Victoria Shier

Victoria Shier, PhD, is a Research Scientist at the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics at USC. Shier is the PI of a recently-funded NIA R01 focused on examining the causal effects of Medicare Advantage (MA) coverage on health care and patient outcomes for patients with ADRD. Using data from states that shifted public retiree health benefits from Traditional Medicare to mandatory MA plans, the study will utilize plausibly exogenous variation in MA enrollment to estimate the effects of MA coverage on health care use, prevention and management of comorbid conditions, polypharmacy, and Potentially Inappropriate Medication use for beneficiaries with ADRD. Shier’s other work has included developing standardized assessment of cognitive impairment across post-acute care settings and analysis of a randomized trial to examine the effectiveness of dementia care program in nursing homes. Shier received her PhD from RAND Graduate School and MPA from NYU.