002

Associated PARC Research Themes: Global Aging and Health, Health Disparities in Aging

Ma

Chenyi Ma

Research Assistant Professor, Social Policy & Practice

Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Pennsylvania, 2018

McHugh

Matthew D. McHugh

The Independence Chair for Nursing Education

Professor of Nursing

Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research

Faculty Director, Nursing and Health Care Management Coordinated Dual Degree Program

J.D., Northeastern University School of Law, 2006
Ph.D., Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 2004

Associated PARC Research Themes: Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD), Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults, Health Disparities in Aging

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Olivia S. Mitchell

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor

Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Professor of Insurance and Risk Management

Executive Director, Pension Research Council

Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978

Associated PARC Research Themes: Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Global Aging and Health, Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

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Mark D. Neuman

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

M.S.c., Health Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania, 2010
M.D., Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 2004

Associated PARC Research Themes: Health Disparities in Aging

Park

Hyunjoon Park

Director, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies

Korean Foundation Professor of Sociology

Professor of Education

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005

Associated PARC Research Themes: Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Global Aging and Health, Health Disparities in Aging

Parrado

Emilio Alberto Parrado

Director, Population Studies Center

Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Chicago, 1997

Associated PARC Research Themes: Global Aging and Health

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Mark V. Pauly

John M. Bendheim, W’40 and Thomas L. Bendheim, WG’90 Professor Emeritus of Health Care Management

Ph.D., Economics, University of Virginia, 1967

Associated PARC Research Themes: Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

Contact:

208 Colonial Penn Center

215-898-5411

Wharton Faculty Page

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Perez

Adriana Perez

Anthony Buividas Term Chair in Gerontology

Associate Professor of Nursing

Ph.D., Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, Arizona State University, 2009

Associated PARC Research Themes: Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults, Health Disparities in Aging

Preston

Samuel H. Preston

Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1968

Associated PARC Research Themes: Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Global Aging and Health, Health Disparities in Aging

Roberts

Eric Roberts

Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

Ph.D., Health Economics & Policy, Johns Hopkins University, 2015

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Jason Schnittker

Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Sociology, Indiana University, 2001

Associated PARC Research Themes: Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD), Health Disparities in Aging

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Sarah Schrauben

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

M.D., Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, 2011

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Theodore G. Schurr

Professor of Anthropology

Graduate Group Chair of Anthropology

Ph.D., Anthropology, Emory University, 1998

Associated PARC Research Themes: Global Aging and Health

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Herbert L. Smith

Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Michigan, 1982

Stites

Shana Stites

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine

Psy.D., Psychology, Chestnut Hill College, 2012

Thirumurthy

Harsha Thirumurthy

Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Interim Division Chief of Health Policy

Associate Director, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics

Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, 2006

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Sarah Tishkoff

David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Genetics and Biology

Ph.D., Genetics, Yale University, 1996

Associated PARC Research Themes: Global Aging and Health, Health Disparities in Aging

Venkataramani

Atheendar Venkataramani

Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Associate Professor of Medicine

M.D., Medicine, University of Washington, 2011
Ph.D., Health Policy (Economics), Yale University, 2009

Volpp

Kevin G. Volpp

Mark V. Pauly President’s Distinguished Professor at Perelman School of Medicine and Health Care Management at the Wharton School

Chief, Division of Health Policy

Director, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics

Ph.D., Health Economics, Public Policy and Management, University of Pennsylvania, 1998
M.D., Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1998

Associated PARC Research Themes: Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Global Aging and Health, Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults, Health Disparities in Aging

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Kimberly Waddell

Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Perelman School of Medicine

Ph.D., Movement Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 2019

Associated PARC Research Themes: Early-Life Conditions and Older Adult Health, Behavior and Well-Being, Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults, Health Disparities in Aging

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Rachel M. Werner

M.D. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1998
P.h.D., Department of Health Care Management, The Wharton School, 2004

Associated PARC Research Themes: Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults, Health Disparities in Aging