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Mary Louise Pomeroy, PhD MPH

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Other, Johns Hopkins University

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Washington, DC

USA

Dr. Pomeroy is a Research Associate at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Principal Faculty in the Johns Hopkins Center for Equity in Aging. Her research aims to improve aging in place for socially isolated older adults with and without dementia. Her current work examines how social isolation impacts health care utilization and explores community-based services as a mechanism to strengthen social connection. She received her MPH from Johns Hopkins University in 2017 and her PhD in health services research from George Mason University in 2022. She is an active member of several professional organizations including AcademyHealth as well as the Gerontological Society of America, where she is co-convener of the GSA Social Isolation and Loneliness interest group.

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1. Together, but Isolated: A Dyadic Study of Social Isolation in Older Adults and Caregivers.. Journal of aging and health. -. 2025
2. Off the Grid: Reaching the Most Socially Isolated Among Us.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 73:3298-3300. 2025
3. The Epidemiology of Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Family and Unpaid Caregivers of Older Adults: Findings From the National Study of Caregiving.. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 80. 2025
4. Prevalence and Correlates of Social Isolation Among Older Adults in Subsidized Housing.. The Gerontologist. 65. 2025
5. Social Isolation and Hospitalization in Community-Dwelling Older Adults by Dementia Status.. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 79. 2024
6. Home, but Homebound After Traumatic Brain Injury: Risk Factors and Associations With Nursing Home Entry and Death.. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 106:517-526. 2024
7. The temporal sequence and reciprocal relationships of frailty, social isolation and loneliness in older adults across 21 years.. Age and ageing. 53. 2024
8. The dynamics of social isolation among a national sample of community-dwelling older adults.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72:1920-1923. 2024
9. Reflections on measures of social isolation among older adults.. Nature aging. 3:1463-1464. 2023
10. Association of Social Isolation With Hospitalization and Nursing Home Entry Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.. JAMA internal medicine. 183:955-962. 2023
11. Examining the Association of Social Isolation and Smoking in Older Adults.. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 42:-. 2023
12. Subsidized Housing and Health: An Exploratory Study Examining Resident Perspectives on Community Health and Access to Care.. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved. 32:1415-1432. 2021