Marcia G. Ory

Marcia G. Ory
Born1950 (age 7475)
SpouseRaymond J. Carroll
AwardsResearch Laureate in Health Behavior Research
Academic background
EducationBA, sociology and psychology, University of Texas at Austin
MA, sociology and human development, Indiana University Bloomington
PhD, family studies and human development, 1976, Purdue University
MPH, chronic disease epidemiology and behavioral sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
ThesisThe decision to parent or not: normative and structural components. (1976)
Academic work
InstitutionsTexas A&M School of Public Health
National Institutes of Health

Marcia G. Ory (born 1950) is an American gerontologist with a background in Social Sciences, Public Health and Aging. She is a Regents and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Texas A&M School of Public Health. Ory also serves as the director of the Texas A&M Board of Regents Center for Population Health and Aging.