Paula Carder is a professor with the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health and Director of the Institute on Aging at Portland State University and co-founder of Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative. She received her Ph.D. in Aging, Public Policy & Health from Portland State University, her M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. from West Virginia University. Her research focuses on socio-cultural aspects of housing and long-term care for older persons and adults with disabilities. Her research also explores the relationship between state regulatory requirements and daily practices associated with medication administration and staffing in assisted living and dementia care facilities. She conducts a state-wide survey of assisted living, memory care, and adult foster homes for the Oregon Department of Human Services. She also was the lead evaluator of a recent Oregon Health Authority-sponsored program to coordinate health and housing services for low-income residents of 11 publicly-subsidized apartment buildings. Carder also has mentored students in the BUILD EXITO program, an undergraduate research training program at PSU that supports students on their pathway to become scientific researchers.