Julia Burgdorf, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at the Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health. Dr. Burgdorf is a health services researcher who specializes in leveraging population-level linked claims, assessment, and survey data to examine the complex landscape of social and structural factors impacting home health care accessibility and quality for older adults. She is especially interested in better understanding the role of family caregivers during home health care and developing system-based strategies to improve communication and collaboration between clinicians and family caregivers, with a focus on families and patients experiencing dementia. Dr. Burgdorf was a National Institute on Aging Ruth L. Kirschstein postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH). She received her Ph.D. in Health Services Research from JHSPH in 2020 and continues to work closely with researchers in the Department of Health Policy & Management as a Faculty Associate