UMass Boston

Edward Miller, Department Chairman, Gerontology

Edward Miller

Department:
Gerontology
Title:
Department Chair
Professor of Gerontology, and Fellow, Gerontology Institute
Location:
Wheatley Hall Floor 03 00104
Phone:

617.287.7313

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Biography

Professor Miller’s research focuses on understanding the determinants and effects of policies, programs, and practices affecting vulnerable populations, including older adults in need of long-term services and supports.

Area of Expertise

Aging and Long-term Care, Intergovernmental Relations, Program Implementation and Evaluation, Medicaid, Electronically Mediated Service Delivery

Degrees

PhD, Political Science and Health Service Organization & Policy, University of Michigan

MA, Political Science, University of Michigan

MPA, Public Affairs, Cornell University

Sloan Certificate in Health Services Administration, Cornell University

BA, Biology, Cornell University

 

Professional Publications & Contributions

Professional Publications & Contributions

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Edward Miller Curriculum Vitae

Professor Miller has 159 articles published or in press in peer reviewed journals. He has authored/edited nine books, including Advances in Family Caregiving Policy and Research (2026), The COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Adults: Early Responses and Continuing Impacts (2026), The COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Adults: Experiences, Impacts, and Innovations (2022), Older Adults and COVID-19: Implications for Aging Policy & Practice (2021), Aging Policy & Politics in the Trump Era: Implications for Older Americans (2018), The Affordable Care Act: Advancing Long-Term Care Policy in the United States (2017), Block Granting Medicaid: A Model for 21st Century Health Reform? (2014), and Digital Medicine: Health Care in the Internet Era (2009).

Peer-reviewed publications have appeared in journals such as Milbank Quarterly, Medical Care, Public Administration Review, The Gerontologist, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Social Science & Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, Medical Care Research & Review, Journal of Health Politics, Policy, & Law, Review of Policy Research, Health Services Research, Research on Aging, Journal of Applied Gerontology, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, and Journal of Aging & Social Policy.

Professor Miller has been Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy since 2016. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law, Research on Aging, and World Medical & Health Policy. Professor Miller is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and 2024 awardee of the Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Contributions of Healthy Aging, which recognizes an individual who has distinguished themselves by bridging the worlds of research, policy, and practice. Professor Miller has mentored numerous undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career-faculty members over the course of this career.

After earning a PhD in Political Science and Health Services Organization and Policy from the University of Michigan, Professor Miller completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University. He also spent time in New Zealand as a Fulbright scholar and at the Congressional Research Service as a social policy analyst. He was formerly an assistant professor of public policy and then adjunct professor of health services, policy & practice at Brown University.

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