Julie Zissimopoulos, Ph.D.
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Affiliation(s):
University of Southern California
Areas of Interest:
health economics, aging, health policy, caregiving, health economics and policy: Alzheimer's disease and dementia
Biography & Research:
Julie M. Zissimopoulos is Associate Professor in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. In addition to her faculty appointment, she serves as Director of Aging and Cognition Research Program and Director of Research Training at the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. She is also co-director of USC’s Alzheimer’s disease focused, Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Her research applies insights and methods from economics to several health policy areas such as risk and health care costs of Alzheimer’s disease, medical expenditures, caregiving and financial support between generations of family members. Dr. Zissimopoulos is currently leading several NIA funded research projects on: the health of caregivers for persons with dementia; the use of and response to drug therapies for non-Alzheimer’s disease conditions that influence risk of Alzheimer’s disease; and racial and ethnic disparities in health care treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Her recently published research appears in numerous publications such as the Journal of the American Medical Association Neurology, Journal of Gerontology Social Science, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Journal of Health Economics. She is a frequent speaker on the economics of aging and her research is frequently disseminated through the popular press including media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CNN, National Public Radio. Dr. Zissimopoulos received her B.A. summa cum laude from Boston College, her M.A. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
