Policy and Research Fellow
UMASS Boston Gerontology Institute
North Reading, Massachusetts, United States
Dr. McGaffigan, as the founder and leader for a certified woman-owned business, has extensive experience in the area of community-based long-term services and supports for elders and people with diverse disabilities. Her expertise includes research on consumer advisory committee practices; the development of participant direction models; the creation of innovative peer support strategies; and the engagement of cross-disability advocacy groups in policy design and research. Dr. McGaffigan has assumed various consultant roles since 2006, including her most recent work informing the development of long-term services and support models for managed care as well as working with peer groups to develop new opportunities for peer expansion. She currently serves as an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Aging and Social Policy (JASP), and has maintained a Research and Development Fellowship with the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston since September of 2017. Dr. McGaffigan and Collective Insight have been awarded three separate evaluations for federally-funded grants that develop and expand addiction peer recovery supports within Massachusetts.
Prior to these roles, Dr. McGaffigan was the Public Policy Lead at Boston College’s National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services where she developed and managed the Center’s public policy agenda and stakeholder engagement strategies. Dr. McGaffigan received a Master’s of Science in Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and a Master’s in Social Work with a concentration in Community Organization, Public Policy and Administration from Boston College. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where she focused her dissertation research on the complex factors and related outcomes of consumer engagement practices.
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Saturday, November 5, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Saturday, November 5, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET