Gilbert Gimm, PhD

Dr. Gimm, associate professor of health administration and policy, has research experience in disability and aging, program evaluations, and health care financing. Currently, Dr. Gimm serves as a co-investigator on a 5-year Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to examine rural-urban disparities in service use among adults with disabilities. He is also a co-investigator on a CDC grant to evaluate sustainable financing models that seek to support community health workers and build community resilience in Virginia.

Previously, Dr. Gimm was a senior researcher at Mathematica Policy Research in Washington, DC, where he conducted evaluations for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Medicaid Buy-In program and impacts of early interventions on the receipt of federal disability benefits for adults with mental health conditions. He also examined the financial performance of rural hospitals in response to Medicare payment reforms. His research has been published in several journals, including the American Journal of Public Health, Disability and Health Journal, Health Services Research, and the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Gimm's other research interests include social isolation, family caregiving of older adults, and substance use prevalence among youth and adults with disabilities.

Research

Research Interests

• Program evaluations and health care financing
• Aging/Disability research
• Health equity and community health workers
• Substance use and social isolation

Select Publications

• Gimm G, Schulz JA, Rubinstein D, Casseus M. (2024 in press). Examining the Prevalence of Nicotine Vaping and Association of Major Depressive Episodes among Adolescents and Young Adults by Disability Type in 2021. Addictive Behaviors.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.107975
• Schulz JA, Gimm G, West JC, Kock L, Villanti AC.  (2024 in press).  Patterns of alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco use among U.S. youth and young adults by disability status: 2015-2019.  Journal of Adolescent Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.09.018
• Orji A, Gimm G, Desai A, Parekh T. (2024). The Association of Cervical Cancer Screening with Disability Type among U.S. Women (25-64 years).  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 66(1): 83-93.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.08.010
• Gimm G, Pomeroy ML, Galiatsatos P, Cudjoe TKM. (2023). Examining the Association of Social Isolation and Smoking in Older Adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 42(11): 2261-2267. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231180786
• Pomeroy ML, Cudjoe TKM, Cuellar AE, Ihara E, Ornstein KA, Bollens-Lund E, Gimm GW. (2023). Association of Social Isolation with Hospitalization and Nursing Home Entry among Older Adults.  JAMA Internal Medicine. 183(9): 955-962. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.3064
• Lee J, Gimm G, Mohindroo M, Lever L. (2023). Assessing Homelessness and Incarceration among Youth Aging out of Foster Care, by Type of Disability.  Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. 40(6):743-759.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-022-00817-9
• Mohammadifirouzeh M, Oh KM, Basnyat I, Gimm G. (2023). Factors Associated with Professional Mental Help-Seeking Among U.S. Immigrants: A Systematic Review. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health,  25(5): 1118–1136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-023-01475-4
• Gimm G, Pomeroy ML, Galiatsatos P, Cudjoe TKM. (2023).  Examining the Association of Social Isolation and Smoking in Older Adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 7334648231180786. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231180786
• Pomeroy ML, Cudjoe TKM, Cuellar AE, Ihara E, Ornstein KA, Bollens-Lund E, Gimm GW. (2023). Association of Social Isolation with Hospitalization and Nursing Home Entry among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.  JAMA Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.3064
• Orji A, Gimm G, Desai A, Parekh T. (2023). The Association of Cervical Cancer Screening with Disability Type among U.S. Women (25-64 years).  American Journal of Preventive Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.08.010

Affiliations

• Member

AcademyHealth

• Member

American Public Health Association

• Member

American Society of Health Economists

Degrees

• PhD, Health Economics and Policy, University of Pennsylvania
• MBA, Health Care Management, University of Pennsylvania
• BA, Economics, Harvard University