PROJECT DIRECTOR

Regina Shih

Professor of Epidemiology, Emory Rollins School of Public Health and Health Policy Partner, RAND Corporation

Regina Shih (she/her) is an epidemiologist who research focuses on people with dementia and their family and formal caregivers. She is leading an NIMHD-funded project (R01MD010360) to evaluate racial/ethnic and rural/urban disparities in access to home- and community-based services, and she co-leads an evaluation of the CDC BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence-Dementia Caregiving. Her recent work includes examining social networks of older adults and their family caregivers, evaluating the New York State Medicaid Redesign of Section 1115 waivers, understanding unmet needs for Title III B/C services, assessing the quality of Medicaid-sponsored home- and community-based services for older adults in California, and evaluating a shelter program for elder abuse. She serves as an advisory board member of the National Alliance for Caregiving.

Katherine Sun

Research Project Coordinator, Emory Rollins School of Public Health

Katherine Sun (she/her) graduated from the Rollins School of Public Health with a Master of Public Health in Health Policy & Management and certificate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Her interests are in social determinants of health and equity related to healthcare policy and access.

Andrew Dick

Senior Economist, RAND Corporation

Andrew Dick is a senior economist who studies the development of methods and empirical applications of risk-adjustment models for quality assessment, comparative effectiveness research, and cost estimation, all with a focus on applied econometric methods for drawing causal inference.

Esther Friedman

Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

Esther Friedman is a research associate professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, where she also serves as associate director of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) and external innovative networks director of the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA). Her research broadly focuses on the role of family caregiving and long-term care for the health and wellbeing of older adults, particularly those with dementia. Her current work examines trends in long-term care availability, the impact of long-term care policies on health disparities, and the social networks of older adults and their caregivers.

Jordan Harrison

Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation

Jordan Harrison is a health services researcher whose interests center around the health care workforce, aging, and long-term care. She currently leads a study funded by the National Institute on Aging to evaluate the impact of managed long-term care programs on setting of care for older adults with dementia (R21AG069787). Her recent work includes an issue brief on approaches to assessing the quality of Medicaid-sponsored home- and community-based services for older adults in California.

Teague Ruder

Senior Research Programmer, RAND Corporation

Teague Ruder (he/him) works extensively with survey and administrative data on a diverse set of projects focused on Military Health, Medicare, and Medicaid. Recent project include examining the impact of Medicaid reforms in New York State, describing patterns of post-operative care during Medicare global periods, analyzing trends in DoD disability ratings, and evaluating virtual behavioral health in the military.

Daniel Siconolfi

Behavioral and Social Scientist, RAND Corporation

Dan Siconolfi (he/him) is a behavioral scientist. His research portfolio addresses behavioral health, healthy aging, and access to home and community-based services. Focal populations include sexual and gender minority persons, older adults, persons living with or affected by HIV, and persons with dementia. He has mentored undergraduate- and graduate-level researchers across a range of disciplines and research areas.

Claire Hamilton

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Emory University

Claire Hamilton is a second-year undergraduate student at Emory University majoring in Human Health & Economics. She is interested in health economics, health policy, and epidemiology.

Yunjeong Choi

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Emory University

Yunjeong (Joy) Choi is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Emory University majoring in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology & Sociology. She is interested in health policy, healthcare management, and global health, specifically the intersection of Medicaid and dementia.