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Lea Efird-Green (she/her/hers)

Doctoral Student

Lea Efird-Green  holds a BA in History and Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, an MSW, and an MPA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a research project manager in the Program on Aging, Chronic Illness, and Long-Term Care at the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and has overseen projects related to direct caregiver stress, coping, and resilience; reconstructing person-centeredness; accreditation in assisted living communities; and the development of a community-engaged dementia-friendly quality of life measure. She also serves as coordinator of the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (CEAL@UNC), based in the School of Social Work. Before coming to Sheps, Lea worked with the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute; the ncIMPACT Initiative; the Centro para Familias Hispanas; the City of Raleigh; and the NC Department of Labor. She has completed research and teaching assistantships at the UNC School of Social Work and UNC Learning Center. Her research interests include systemic and policy interventions in the field of aging, the long-term care workforce, and intersections among aging, rural, and immigrant populations. Lea will work under the supervision of Dr. Sheryl Zimmerman.

Primary Program

Doctoral Program