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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 2026 Senior Report.
Soo Borson, MD Co-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, MPH Margaret Terpenning Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, University of Michigan Associate Director for Health Policy & Research, Geriatric Center Research Scientist, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan
Aaron Guest, PhD, MPH, MSW Assistant Professor of Aging at the Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging, Arizona State University
Carol Irvin, PhD Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Jennifer Kim, DNP, GNP-BC, GS-C, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Sarah Milder, MPH Managing Partner, Data Maven
Rhonda Randall, DO Senior Medical Advisor, United Health Foundation Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, 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, MPH Managing Partner, Data Maven
John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH Chair of America’s Health Rankings Advisory CouncilProfessor of the PracticeCo-Director, DrPH Program in Public Health Executive LeadershipUNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill