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 Peggye
Dilworth-Anderson, Ph.D.
Peggye Dilworth-Anderson is Professor
of Health Policy and Administration/School of Public Health
and Director of the Center for Aging and Diversity/Institute
on Aging (IOA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. She co-directs the National Institute on Aging-funded
training program at the IOA in healthcare and aging research.
Her areas of expertise include, minority aging and health,
family caregiving, health disparities, and long-term care.
Her current research focuses on health disparities pertaining
to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The
National Institute on Aging, the Administration on Aging,
the GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnership Program, the
National Alzheimer’s Association, and the March of
Dimes Birth Defect Foundation have funded her research
over the years. In addition to being cited in professional
journals, Dr. Dilworth-Anderson’s research has been
cited in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today,
the Christian Science Monitor, and numerous local and regional
newspapers.
During her 30-year tenure as a professor, she has served
in a number of leadership roles in the field of aging.
Currently she is on the editorial boards of three professional
journals that address aging issues. Her immediate leadership
roles include membership on the Board of Directors of the
National Alzheimer’s Association, and membership
on the advisory boards of the Center for Aging and Mental
Health at the University of Alabama and the University
of Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research.
Former leadership roles include serving on the Behavior
and Sociology of Aging Review Committee at the National
Institute on Aging (1999-2003), and membership on the Institute
on Medicine Committee on Introducing Behavioral and Social
Sciences into Medical School Curricula (2002-2004). Past
elected positions include serving as Chair of the Behavioral
and Social Science section of the Gerontological Society
of America (2002-2003), and Chair of the Ethnic Minority
Section of the National Council on Family Relations (1985-1987).
Dr. Dilworth-Anderson completed her undergraduate training
in sociology from Tuskegee Institute in 1970, and received
her master’s and doctorate degrees in sociology from
Northwestern University in 1972 and 1975, respectively.
She received post-doctoral training from the Midwest Council
on Social Research in aging research with additional training
at Harvard Geriatric Education Center. She is a Fellow
of the Gerontological Society and the National Council
of Family Relations. Her current professional affiliations
include the Gerontological Society of America, National
Council on Family Relations, American Sociological Association,
and the American Public Health Association.
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