Edward Miller
Professor and Chair, Department of Gerontology, and Fellow, Gerontology Institute
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 Services 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
Publications
In the News
- “GSA Elects Edward Alan Miller to Three-Year Leadership Term”
- “Higher Medicaid Rates Boost Chances of 4- and 5-Star Ratings for Nursing Homes, JAMDA Study Finds”
- “Medicaid pays 82 cents on the dollars. That hurts these nursing homes most”
- “Community Gathers to Launch MVES’ 50th Year”
- Gerontology as a Team Sport: Innovations in Aging Forum Shows the Power of Collaboration
- “Medicaid Reimbursement and Nursing Home Costs with Edward Miller” (Risking Olde Age Podcast)
- GSA honors Miller with prestigious Maxwell A. Pollack Award
- After COVID-19, will states continue to invest in Medicaid home and community-based services?
- Meet the Researcher: Edward Alan Miller
- Intergenerational Tutoring
- Journal of Aging & Social Policy Continues to Earns High Impact Scores
- McCormack Faculty Names among World's Top-Cited Scholars
- Miller to Run Boston Marathon
- Professor Edward Miller Recognized with the 2021 GPD Award for Outstanding Student Mentorship
Additional Information
Edward Miller Curriculum Vitae
Professor Miller has 161 peer-reviewed articles published or in press, along with 22 book chapters. He has authored or edited eight books and one book in press. These include 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). An additional edited volume, Productive Aging: Research, Programs, and Social Policies—Studies in Memory of Francis G. Caro, will be published in Spanish by the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. He has also delivered or coauthored more than 270 presentations at professional conferences.
His 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 served as 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. He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and received the 2024 Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Contributions to Healthy Aging, which recognizes an individual who has distinguished themselves by bridging the worlds of research, policy, and practice. He has also been elected to the Society’s leadership succession and will serve as Vice President in 2027, President in 2028, and Chair of the Board in 2029.
Professor Miller has mentored numerous undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career faculty members. He has supervised 25 graduate assistants, chaired or co-chaired 12 dissertations, served on 11 additional dissertation committees, advised 22 students during the pre-dissertation phase, and mentored three postdoctoral fellows. His collaborations with students and other mentees have resulted in 73 peer-reviewed articles and 156 conference presentations.
After earning a PhD in Political Science and Health Services Organization and Policy from the University of Michigan, Professor Miller completed a postdoctoral 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, subsequently, an adjunct professor of health services, policy, and practice at Brown University.
Videos of Professor Miller
- 'I cannot bring my wife home’ (Boston 25 2024)
- Innovation in Aging Services and Practice (Shanghai Forum 2018)
- UMass Boston Study Finds Religious Activity Can Curb Depression (UMass Boston 2015)
- 10 Minutes with International Long-term Care Policy Network (ILPN 2012)