Brittany Jones-Cobb

Brittany Jones-Cobb (she/her) is a Ph.D. candidate in Social Welfare at the University of Washington. Brittany is a social gerontologist whose research interests are grounded in years of experience working with older adults as a community-based clinical social worker. She learned from her clients about the precarious position many older adults find themselves in as they age into or with disability but do not have a care partner to assist with their self-care, mobility, and other daily living needs. Her research experience has included intervention development, implementation and efficacy testing for marginalized older adult populations.

In her mixed-methods dissertation Brittany aims to inform the development and adaptation of culturally-tailored, effective and implementable interventions that promote the health and wellbeing of older adults without care partners from racialized, socioeconomically disadvantaged and sexual and gender diverse communities, including those that may require care due to the presence of chronic conditions or disability.