Directory
The Center on Aging Directory is a collection of faculty, emeritus, trainee and affiliate members who share an interest in expanding the visibility of aging research and growth across the University of Utah. You can filter the directory by section of campus, research interest or member type. See more information on how to join.
Alayne Markland
Executive Director
Professor and Chief, Division of Geriatrics, School of Medicine
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Claire Acevedo, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor
College of Engineering
Interests: Other Interest: Bone Aging
Nancy Allen, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Nursing
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving
Markus Amann, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology
Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging
Katherine Andersen, MD
Division of Geriatrics, VA SLC GREEC
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience
Troy Andersen, PhD, MSW, MS, LCSW
Executive Director, W.D. Goodwill Initiatives on Aging
Associate Professor
College of Social Work
Carl Asche, PhD
Executive Director, Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center
Research Professor, Pharmacotherapy
College of Pharmacy
Interests: Caregiving; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
Anne Asman, MS
Department of Psychiatry, HMHI
Director of Advancement and Outreach
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Age Friendly Health System; Creative Arts and Aging
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Byron Bair, MD
Division of Geriatrics
Professor (Clinical) Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Age Friendly Health System; Other Interest: Rural Healthcare Access
Carole Baraldi, MD
Division of Geriatrics
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Caregiving
Cynthia Berg, PhD
Department of Psychology
Distinguished Professor
College of Social and Behavioral Science
Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System
Cynthia Beynon, PhD
Division of Acute and Chronic Care
Associate Professor (Clinical)
College of Nursing
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Other Interest: Workforce
Alejandra Bosco, PhD
Neurobiology
Research Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Sihem Boudina, PhD
Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
Associate Professor
College of Health
Adam Bress, PharmD, MS
Division of Health System Innovation and Research
Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Other Interest: Pharmacotherapy; Social Detriments of Health
Alycia Bristol, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System
Benjamin Brooke, MD, PhD
Division of Vascular Surgery
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging
Ryan Broxterman, PhD
Division of Geriatrics
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Muscle Function/ Mobility
Cherie Brunker, MD
Associate Professor
Chief of Geriatrics, Intermountain Medical Center
School of Medicine
Kanokwan Bunsawat, PhD
Research Assistant Professor; Geriatrics
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Muscle Function/ Mobility
Jorie Butler, PhD
Associate Director, Geriatric Research and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics
School of Medicine
Interests: Age Friendly Health System; Resilient Places
Sara Bybee, PhD, LCSW
Research Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Other Interest: Sexual and Gender Minority Aging; Financial hardship; racial health inequities; housing instability
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Robert Campbell, PhD
General Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging
Sarah Canham, PhD, MA
Associate Professor
College of Social Work
Interests: Resilient Places
Shaun Chatelain, DO
Assistant Professor, Geriatrics
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Other Interest: Geroscience
Gordon Chelune, PhD, ABPP(CN)
Center for Alzheimer's Care
Senior Neuropsychologist
Jesse Christensen, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
College of Health
Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility
Margaret Clayton, PhD, RN, FNP-CS
Professor
College of Nursing
Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
Jessica Cohan, MD, MAS
Surgery
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Other Interest: Patient-Family-Clinician Communication
Sarah Creem-Regehr, PhD
Department of Psychology
Professor
College of Social and Behavioral Science
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience
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Kara B. Dassel, PhD, FGSA, FAGHE, FAHSE
Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program
Professor
College of Nursing
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving
Margaret M. DeAngelis, Ph.D
Visual Sciences, Moran Eye center
Associate Professor Opthalmology
Kip DeWeese, APRN
Geriatrics; Madsen Clinic & Utah State Veterans Home
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Leland Dibble, PhD, PT
Department of Physical Therapy
Chair / Associate Professor
College of Health
Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility
Katharine Diehl, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
Interests: Vascular Aging; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Genetics of aging
Anthony (Tony) Donato, PhD
Division of Geriatrics
Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging
Micah Drummond, PhD
Department of Physical Therapy / Molecular Medicine Program
Professor
College of Health
Interests: Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Muscle Function/ Mobility; Other Interest: Geroscience
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Jacqueline Eaton, PhD
Assistant Dean, Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
Interests: Caregiving; Creative Arts and Aging
Linda Edelman, RN, PhD
Director, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Professor Director, Utah Education Consortium
College of Nursing
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System
G. Paul Eleazer, MD, FACP, AGSF
Associate Director Of Clinical Innovations
Professor, Division of Geriatrics
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Age Friendly Health System; Other Interest: Transitions of Care; Surgery in Older Patients
Lee Ellington, PhD
Director, Family Caregiving Collaborative
Professor
College of Nursing
Interests: Caregiving
Rob Ence, MBA
Geriatrics; Director of the Commission on Aging
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System
Matt Euler, PhD
Department of Psychology
Assistant Professor
College of Social and Behavioral Science
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience
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Timothy Farrell, MD, AGSF
Division of Geriatrics / Associate Chief for Age-Friendly Care
Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Other Interest: Interprofessional education & practice; unbefriended older adults; care transitions; medical ethics
Sarah Hargus Ferguson, Ph.D., CCC-A
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Associate Professor
College of Health
Peter Fino, PhD
Department of Health and Kinesiology
Assistant Professor
College of Health
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Muscle Function/ Mobility
Norman Foster, MD
Professor of Neurology
Director, Center for Alzheimer's Care
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System
Leslie Francis, JD, PhD
Law and Philosophy
Distinguished Professor
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Other Interest: Law and Ethics of Disability; Age Discrimination
Raphael M. Franzini, PhD
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Associate Professor
College of Science
Interests: Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
Katarina Friberg-Felsted, PhD, MSG, FAGHE, FGSA
Assistant Dean, Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program
Professor (Clinical)
College of Nursing
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Other Interest: MBSR, OAB, Urge Urinary Incontinence, Age Inclusivity, Age-Friendly University, Gerontology in Higher Education, Interdisciplinary education
Julie Fritz, PhD, PT, ATC
Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Professor
College of Health
Katsu Funai, PhD
Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Associate Professor
College of Health
Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility
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Ivis Garcia Zambrana, PhD
City and Metropolitan Planning
Assistant Professor
College of Architecture + Planning
Interests: Resilient Places
Rajeshwary Ghosh, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
College of Health
Interests: Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
Ramesh Grandhi, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Other Interest: Geroscience
Valerie Greer, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Architecture + Planning
Interests: Resilient Places; Creative Arts and Aging
Joanna Grudziak, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor; Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Surgery
School of Medicine
Interests: Other Interest: Cardiometabolic Health
Richard K. Gurgel, MD, MSCI
Head and Neck Surgery
Associate Professor Otolaryngology
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience
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Tanya Halliday, PhD/RD
Assistant Professor, Health and Kinesiology
College of Health
Timothy Hanley, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pathology
School of Medicine
Interests: Other Interest: Cellular Senescence
Mia Hashibe, PhD
Dept of Family and Preventive Medicine / Public Health
Professor
College of Health
Barbara Heise, PhD, APRN, BC
Faculty Affiliate Brigham Young University College of Nursing
Whitney Hendrickson-Cahill, MD
Assistant Professor; Urogynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Genetics of aging
Bret Hicken, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Clinical Assistant Professor
VA Rural Health Resource Center- Western Region
BreeAnna Holdaway, DNP, ACNP-BC
Geriatrics; Madsen Clinic & IP Consult Services
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Mike Hollingshaus, PhD
Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
Senior Demographer
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
Andy Hong, PhD
Assistant Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning
Director, Healthy Aging and Resilient Places Lab
College of Architecture + Planning
Interests: Age Friendly Health System; Resilient Places
Kristin Hueftle, MD
Division of Geriatrics
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Age Friendly Health System
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Cali Johnson, MD, EdD
Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery
Surgery
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Muscle Function/ Mobility
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Bradley Katz, MD, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Associate Professor
Bradley King, PhD
Department of Health & Kinesiology
Assistant Professor
College of Health
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
Owen Kingstedt, PhD
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Katherine Kitchen Andren, PhD
Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Assistant Professor
College of Health
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
Philip Kithas, MD
Division of Geriatrics, Clinical Methods Curriculum Course Director
Professor (Clinical)
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Age Friendly Health System; Muscle Function/ Mobility
Makoto Kondo, MD
Research Assistant Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics
College of Pharmacy
Interests: Vascular Aging; Genetics of aging; Muscle Function/ Mobility; Other Interest: Stem and progenitor cell aging
Vincent Koppelmans, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Research Assistant Professor
College of Social and Behavioral Science
Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Muscle Function/ Mobility; Other Interest: Geroscience
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Joanne LaFleur, PhD
Pharmacotherapy
Research Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy
Lisa Lesniewski, PhD, MA
Division of Geriatrics / GRECC
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging
Daniel Leung, MD, MSc
Division of Infectious Diseases
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Michelle Litchman, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP
Utah Diabetes and Endocrinology Center
Associate Professor
College of Nursing
Interests: Caregiving
Marilyn Luptak, PhD, MSW
College of Social Work
Associate Professor Emeritas
College of Social and Behavioral Science
Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Creative Arts and Aging
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Xiaodong Ma, PhD
Assistant Professor
Radiology and Imaging Sciences
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Other Interest: Medical Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Jennifer Majersik, MD, MS
Division of Vascular Neurology
Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
Alayne Markland, DO, MSc
Professor
Division of Geriatrics
School of Medicine
Interests: Age Friendly Health System; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Resilient Places
Joey Mattingly, PharmD, MBA, PhD
Department of Pharmacotherapy
Associate Professor & Vice Chair of Research
College of Pharmacy
Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Other Interest: Health Economics, Policy
Cathy Maxwell, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP
Professor, John L. and Joyce T. Rice Presidential Endowed Chair in Healthy Aging
College of Nursing
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Muscle Function/ Mobility; Other Interest: Geroscience
Marta McCrum, MD
Associate Professor, Surgery
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Age Friendly Health System
Nanci McLeskey, MCG, MDiv, RN-BC, FNGNA
Associate Professor (Clinical)
College of Nursing
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System
Tina McNulty, Ph.D., OTR/L
Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Assistant Professor
College of Health
Andrew Merryweather, PhD
Ergonomics and Safety Program
Research Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering
Satoshi Minoshima, MD, PhD
Department of Radiology and Imaging Services
Professor and Anne G. Osborn Chair
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Other Interest: Imaging Sciences
Wendy Mohlman, MS, RN
Geriatrics; Hospital Elder Life Program
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Age Friendly Health System
Keith Diaz Moore, PhD
College of Architecture and Planning
Professor and Dean
College of Architecture + Planning
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Ryan O'Connell, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Pathology
School of Medicine
Interests: Genetics of aging
Leah A. Owen, MD, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Assistant Professor
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Sungjin Park, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
Associate Professor
College of Health
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience
Dennis Parker, PhD
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Mark H. Huntsman Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging
Anna Parks, MD
Div of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Other Interest: Geriatric Hematology
Neal Patwari, Ph.D.
Director, Sensing & Processing Across Networks (SPAN) Lab
Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Brennan Payne, PhD
Dept of Psychology, Cognition and Neural Science | CNS
Assistant Professor
College of Social and Behavioral Science
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience
Warren Pettine, MD
Assistant Professor
Huntsman Mental Health Institute
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Genetics of aging; Muscle Function/ Mobility
Erika Pliner, PhD
Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor
College of Engineering
Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility; Other Interest: Falls/Fall Prevention
Megan Puckett, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Interests: Caregiving
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Kalani Raphael, MD, MS
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Associate Professor
Lynn Reinke, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Claire Dumke Ryberg, RN, Presidential Endowed Chair for Palliative and End of Life Care
College of Nursing
Interests: Caregiving
Lorie Richards, PhD, OTR/L
Division of Occupational Therapy
Chair and Associate Professor
College of Health
Matthew Rondina, MD
Department of Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Gerald Rothstein, MD
Professor Emeritus of Medicine,Division of Geriatrics
School of Medicine
Kouskik Roy, PhD
Microbiology and Immunology
Pathology - Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Other Interest: Immunology of Aging
Randall Rupper, MD, MPH
Division of Geriatrics / GRECC
Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Caregiving
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Natalie Sanders, DO, FACP
Division of Geriatrics
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility
Debra Scammon, PhD
Department of Marketing
Professor
David Eccles School of Business
Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System
Karen Schliep, PhD, MSPH
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine / Public Health
Associate Professor
College of Health
Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
Courtney Sedillo, DNP, FNP, APRN
Geriatrics; Madsen Clinic & IP Consult Services
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Ken Smith, PhD
Director, Pedigree and Population Resource
Professor, Family and Consumer Studies
College of Health
Michelle Sorweid, DO
Clinical Associate Professor; Geriatrics
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience
Adam Spivak, MD
Division of Infectious Diseases
Julia and Willard Dere, MD Endowed Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Other Interest: Geroscience; Immune Senescence and Chronic Viral Infections
Caroline Stephens, PhD
Helen Lowe Bamberger Colby Presidential Endowed Chair in Gerontological Nursing
Associate Professor
College of Nursing
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System
Katherine Supiano, Ph.D., LCSW, FT, F-GSA
Director, Caring Connections: A Hope and Comfort in Grief Program
Professor
College of Nursing
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System
Mark Supiano, MD
Division of Geriatrics
Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Age Friendly Health System; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Muscle Function/ Mobility
J. David Symons, Ph.D.
Nutrition and Integrative Physiology
Professor
College of Health
Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience
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Kota Takahashi, PhD
Department of Health & Kinesiology
Assistant Professor
College of Health
Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility
Kristine Tanner, PhD
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Clinical Director, Voice Disorders Center
Craig Teerlink, PhD
Division of Genetic Epidemiology
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility
Alexandra L. Terrill, PhD
Department of Occupational & Recreational Therapies
Associate Professor
College of Health
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
Lauren Theilen, MD, MS
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience
Victoria Tiase, PhD
Department of Biomedical Informatics
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Other Interest: Long Term Care Workforce
Gail Towsley, PhD
Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program
Professor
College of Nursing
Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Other Interest: Long Term Care
Joel Trinity, PhD
Division of Geriatrics, GRECC
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Muscle Function/ Mobility
Eric Tuday, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Genetics of aging
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Rebecca Utz, PhD
Sociology
Professor & Associate Dean
College of Social and Behavioral Science
Interests: Caregiving; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
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Valerie Vaughn, MD, MS, FHM, FACP
General Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Alessandro Venosa, PharmD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
College of Pharmacy
Interests: Vascular Aging; Genetics of aging
Monica Vetter, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
Professor & Chair
College of Health
Andres Villu Maricq, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy
Director, Program for Neuronal Function and Memory Disorders
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience
Tiffany Volden, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Age Friendly Health System
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Charlene Weir, PhD, RN
Professor
Biomedical Informatics
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Genetics of aging; Creative Arts and Aging
Corrine Welt, MD
Metabolism and Diabetes
Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief, Division of Endocrinology
School of Medicine
Interests: Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
Ming Wen, PhD
Faculty Affiliate, Huntsman Cancer Institute
Professor, Department of Sociology
College of Social and Behavioral Science
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Resilient Places
Michael Werner, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
College of Science
Peter West, PhD
Anticonvulsant Drug Development Program
Research Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience
Daniel Witt, PharmD
Professor and Chair, Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs
Pharmacotherapy
College of Pharmacy
D. Walter Wray, PhD
Division of Geriatrics / GRECC
Research Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging; Muscle Function/ Mobility
JoAnne Wright, PhD, OTR/L, CLVT, FAOTA
Professor Emeritus, Div of Occupational and Recreational Therapy
College of Health
Interests: Vascular Aging; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course
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Chun Yuan, PhD
Vice Chair - Radiology Research
Professor - Radiology and Imaging Sciences
School of Medicine
Interests: Vascular Aging
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Ivis Zambrana, PhD
Assistant Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning
College of Architecture + Planning
Robert Zheng, EdD
Department of Educational Psychology
Professor
College of Education
Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving