María P. Aranda
Margaret W. Driscoll/Louise M. Clevenger Professor in Social Policy and Administration; Executive Director, USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging; Director of Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core, USC Alzheimer's Disease Research Center View bio to learn more about the faculty member's research
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
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
Aranda, M. P., Liang, J., Wang, X., Schneider, L. S., & Chui, H. C. (2023). The relationship of history of psychiatric and substance use disorders on risk of dementia among racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Frontiers in Psychiatry. Advance online publication, April 24, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1165262
Bennett, A. V., O'Brien, K., Moreno, M., Lanigan, K., Maslow, K., Malone, C. A., Hanson, L. C., Zimmerman, S., Karlawish, J., Largent, E. A., Aranda, M. P., Hinton, L., Nicholson, B. P., Phillips, L., Fazio, S., & Epstein-Lubow, G. (2023). Development of a Lived Experience Panel to inform the design of embedded pragmatic trials of dementia care interventions. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Advance online publication, October 3, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18621
Aranda, M. P., Baier, R., Hinton, L., Peak, K. D., Jackson, J. D., Dilworth-Anderson, P., Gitlin, L. N., Jutkowitz, E., & Quiñones, A. R. (2023). Preparing for pragmatic trials in dementia care: Health equity considerations for nonpharmacological interventions. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Advance online publication, September 1, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18568
Liang, J., Aranda, M. P., & Jang, Y. (2023). Perceived anxiousness about COVID-19 and preventive behaviors among dyads of older adults and family caregivers. The Gerontologist, Article gnad122. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad122
Liang, J., & Aranda, M. P. (2023). The use of telehealth among people living with dementia-caregiver dyads during the Covid-19 pandemic: Scoping review. Journal Of Medical Internet Research, 25, Article e45045. https://doi.org/10.2196/45045
Cantu, P. A., & Aranda, M. P. (2023). Neuropsychiatric symptoms and caregiver relationship quality for older Mexican Americans. Aging & Mental Health, 27(5), 896-903. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2022.2048358
Aranda, M. P., Marquez, D. X., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Pérez, A., Rojas, J. C., Hill, C. V., Reyes, Y., Dilworth-Anderson, P., & Portacolone, E. (2023). A call to address structural barriers to Hispanic/Latino representation in clinical trials on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: A micro-meso-macro perspective. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12389
Liang, J., Aranda, M. P., Jang, Y., & Wilber, K. (2023). 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. Advance online publication, October 25, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-023-10227-5
Camacho, D., Bhattacharya, A., Moore, K., Aranda, M. P., & Lukens, E. P. (2023). Employment of trauma informed principles in the Palabras Fuertes project: Implications for narrative research with older Latinx communities. Methodological Innovations, 16(3), 359-373. https://doi.org/10.1177/20597991231202866
Martínez, B., Aranda, M. P., Sanko, S., Aguilar, I., & Vega, W. A. (2023). Older adult frequent 9-1-1 callers for emergency medical services in a large metropolitan city: Individual- and system-level considerations. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 65(6), e522-e530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2023.07.006