Dr. Dillon is an Assistant Professor in the Center on Aging with a faculty appointment in the Department of Public Health Services. Dr. Dillon received her PhD in sociology from the University of California, San Diego, and was trained in health services research as a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University’s Clinical Excellence Research Center and Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute. Many of her studies use mixed-methods and qualitative research to understand quality of care and quality of life for individuals with needs for long-term services and supports both in the community and residing in nursing homes, as well as serious illness, and hospice and palliative care. She works closely with the Center on Aging team focused on evaluation of innovations in Connecticut Department of Social Services programs for older adults and people with disabilities.

Dr. Dillon's research focuses on older adults, serious illness, hospice and palliative care, multiple chronic conditions, patient and family experience of illness, shared decision making, mental health, and the psychosocial well-being of patients, family members, other caregivers, and health care workers.

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