David Russell

David Russell is an Associate Professor at Appalachian State University, where his research focuses on public health, geriatrics, and health policy, with particular emphasis on dementia care, hospice, and critical care. His recent work examines consumer-directed personal care among Medicaid enrollees in the New York metropolitan area, caregiving network precarity among community-living persons with dementia, and disparities in infection risk among home health care patients. He has also investigated epigenetic aging and social experiences, as well as infection prevention practices in home-based care. His publications appear in leading journals including the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, The Gerontologist, and Scientific Reports.