Julie Zissimopoulos, PhD

Julie M. Zissimopoulos, PhD, is a professor in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California (USC). In addition to her faculty appointment, she is senior scholar at the Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government. She serves as principal investigator and director of USC’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementia Resource Center for Minority Aging Research and Center for Advancing Sociodemographic and Economic Study of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, both focused on advancing research to reduce burden of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Dr. Zissimopoulos is leading a multi-institution, multi-year study to estimate annual costs of dementia in the Unites States. She serves as Lead Editor, Health Policy and Caregiving Section, for Alzheimer’s & Dementia, journal of the Alzheimer’s Association.