Research with the Village Movement
Project Team
An informal group of Village leaders, researchers, and other professionals began meeting virtually in the summer of 2021 with a shared interest in collaborative research to strengthen, sustain, and scale up the impact of Villages on healthy aging.
Fast forward two years later: This project, “Developing Collaborative Capacity for Healthy Aging PCOR/CER with Villages,” was selected for funding through the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award Program in the summer of 2023.
Rutgers University School of Social Work Hub for Aging Collaboration is lead on the project in close partnership with the Village to Village Network and the RAND Corporation. Learn more about individual project team members below.
Meet Our Project Team
Emily A. Greenfield, PhD
Rutgers University School of Social Work
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Professor of Social Work
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Social gerontologist
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Director of the Rutgers Hub for Aging Collaboration
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One of several founders of a Village in development in her own community
William L. Kincaid, MD, MPH
Village to Village Network
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Board President of the Village to Village Network
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Former President and Treasurer of local Foggy Bottom West End Village in Washington., D.C.
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Retired local health officer and managed care medical director
Barbara Hughes Sullivan
Village to Village Network
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National Director of the Village to Village Network
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Former Executive Director and Board of Directors member for the Mount Vernon At Home, the first suburban Village
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Former Assisted Living Administrator
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Recipient of “Pro-Aging Award” by the Guide to Retirement Living
Alina I. Palimaru, PhD, MPP
RAND Corporation
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Policy Researcher
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Mixed methods researcher in the intersection of poverty and health, health outcomes measurement, quality of life, disability, housing, and food security
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Award-winning producer
Regina Shih, PhD
RAND Corporation and Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University
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Dual appointment as Senior Policy Researcher and Professor of Epidemiology
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Expert researcher in healthy aging, age-friendly initiatives, community resilience, racial/ ethnic and rural-urban disparities, dementia caregiving, and more
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Area Agency on Aging volunteer with socially isolated or home-bound older adults
Natalie Pope, MBA, MSSW
Rutgers University School of Social Work
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Research Assistant, Rutgers Hub for Aging Collaboration
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Doctoral Candidate
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Experienced in nonprofit organizational development and communications
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Former leader of an age-friendly community initiative
Travis Mowers
Village to Village Network
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Director of Operations
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Experienced nonprofit communications coordinator
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US Air Force Veteran