Aaron Blight

Position:

Assistant Professor of Public Health

Location:

Henkel 213

Phone:

(540) 535-3494

Email: ablight@xgcr.net

Educational History:

B.A., Brigham Young University; M.P.A., University of Baltimore; Ed.D., The George Washington University

Fields of Expertise:

• Public Health Policy & Leadership
• Caregiving
• Social Determinants of Health
• Aging & Long-Term Care

Professional Highlights:

Dr. Blight held a series of health policy leadership positions at the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) before opening a home health care business in the Winchester area. He sold his home health business in 2017 and became the Founder of Caregiving Kinetics, a boutique firm offering resources and support for family and professional caregivers. He is a nationally-recognized expert on caregiving.

Research:

• The social context of care among skilled medical professionals, unskilled direct care aides, and/or unpaid family caregivers;
• Caregiving as a transformative learning experience for the caregiver and the care receiver;
• Public health implications of the aging population;
• Contemporary health policy issues;
• End-of-life care considerations for patients, providers, and families.

Personal Quote:
It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.” —Theodore Roosevelt

Personal Highlights:

I’m a husband, father, and Pop Pop. I like ice cream. In order to eat ice cream, I like to exercise. If you have any suggestions for my Spotify playlist, please let me know.