Dr. Chanee Fabius is an accomplished researcher and dedicated mentor whose career is dedicated to improving long-term services and supports (LTSS) for older adults, their families, and the direct care workforce. She earned her PhD in HDFS in 2016 and completed much of her doctoral research training in the Center on Aging at UConn Health. In 2018, she completed an NIA-funded T32 postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research at the Brown School of Public Health. Most recently, she was an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research interests are informed by her personal and professional experiences as a family caregiver and a prior care manager with Connecticut Community Care supporting participants in the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders. She rejoins the UConn community this fall as the Judith M. Zachs Family Professor in Aging and associate professor in the School of Social Work.
Dr. Fabius is a mixed methods health services researcher and gerontologist whose research program prioritizes interdisciplinary partnerships and elevating the lived experiences of older adults, family caregivers, and direct care workers. Guided by principles of social justice and person- and family-centered care, her research focuses on understanding paid and unpaid caregiving networks, improving LTSS, and ensuring that older adults have equitable access to high-quality care. She leads an NIA-funded K01 Career Development Award to develop and test strategies to strengthen communication within home care teams, particularly for older adults living with dementia. Additionally, she partners with state leaders to better understand and address direct care workforce turnover. She also leverages large nationally representative studies to examine the role of place-based characteristics and policies in care access and quality. In all her work, she supports students and trainees who seek to gain experience in aging. She looks forward to expanding this work in Connecticut, which has a rapidly growing aging population.
Chanee is looking forward to teaching and mentoring the next generation of UConn scholars and social work practitioners as well as building bridges between the School of Social Work, the Center on Aging, and other departments across the university. Outside of work, Chanee enjoys spending time and making memories with her husband, Steve, her three children, family, and friends. She is an active member of her church and a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.