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Full Name
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD
Credentials
PhD
Role

Executive Committee, Patient/Caregiver Relevant Outcomes (PCRO) Core

Primary title
University Distinguished Professor and Co-Director, Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Primary Institution
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Complete Titles

University Distinguished Professor and Co-Director, Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Executive Director, CEAL@UNC

Bio
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, is a University Distinguished Professor of Social Work and Public Health and for more than 25 years has been co-director of the Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC); she also is the executive director of the national Center for Excellence (CEAL@UNC). She is internationally recognized as a leader in research related to care for people living with dementia, having published more than 400 peer-reviewed articles and numerous books. She is emeritus editor-in-chief and currently senior associate editor of JAMDA - the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. In 1996, Zimmerman founded the Collaborative Studies of Long-Term Care, the largest ongoing research consortium of almost 1,500 nursing homes and assisted living settings that have participated in more than 70 projects with continuous funding from the NIH, AHRQ, and foundations. Dr. Zimmerman works closely with long-term care providers and provider organizations, including the Alzheimer’s Association (which resulted in the development of their 2018 Dementia Care Practice Recommendations).