Tetyana Shippee, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management

Contact Info
Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
PhD, Sociology and Gerontology, Purdue University, 2008
JD, Civil Law, Precarpathian National University, 2004
MS, Sociology, Purdue University, 2005
BA, Sociology, Lee University, 2003
Summary
Many factors determine how we age and our quality of life as we age. And as our population gets older and older, long-term care services and supports will become even more important. As a social gerontologist, my work focuses on what really matters to people as they age, such as quality of life measures (like social interactions with others and meal enjoyment) in long-term care settings and the role of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities for older adults' quality of life.
Expertise
Aging, equity, methods, quality of life, long-term care, racial disparities ,life course, cumulative inequality, access to care, racial discrimination
Awards & Recognition
Research
Research Funding Grants
- 2016–2021, R01, NIH/NIMHD, "System Factors and Racial Disparities in Nursing Home Quality of Life and Care," Principal Investigator
- 2016–2017, "State of Minnesota Department of Human Services, "Racial Disparities in Nursing Home Resident Quality of Life," Principal Investigator
- 2016–2018, "Racial Disparities in Quality of Life for Home and Community-Based Older Adults using 2016 NCI-AD Data," Principal Investigator
- 2016–2019, R01, AHRQ, "Patient Safety in Nursing Homes: A Closer Look at Improvement," Co-Investigator, U of MN Sub-Award PI
Publications
See a full list of my publications on PubMed
Select Recent Publications
- Gaugler JE, Jutkowitz E, Shippee TP, Brasure M. "Consistency of Dementia Caregiver Intervention Classification: An Evidence-Based Synthesis," International Psychogeriatrics, Jan 2017
- Xu D, Kane RL, Shippee T, Lewis TM. "Identifying Consistent and Coherent Dimensions of Nursing Home Quality: Exploratory Factor Analysis of Quality Indicators," Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Dec 2016
- Jarosek SL, Shippee TP, Virnig BA. "Place of Death of Individuals with Terminal Cancer: New Insights from Medicare Hospice Place-of-Service Codes," Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Aug 2016
- Jutkowitz E, Brasure M, Fuchs E, Shippee T, Kane RA, Fink HA, Butler M, Sylvanus T, Kane RL. "Care-Delivery Interventions to Manage Agitation and Aggression in Dementia Nursing Home and Assisted Living Residents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, March 2016
- Shippee TP, Henning-Smith C, Gaugler JE, Held R, Kane RL. "Family Satisfaction With Nursing Home Care: The Role of Facility Characteristics and Resident Quality-of-Life Scores," Research on Aging, Nov 2015
Book Chapters
- Shippee,T.P., Henning-Smith, C. 2015. Continuing care retirement communities: Opportunities and challenges. In S.K. Whitbourne (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging. Hoboken, NJ: JohnWiley& Sons.
- Shippee,T.P., Rowan,K., Henning-Smith, C. 2015. Supporting caregivers of older adults in making decisions: Current tools and future directions. In J. Gaugler & R.L. Kane(Eds.), Family Caregiving in the New Normal. Elsevier Publishing.
- Ferraro, K.F., Shippee,T.P., Schafer, M.H. 2009. “Cumulative Inequality Theory for Research on Aging and the Life Course.” Pp. 413-35 in Handbook of Theories of Aging. 2nd Ed., edited by Bengtson, V.L., Gans, D., Putney, N.M., and Silverstein, M. New York: Springer.
Teaching
Teaching Areas
I teach courses in health policy research, as well as courses within gerontology. I actively advise students and serve on dissertation committees for doctoral students and am a thesis adviser for masters students.
Courses
- PubH 6806, Principles of Public Health Research
- Gero 5100, Social Factors in Aging
Media
In The News
SPH News
- Key Factors for Family Satisfaction With Nursing Homes Similar Across States
- Care Guides Improve Quality of Life for Patients with Serious Illness Close to Death
- Shippee Highlights SPH Aging Work at UN Conference
- Age Discrimination Leads to Depressive Symptoms in Women
- Tetyana Shippee Receives UMN Presidents' Community-Engaged Scholar Award
- Collaborative Study Aims to Reduce Racial Disparities in Nursing Homes, Improve Quality of Life
- Speaking for the Voiceless
- Facility Differences in Nursing Homes Affect Quality of Life for Minnesota Minorities
- SPH Researchers Create Tool to Provide More Accurate Representation of Family Satisfaction with Nursing Home Care
In The Media
- The urgent work of patient safety improvement in nursing homes: CMS responds to Brauner and colleagues (Health Affairs Blog)
- What makes for a good nursing home? (U.S. News & World Report)