Timothy Elder

Timothy Elder serves as a Research Associate at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice (TDI) within the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago, where his dissertation examined decision-making dynamics in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Sociology, University of Chicago

Dr. Elder's research integrates data and values in patient-clinician decision-making, with specialized focus on end-of-life care contexts. He bridges moral philosophy, metaethics, and philosophy of science to analyze value systems and moral agency, while employing social network analysis, text analysis, and qualitative methodologies. A strong advocate for open science, he promotes reproducible research through plain-text software workflows to enhance transparency in academic work.

No scientific awards or honors were documented in available materials.

Public information does not indicate student supervision or externally funded grant activities.

As a TDI research associate, Dr. Elder contributes to Dartmouth's interdisciplinary health policy ecosystem, collaborating with clinicians, policymakers, and researchers to advance evidence-based improvements in clinical practice and healthcare delivery systems.