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Our MissionOur ReportsOur Advisory CommitteesAdvisory CouncilAnnual Report Advisory CommitteeSenior Report Advisory CommitteeHealth of Women and Children Report Advisory Committee
Our Model and Methodology
IntroductionRanking MethodologyMeasures, Weights and DirectionMeasures Selection and ChangesData SourcesDisparity Measurement MethodologyThis committee provided expertise and guidance in selecting measures and designing the America’s Health Rankings 2025 Senior Report.
Soo Borson, MDCo-Lead, BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Early Detection of DementiaProfessor of Clinical Family Medicine, Keck USC School of MedicineProfessor Emerita of Geriatric Psychiatry, University of WashingtonDementia Care Research and Consulting
Julie Bynum, MD, MPHMargaret Terpenning Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, University of Michigan Associate Director, Health Policy & Research, Geriatric Center Research Scientist, Institute of Gerontology
Aaron Guest, PhD, MPH, MSWAssistant Professor of Aging at the Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient AgingArizona State University
Carol Irvin, PhDSenior Fellow and Director of ResearchMathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Jennifer Kim, DNP, GNP-BC, GS-C, FNAP, FAANPImmediate Past President, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses AssociationProfessor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Coordinator, Vanderbilt Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence
Sarah Milder, MPHManaging PartnerData Maven
Rhonda Randall, DOSenior Medical Advisor to the United Health FoundationExecutive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer of UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual
Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN., FAANPProfessor, University of Maryland School of NursingAssociate Dean of Research and Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology
Kristin Shaw, MPHManaging PartnerData Maven
John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH Chair of America’s Health Rankings Advisory CouncilProfessor of the Practice, Director of the Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership, Associate Dean for PracticeUNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill