Maria Aranda

María P. Aranda

Distinguished Professor of Social Work; Margaret W. Driscoll/Louise M. Clevenger Professor in Social Policy and Administration; Executive Director, USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging View bio to learn more about the faculty member's research


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2025 Featured Publications

Mudrazija, S., Aranda, M. P., Gaskin, D. J., Monroe, S., Richard, P. (2025) Economic Burden of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias by Race and Ethnicity, 2020 to 2060. JAMA Network Open. 8;(6):e2513931. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.13931

Mudrazija, S., Aranda, M. P. (2025) Current and Future Replacement and Opportunity Costs of Family Caregiving for Older Americans With and Without Dementia. Innovation in Aging, igaf049, https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf049

Barrio, C., Liang, J., Cordero, Y. I., Aranda, M. P. (2025). Participant perspectives on online interventions for diverse caregivers of persons living with dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 21(6), e70324. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70324

Chanti-Ketterl, M., Aranda, M.P., & Plassman, B. (2025). Ethnic and sex differences in the association between organochlorine exposure and cognitive function in late life. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, Series A. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf037

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2024 Featured Publications

Camacho, D., Pacheco, K., Moxley, J., Aranda, M. P., Reid, C., & Wethington, E. (2024). Loneliness and global cognitive functioning in racially and ethnically diverse US midlife and older adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 1344044. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1344044

Castellon-Lopez, Y., Carson, S. L., Ward, K. T., Ramirez, K. D., Vo, L. P., Kuo, T., Seeman, T., Vassar, S. D., Trejo, L., Eidem, E., Aranda, M. P., & Brown, A. F. (2024). Understanding the implementation and sustainability needs of evidence-based programs for racial and ethnic minoritized older adults in under-resourced communities with limited aging services. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), Article 466. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10925-0 

Liang, J., Aranda, M. P., & Jang, Y. (2024). Perceived anxiousness about COVID-19 and preventive behaviors among dyads of older adults and family caregivers. The Gerontologist, 64(5), 1-9 . https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad122

Liang, J., Aranda, M. P., Jang, Y., & Wilber, K. (2024). The role of social isolation on mediating depression and anxiety among primary family caregivers of older adults: A two-wave mediation analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 31(3), 445–458. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-023-10227-5

Petruzzi, L., Smithwick, J., Lee, L., Delva, J., Fox, L., Wilkinson, G., Vohra-Gupta, S., Aranda, M., Valdez, C., & Jones, B. (2024). Community health work and social work collaboration: Integration in health care and public health settings: A conceptual framework. The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 47(3), 187-202. https://doi.org/10.1097/JAC.0000000000000498 

Park, J., Wilber, K., Wu, S., Aranda, M. P., Oh, H., & Jang, Y. (2024). Risk factors for elder mistreatment among older Korean Americans. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. Advance online publication, May 15, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091415024125323