Lori Frank, 27 UNIHTED Senior Advisor

Lori Frank, PhD

  • Senior Advisor with 27 UNIHTED

  • Senior Research Fellow at the National Alliance for Caregiving

  • Strategic Advisor for Research with Women's Health Access Matters

  • Chief Scientist for Alzheimer’s Disease Patient and Caregiver Engagement at UsAgainstAlzheimer’s

Dr. Frank works with 27 UNIHTED because she supports the organization’s unique value as an advocate for robust and unbiased health research, drawing from the experience of those currently and recently within the NIH and those they serve.

She brings leadership experience supporting patient-centered health outcomes, conducting responsible research, and working with health-focused nonprofits. In her professional work, Dr. Frank has extensive experience working with women’s health research. She focuses on outcomes measurement in brain aging and cognitive impairment along with caregiving research, spanning health disparities, sex, and gender differences. Her methods incorporate stakeholder perspectives in healthcare decision making. 

She serves on the Memory Screening Advisory Board of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America and on the Coalition for Women's Brain Health. Dr. Frank has held leadership roles in multiple professional societies, nonprofits, and scientific teams, including serving as president of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (a professional society devoted to patient-centered health outcomes measurement) and as president of Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM) (a nonprofit organization accelerating funding for women’s health). 

Her PhD is in human development and gerontology from the Pennsylvania State University and her MA is in biopsychology from the Johns Hopkins University.