Nancy A. Miller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Public Policy
Affiliate Associate Professor
Intercampus Doctoral Program in Gerontology
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Nancy Miller received a B.A. in Psychology from Earlham College and received both her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy.

Dr. Miller has conducted interdisciplinary health policy research, focusing on disability and aging issues, for the past 16 years, first through her work at the Health Care Financing Administration (now the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS), and most recently as a faculty member in the Department of Public Policy.  Her research interests are focused on chronic disease, disability, and long term care, with particular concerns toward access to care.  She has published a number of studies related to states’ provision of community based care to individuals with disabilities.  Dr. Miller also recently completed an evaluation of the Health Outcomes Survey for CMS.  Presently she is working with colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco to conduct additional interviews with working age individuals recently admitted to nursing homes, focusing on issues related to their participation in the decision, as well as the information and choices offered to these individuals.  Her work has been supported by the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and CMS.

In 2004, Dr. Miller received the University System of Maryland Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring.  In 2005, she received the UR Great Award from UMBC’s Graduate Student Association.  Dr. Miller is an active member of the Gerontological Health Section (GHS) of the American Public Health Association, where she is the 2005-2006 GHS Chair Elect.