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.

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

Abby Alpert
Assistant Professor, Health Care Management, Wharton School
Ph.D., Economics, University of Maryland, 2011

Juan Pablo Atal
Assistant Professor of Economics
Associate Undergraduate Chair of Economics
Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2016
Catherine Auriemma
Instructor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
M.D., Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2014

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

Therese (Tess) Bittermann
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
M.D., Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2010

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

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:

Rebecca Brown
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
M.D., Medicine, Harvard School of Medicine, 2005

Robert Burke
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
M.D., Medicine, Stanford University, 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pilar Gonalons-Pons
Alber-Klingelfhofer Presidential Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014

Peter Groeneveld
Professor of Medicine
M.D., Medicine, Tufts University, 1995
Associated PARC Research Themes: Health Care and Long-Term Care in Older Adults

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

Atul Gupta
Assistant Professor, Health Care Management, Wharton School
Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University, 2018

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

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

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


Rebecca Hubbard
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Ph.D., Biostatistics, University of Washington, 2007
423 Guardian DriveBlockley Hall room 604
Department of Biostatistics Epidemiology & Informatics faculty page, Twitter

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)

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

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

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

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

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
Chenyi Ma
Research Assistant Professor, Social Policy & Practice
Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Pennsylvania, 2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adriana Perez
Anthony Buividas Term Chair in Gerontology
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

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

Eric Roberts
Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Ph.D., Health Economics & Policy, Johns Hopkins University, 2015

Paul Rosenbaum
Robert G. Putzel Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Data Science
Ph.D., Statistics, Harvard University, 1980
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

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

Sarah Schrauben
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
M.D., Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, 2011

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
Penn Museum, Room 432
215-573-7632
Anthropology Faculty Page, Genographic Project Profile, Personal Website, Twitter


Shana Stites
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
Psy.D., Psychology, Chestnut Hill College, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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
1204 Blockley Hall
215-898-9278
General Internal Medicine, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Profile, Twitter