The LTSS Quality Lab team members seek to carry out community-facing work that fosters meaningful dissemination of quality initiatives in LTSS. Dr. Shippee also serves on local and national organizations that support aging research with a focus on LTSS quality.

Partners

Gerontological Society of America
Fellow
Chair of Section on Social Research, Policy and Practice (2024-2025)

LeadingAge LTSS Center @ UMass Boston
Fellow (2026 – ongoing)

MN Gerontological Society
Research Committee, advisory role 

MN DHS
Principal Investigator of U of MN Contract, Assisted Living Report Card development for the state of Minnesota
The report card is ongoing and overseen by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. See relevant reports from the LTSS Quality Lab team below.

Assisted Living Report Card: Factor Analysis for the 2023-2024 Resident Quality of Life and Family Satisfaction Surveys
Wolf, J., Shippee, T., & Skarphol, T. (2025). A Report to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. 

Building Resident Quality of Life and Family Satisfaction Measures for the Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card
Shippee, T., Woodhouse, M., & Skarphol, T. (2023, updated). A Report to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Statistical analysis provided by: Biostatistical Support and Analysis Center (BDAC) at the University of Minnesota. University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management. 

Stakeholder Feedback on Identifying Quality Measures for a Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card
Shippee, T., Beebe, T., Akosionu, O., Skarphol, T., Friedrich, E., & Uhr, D. (2020, January 15). A Report to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management.  

Literature Review and Environmental Scan: Identifying Quality Measures in Assisted Living
Shippee, T., Akosionu, O., Brasure, M., & Beebe, T. (2019, June 30). A Report to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management.  

MN Rainbow Coalition (2022-2024)
Partnered around implementing a curriculum focused on training long-term care staff in sexual and gender minority (SGM)-competent care

Moving Forward Coalition
Steering Committee member (2022-2025)
Co-Chair of the Committee on Person-Centered Care for the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (2022-2025)
Active Member, Committee on Person-Centered Care for Nursing Home Quality (2025-ongoing)

Consulting 

World Bank
Develop and test quality measures for social services in emerging economies (2025-ongoing)

Ministry of Education of Ukraine on Transparency in Higher Education
Serve as an advisory board member for Carpathian University as part of an experiment, funded by the World Bank regarding transparency and autonomy in higher education (2025-ongoing)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Technical Expert Panel focused on developing quality rating systems for nursing homes (2024-ongoing)

AARP Advisory Council
Advised on the development of measures for the updated 2024 LTSS scorecard