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Shirley Porterfield is a Professor in the Department of Public Policy Administration and Department of Social Work at the University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL). Her research intersects health economics, disability studies, and gerontology, focusing on caregiving dynamics, retirement savings, and policy impacts on vulnerable populations. She has extensively studied transitions to adulthood for individuals with disabilities, financial implications of caregiving, and rural development challenges.
- Email: porterfields@umsl.edu
- Office: 469 SSB, UMSL
Recent publications highlight her work on unintentional injuries in Chinese children with developmental disabilities (2023), caregiving and net worth correlations (2023), and medication management for cognitively impaired elderly (2022). Her career spans decades, with a focus on rural telecommunications policy, food security, and health insurance equity. Despite no listed awards, her interdisciplinary scholarship bridges social work, public health, and economic policy.
