Appendix A7 Gerontology PhD Program Alumni Achievements - Umb.edu

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Appendix A7Gerontology PhD Program Alumni Achievements(Data summarized from 57 CVs, out of 91 graduates, submitted to the Gerontology Department)Occupation TitlesActing Associate Director, Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research,VA Boston Healthcare SystemAdministrator, Corey Hill Nursing Home, Brighton, MAAging Services Program Specialist, Office of Policy Analysis and Development, Administrationfor Community LivingAmbassador Jeanette Hyde Distinguished Professor, School of Health and Human Sciences,Western Carolina UniversityAssistant Commissioner for Quality Management, Massachusetts Department of DevelopmentalServicesAssistant Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public HealthAssociate Dean (interim), College of Arts and Sciences, University of LouisianaAssociate Dean, College of Nursing, University of MarylandAssociate Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc.Associate Director of the Center for Excellence in Aging and Health, University of New EnglandAssociate Lecturer, University of Massachusetts BostonAssistant Professor, Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy,University of Southern CaliforniaAssistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, University of West VirginiaAssistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University ofTexas AustinAssistant Professor, Department of Social Welfare, National Chung Cheng UniversityAssistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeAssistant Professor, Institute of Aging, Hallym University, KoreaAssistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology, University of GeorgiaAssistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia UniversityAssociate Director, Center on Aging, University of West VirginiaAssociate Professor, Center on aging and Department of Community Medicine, West VirginiaUniversityAssociate Professor, Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy,University of Southern CaliforniaAssociate Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Occupational Therapy,University of PittsburghAssociate Professor, Duke University School of NursingAssociate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Towson UniversityAssociate Professor of Gerontology, University of LouisianaAssociate Professor, School of Social Work, Indiana UniversityAssociate Professor of Gerontology, University of North Carolina, GreensboroAssociate Professor, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State UniversityAssociate Professor, Sociology, Marshall University1

Associate Professor, University of MelbourneAssociate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia UniversityCEO, Iniqui Linos Boricuas en Accion (IBA), BOSTON, MAChief Researcher, Shanghai Research Center on Aging, ChinaClinical Associate Professor, Boston UniversityClinical Associate Professor, Institute of Gerontology, University of GeorgiaClinical Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillClinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Oklahoma College ofMedicine, Oklahoma City, OK.Clinical Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of MiamiConsultant, World Health Organization (Headquarters), Geneva, SwitzerlandDirector, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, US DHHSDepartment Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy, Worcester State University, MADepartment Head, Department of Gerontology, Sociology and Political Science, University ofLouisianaDirector, Division of Aging Services, Department of Human Services, GeorgiaDirector, Institute of Gerontology, University of LouisianaDirector of Global Health and Aging Research, Director of Hartford Institute of GeriatricNursing, New York UniversityDirector of International Research, School of Nursing, Duke UniversityDirector of Research, Guardian Community Trust, Andover, MADirector of Research, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Pittsburgh, PADirector of Training, Collins Center for Public Management, UMass BostonDirector, Performance Improvement, Disability and Community Services, UMass MedicalSchoolExecutive Director, Governor’s Office of Elderly Affairs, LouisianaFaculty, Native Elder Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver,COFaculty, Yale Inter-Professional Palliative Care Education Program, Yale School of Medicine,New Haven, CTFounder and Director, Dementia Behavior Consulting, LLCFulbright Schuman Scholar, City University London, United Kingdom and GöteborgsUniversitet, Göteborg, SwedenHealth Services Researcher/Evaluator, VA Boston Healthcare SystemFellow, HERS Institute, WellesleyHonorary Senior Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, ChinaInvestigator, Health Services, Policy and Practice, School of Public Health, Brown UniversityManager of Analytics, WelltokManagement Analyst, Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research, VABoston Healthcare SystemPauline Gratz Professor of Nursing (distinguished chair), Duke UniversityPolicy Coordinator, Office of Elder Health, Department of Public Health, Boston, MA2

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern CaliforniaPost-Doctoral Fellow, ACRIA, Center on HIV and Aging, New York, NYPost-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, School of PublicHealth, Brown UniversityPost-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, EdithRogers Nourse Memorial Veterans Hospital, Providence, RIPost-Doctoral Fellow, Center on Aging, Kansas State UniversityPost-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology, Center for Health and Social Science, Centeron Demography and Economics of Aging, University of ChicagoPost-Doctoral Fellow, Israel Gerontological Data Center, Hebrew UniversityPost-Doctoral Fellow, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Toronto CNPost-Doctoral Fellow, LeadingAge LTSS Center, University of Massachusetts BostonPost-Doctoral Fellow (intramural), National Institutes of HealthPost-Doctoral Fellow, Ocean State Research Institute, Providence, RIPost-Doctoral Fellow, University of MichiganPost-Doctoral Fellow, University of MinnesotaPost-Doctoral Fellow, University of Texas Medical BranchPost-Doctoral Fellow, Yale School of Nursing, Yale UniversityPost-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Health Policy & Management, Yale School ofPublic Health, Yale UniversityPost-Doctoral Researcher, Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts BostonPost-Doctoral Research Fellow, Duke University Center for the Study Aging and HumanDevelopmentProgram Manager, MaineHealth Alzheimer’s Partnership, Portland, Maine.Project Director, Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, School of Public Health,Brown UniversityProject Director, Center for Health Policy and Research, UMASS Medical SchoolProject Director, Social, Behavioral, and Economic Directorate, National Science FoundationProfessor, Department of Social Work Education, Fresno State UniversityProfessor, Global Health Institute, Duke UniversityProfessor, Hanseo University, Seosan, South KoreaProfessor, Holy Family UniversityProfessor, Occupational Therapy, Worcester State University, MAProfessor, Occupational Therapy, University of New EnglandProfessor, Palliative Care Nursing, University of Oklahoma College of Nursing, OklahomaCity, OK.Professor, School of Nursing, New York UniversityProfessor, School of Nursing, University of MarylandResearch and Statistical Analyst, Westat, Inc., Rockville, MDResearch and Survey Support Manager, California Health Interview Survey, UCLAResearch Assistant Professor, Davis School of Gerontology, University of SouthernCaliforniaResearch Associate, School of Nursing, University of MinnesotaResearch Director, Missouri Budget Project, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City,MO

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, GerontologyInstitute, UMass BostonResearch Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Korea UniversityResearch Public Health Specialist, RTI International, Waltham, MAResearch Scientist, Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC)and Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA BostonResearch Scientist, Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CTSecretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, MASenior Data Specialist, UMass BostonSenior Director, Quality Performance Management, Massachusetts General Hospital, BostonSenior Fellow, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke UniversitySenior Research Analyst, LeadingAge, Washington, DCSenior Research Analyst, MPAQ International, LLC; Long-Term Care, Aging, and DisabilityPractice AreaSenior Research Associate, National Center on Women and Aging, Heller School,Brandeis UniversitySenior Research Associate, New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MASenior Research Associate/Project Coordinator, University of Missouri Kansas CitySenior Scientist. Center for Gerontology, Western Kentucky UniversityWorkforce Analyst, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and TrainingAdministration, US Department of LaborVice President at the Lewin Group, Washington, DCVice President, Wellsky CorporationPeer-reviewed articles 1,129Scientific Journal Sources:Activities, Adaptation & AgingAddictive BehaviorsAdvances in Nursing ScienceAge and AgeingAgeing and SocietyAging and Mental HealthAging, Neuropsychology, and CognitionAging TodayAlzheimer’s & DementiaAlzheimer’s Care QuarterlyAlzheimer’s Care TodayAmerican Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health ResearchAmerican Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other DementiasAmerican Journal of Critical CareAmerican Journal of Emergency MedicineAmerican Journal of Geriatric PsychiatryAmerican Journal of Health Promotion

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative MedicineAmerican Journal of Managed CareAmerican Journal of Medical QualityAmerican Journal of Medical ResearchAmerican Journal of Occupational TherapyAmerican Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.American Journal of Public HealthAmerican Journal of Speech-Language PathologyAnnals of Behavioral MedicineAnnals of Emergency MedicineArchives of Gerontology and GeriatricsArchives of Physical Medicine & RehabilitationAsian Education and Development StudiesAsian American Journal of PsychologyAutism and Developmental Language ImpairmentsBehavioral MedicineBioScience TrendsBirthBMC health services researchBMC GeriatricsBMC Public HealthCA: A Cancer Journal for CliniciansCancer NursingCaringChild Welfare JournalCirculationClinical GerontologistContemporary Clinical TrialsCurrent Opinion in Supportive and Palliative CareDementia and Geriatric Cognitive DisordersDementia: The International Journal of Social Research and PracticeDepression and AnxietyDepression research and treatmentDiabetes CareDisability & HealthDisability and RehabilitationDrugs and AgingEducational GerontologyEthnicity and DiseaseEnvironmental JusticeFamily and Community HealthFamily Therapy JournalFrontiers in Public HealthGeriatricsGeriatric NursingGeriatrics and Gerontology International

Gerontology and Geriatrics EducationHallym Journal of Aging StudiesHealth AffairsHealth CareHealth ExpectationsHealthcare Research and Management ReviewHealth Education & BehaviorHealth Policy and ManagementHealth and Social WorkHealth Care Management ReviewHeart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical CareHolistic Nursing PracticeHome Health Care Services QuarterlyHousing and SocietyHealth Services ResearchHome Health Care Services QuarterlyImplementation ScienceInjury PreventionInnovations in AgingIntellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesInternational Journal of Aging and Human DevelopmentInternational Journal of Care CoordinationInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthInternational Journal of Older People NursingInternational Journal of Social Research and PracticeInternational Journal of Social WelfareInternational Nursing ReviewInternational PsychogeriatricsJAMDA: Journal of Post-acute and Long-term CareJBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation ReportJoint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient SafetyJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)Journal of Adult DevelopmentJournal of Advanced NursingJournal of Aging and HealthJournal of Aging and Physical ActivityJournal of Aging and Social PolicyJournal of Aging ResearchJournal of Aging StudiesJournal of AgromedicineJournal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineJournal of the American Board of Family MedicineJournal of the American Geriatrics SocietyJournal of the American Medical Directors AssociationJournal of Applied GerontologyJournal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Journal of Cross-Cultural GerontologyJournal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social WorkJournal of Dental Hygiene ScienceJournal of Dental SciencesJournal of Diabetes and Its ComplicationsJournal of Disability Policy StudiesJournal of Elder Abuse & NeglectJournal of Family IssuesJournal of General Internal MedicineJournal of GeriatricsJournal of Gerontological NursingJournal of Gerontological Social WorkJournal of Healthcare LeadershipJournal of Healthcare QualityJournal of Healthcare Risk ManagementJournal of Health Disparities Research and PracticeJournal of Health GeographicsJournal of Health Care for the Poor and UnderservedJournal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and FinancingAmerican Journal of Health PromotionJournal of HomosexualityJournal of Housing for the ElderlyJournal of Human CaringJournal of the Korean Gerontological SocietyJournal of Korean Medical ScienceJournal of General Internal MedicineJournal of Gerontological Social WorkJournals of Gerontology: Biological and Medical SciencesJournals of Gerontology: Psychological SciencesJournals of Gerontology: Social SciencesJournal of Immigrant and Minority HealthJournal of Intergenerational RelationshipsJournal of Issues in NursingJournal of Marriage and FamilyJournal of Mixed Methods ResearchJournal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical NeuroscienceJournal of Nursing Care QualityJournal of Nursing Education and PracticeJournal of Nursing MeasurementJournal of Nursing RegulationJournal of Nursing ScholarshipJournal of Nutrition Education and BehaviorJournal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal NursingJournal of occupational and environmental medicineJournal of Palliative CareJournal of Professional Nursing

Journal of Pain and Symptom ManagementJournal of Palliative MedicineJournal of Patient SafetyJournal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual DisabilitiesJournal of PsychologyJournal of Racial and Ethnic Health DisparitiesJournal of Religiosity, Spirituality, and AgingJournal of Rural HealthJournal of Social IssuesJournal of Visual Impairment and BlindnessJournal of Vocational RehabilitationJournal of Social Work in End-of- Life & Palliative CareJournal of Vocational RehabilitationJournal of Women and AgingJournal of the American Geriatric SocietyKnowledge Management & E-LearningKorean Journal of CounselingKorean Journal of Regional GerontologyKorean Journal of Social Welfare ResearchLebanese Medical JournalMaryland Medical JournalMaternal and Child HealthMedical CareMedical Care Research & ReviewNew England Journal of MedicineNordic Journal of Nursing ResearchNorth Carolina Medical JournalNursing OutlookNursing ResearchNursing Research and PracticeOmega: Journal of Death and DyingOncology Nursing ForumPersonal RelationshipsPlosOnePopulation Research and Policy ReviewPreventing Chronic DiseaseProfessional Case ManagementPsychological BulletinPsychology and AgingPsychiatry ResearchPsychological servicesPsycho-OncologyPublic Opinion ResearchPublic Policy & Aging ReportQualitative Health ResearchQuality of Life Research

Quality Management in HealthcareResearch and Practice for Persons with Severe DisabilitiesResearch in Gerontological NursingResearch in nursing & healthResearch on AgingRheumatologySAGE Research MethodsSeminars in Oncology NursingSocial Indicators ResearchSocial Science and MedicineSocial Science QuarterlySocial Work ResearchSouthern Medical JournalSpecial Care in DentistrySupportive Care in CancerThe GerontologistThe American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other DementiasThe Diabetes EducatorThe DirectorThe Journal of Health Administration EducationTranslational Behavioral MedicineTransportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation ResearchWestern Journal of Emergency MedicineWestern Journal of Nursing ResearchWomen and HealthBook Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries 222Books 28Book Reviews 32Other Reports, Peer-reviewed Abstracts 566Conference and Other Presentations 2,255Grant and Contract Funding Awards 48.3 millionFunding sources (PI or Co-PI or Co-I)AARPAdministration on AgingAdministration for Community Living, Washington, DCAgency for Healthcare Quality and ResearchAlzheimer's AssociationBass Connections in Global Health

Borchard FoundationCenter for Disease Control and PreventionCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesChina National Science FoundationClaude Worthington Benedum FoundationCorporation for National and Community ServiceDHHS/HRSA/Division of NursingEU Framework Programme Horizon 2020Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of HealthGlaxoSmithKlineHartford FoundationHealth Care Finance AdministrationHealth Resources and Services AdministrationHelen Bader FoundationHospice Foundation of OklahomaLouisiana Board of RegentsLouisiana Department of Health and HospitalsMaryland Office of Health Care QualityNanjing Normal University and Hong Kong Mindlink Research CenterNational Council for State Boards of NursingNational Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing ExcellenceNational Health Service/ EnglandNational Institute on AgingNational Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentNational Institute of Dental and Craniofacial ResearchNational Institute of General Medical SciencesNational Institute of Mental HealthNational Institute on Nursing ResearchNational Medical Research Council, SingaporeNational Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences of ChinaPacific SourcePatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)Office of Violence Against Women, US Department of JusticeResource Center on Aging with Developmental DisabilitiesRetirement Research FoundationRobert Wood Johnson FoundationUS Department of Health and Human ServicesVA Health Services Research and DevelopmentWest Virginia Bureau for Public HealthProfessional Service (examples)Ad hoc manuscript reviewer (various)Advisor, AARP’s Office of Policy IntegrationAdvisory Council, Healthy Aging Data Report, MA

Advisory Board member, Healthy Aging Program, Center for Digital Innovation, Negev, IsraelAdvisory Board Member, Shanghai Research Center on AgingAppointed Federal Representative, Forum: Aging, Disability & Independence, NationalAcademies of SciencesBoard member, Association on Aging with Developmental Disabilities, St. Louis, MOGrant Reviewer, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDCChair, Betty Jane Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award Committee, American Public HealthAssociationChair, Emerging Scholars and Professional Organization (ESPO), Gerontological Society ofAmericaChair, Gerontological Society of America Health Science Section Research CommitteeChair, Mentoring Committee, Gerontological Society of AmericaChair, Public Policy Committee, Gerontological Society of AmericaCo-Chair, Special Interest Group on Lifelong Disabilities, Gerontological Society of AmericaConvener, Chinese Gerontology Interest Group, Gerontological Society of AmericaConvener, Rural Aging Interest Group, Gerontological Society of AmericaConvener, Trauma, Aging, and the Life Course Interest Group, Gerontological Society ofAmericaCo-convener, Systems Research in Long Term Care Interest Group, Gerontological Society ofAmericaDirector, Foundation for Korean Language and Culture in the US, CAEarly Career Reviewer, NIH Center for Scientific ReviewEditorial Boards/Editorships (guest)Ageing InternationalAging MedicineAmerican Journal of Health BehaviorAmerican Journal of NursingAmerican Journal of Occupational TherapyChina Medical TribuneEducation ConsortiumFrontiers in EpidemiologyGeriatric NursingGlobal Health JournalGlobal Health Research and PolicyHealth Behavior and Policy ReviewInternational Journal of Nursing SciencesJournal of Applied GerontologyJournal of Aging and Social PolicyJournal of the American Geriatrics AssociationJournal of Gerontological NursingJournal of Health Care for the Poor and UnderservedJournal of Hospice and Palliative NursingJournal of Learning and Individual DifferencesJournal of Palliative MedicineNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Research on AgingThe Open Aging JournalThe Open Education JournalThe Quarterly Journal of IdeologyWebMed CentralExpert Panel Member, Congressional Task Force Alzheimer's Study GroupGrant Reviewer, Alzheimer's AssociationInvited Expert, Technical Expert Panel, Unified Post-Acute Care Prospective Payment SystemInvitee, White House Conference on AgingMember, Center for Rehabilitation Research using Large Datasets Scientific ReviewCommittee (CRR LD-SRC), University of Texas Medical Branch, GalvestonMember, Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in DisasterSituations, Institute of MedicineMember, Dementia Action Alliance Leadership Advisory Council, USAMember (ex officio), Massachusetts Nursing Home Improvement Taskforce, Boston, MAMember, Executive Committee, Gerontological Society of AmericaMember, NIH/NIA Scientific Review PanelsMember, NRG Oncology Health Disparities Committee, Working GroupMember, Obesity Initiative, University of GeorgiaMember, Organizing Committee, International Association of Gerontology and GeriatricsMember, Program Committee (AGHE Representative), Gerontological Society of AmericaMember, Task Force on LPN Practice, North Carolina State Board of NursingMember, Tribal Technical Advisory Group Long-Term Care Subcommittee, Centers forMedicare and Medicaid ServicesPresident, Massachusetts Gerontology AssociationPresident, National Association of States United for Aging and DisabilityRepresentative, Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization, Task Force on Women,Gerontological Society of AmericaResearch Consultant, MassAHEC Network, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolRepresentative on the Membership Committee, Association for Gerontology Education inSocial WorkReviewer, Alzheimer's Society, United KingdomReviewer, Behavioral Epidemiology Special Emphasis Panel, National Institute for Dentaland Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of HealthReviewer, Challenge grant applications, National Institutes of HealthReviewer, Chang Jiang Scholars Program, Ministry of Education, ChinaReviewer, Medical Research Council, United KingdomReviewer, University of Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesSession organizers (various), Gerontology Society of AmericaStudy Section Member, Health Systems Research, Agency for Healthcare Quality andResearchVice-Chair, Opioid Initiatives Task Force, ABA Senior Lawyers Division CouncilVice-Chair, United Nations, NGO Committee on Ageing, Geneva, Switzerland

Community Service (examples)Board Member, Elder Protective Services, MABoard Member, Scituate Council on Aging, MABoard of Directors, Council on Aging, Auburn, MABoard of Directors, Central Massachusetts Agency on AgingBoard of Directors, H.O.P.E. in Oklahoma, Inc., Oklahoma City, OklahomaBoard of Directors, National Guardianship AssociationBoard of Directors, Oklahoma Association for Healthcare Ethics, Inc.Board of Directors, Spectrum Generations, Central Maine Area Agency on AgingBoard member, Court-Appointed Special Advocates of Fulton County, IndianaBoard member, Independent Living Center of Eastern Indiana (ILCEI)Board of Trustees Member, Seventy-five State Street. Not-for profit housing for older adults.Portland, ME.Boston Pride Grand Marshall, Boston, MAChair, Georgia Alzheimer's and Related Dementia's CouncilCo-Chair, OHS State Charitable Contributions CampaignDirector, The Boston Foundation Board, MADirector, Yawkey Foundation Board, Boston, MAFounding Member, Greater Boston Latino Network, MAMember, AHA, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, New HampshireMember, Alzheimer's Study Group, Congressional Task ForceMember, Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors' Community Advisory CouncilMember, Leaders in Aging Legislative Advisory GroupMember, Mayor Walsh 's Women's CommissionMember, Statutory Advisory Board, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, Boston, MANational Disaster Volunteer, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi, American Red CrossNonprofit Executive leader, Pathways to Wellness/ AIDS Care Project, Boston, MAResearch Consultant, Alzheimer’s Association, Washington, D.C.Research Consultant, Home Care Aide Council, Boston, MAResearch Consultant, City of Boston Commission for Elderly Affairs, Boston, MAResearch Consultant, Easter Seals, Washington, D.C.Trustee, Barr Foundation Board, MATrustee, Eastern Bank, MAVolunteer for Our Father’s Table, Marlborough, MassachusettsVolunteer, Partners for World HealthAwards and Honors (examples)American Journal of Nursing "Book of the Year Award"Boston Business Journal Leaders in Diversity AwardBoston Business Journal Power 50Boston Magazine 100 Most Influential People i n BostonColor Magazine All-Inclusive Leadership Award and Change Agent AwardDistinguished Scientist Award for Geriatric Oral Research, International Association for DentalResearch

Excellence in Research Award, Boston University HLPM DepartmentFellow, American Academy of NursingFellow, Association for Gerontology in Higher EducationFellow, Gerontological Society of AmericaFellow, New York Academy of MedicineFellow, HERS Institute, WellesleyHonorary Senior Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, ChinaGenomics for Social Scientists Summer Workshop, ICPSR, University of MichiganGet Konnected 100 Most Influential People of Color in BostonLatino Public Radio Excellence AwardNurse of the Year (Oncology, Hospice & Palliative Care), March of DimesPsychological Services Division 18 Best Paper Award (Senior Author)RAND Summer Institute ScholarshipRecipient, Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award, American PublicHealth Association, Gerontological Health SectionRecipient, Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Auckland, New ZealandRussel Sage Foundation Summer InstituteScholarship to study MPH at Brown University, RI, USA; Warren Buffet Foundation andPopulation CouncilSocial Capital Inc's Idealist AwardWoodrow Wilson Fellow, Public Policy and International Affairs

Texas Austin Assistant Professor, Department of Social Welfare, National Chung Cheng University . College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University . Disability and Community Services, UMass Medical School Executive Director, Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs, Louisiana .