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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.


Mark Supiano, MD
Executive Director

Professor and Chief, Geriatrics Division

mark.supiano@hsc.utah.edu

 

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Claire Acevedo, PhD

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor
College of Engineering

Interests: Other Interest: Bone Aging

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Nancy Allen, PhD

Associate Professor
College of Nursing

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving

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Markus Amann, PhD

Department of Anesthesiology
Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging

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Katherine Andersen, MD

Division of Geriatrics, VA SLC GREEC
Associate Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience

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Troy Andersen, PhD, MSW, MS, LCSW

Executive Director, W.D. Goodwill Initiatives on Aging
Associate Professor
College of Social Work

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Carl Asche, PhD

Executive Director, Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center
Research Professor, Pharmacotherapy
College of Pharmacy

Interests: Caregiving; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course

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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

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Hediyeh Baradaran, MD

Assistant Professor, Radiology
School of Medicine

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Carole Baraldi, MD

Division of Geriatrics
Associate Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Caregiving

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Amanda Barusch, PhD

Social Work
Professor
College of Social Work

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Cynthia Berg, PhD

Department of Psychology
Distinguished Professor
College of Social and Behavioral Science

Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System

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Cynthia Beynon, PhD

Division of Acute and Chronic Care
Associate Professor (Clinical)
College of Nursing

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Other Interest: Workforce

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Alejandra Bosco, PhD

Neurobiology
Research Associate Professor
School of Medicine

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Sihem Boudina, PhD

Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
Associate Professor
College of Health

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Rachel Brenner, MD

Assistant Professor
Geriatrics
School of Medicine

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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

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Alycia Bristol, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC

Assistant Professor
College of Nursing

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System

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Benjamin Brooke, MD, PhD

Division of Vascular Surgery
Associate Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging

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Ryan Broxterman, PhD

Division of Geriatrics
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Muscle Function/ Mobility

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Cherie Brunker, MD

Associate Professor
Chief of Geriatrics, Intermountain Medical Center
School of Medicine

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Kanokwan Bunsawat, PhD

Research Assistant Professor; Geriatrics
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Muscle Function/ Mobility

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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

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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

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Sarah Canham, PhD, MA

Associate Professor
College of Social Work

Interests: Resilient Places

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Noel Carlson, PhD

Research Associate Professor
GRECC Investigator

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Paul J. Carlson, MD

Associate Professor
Psychiatry

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Richard Cawthon, MD, PhD

Human Genetics
Research Associate Professor

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Shaun Chatelain, DO

Assistant Professor, Geriatrics
School of Medicine

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Other Interest: Geroscience

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Gordon Chelune, PhD, ABPP(CN)

Center for Alzheimer's Care
Senior Neuropsychologist

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Alfred Cheung, MD

Division of Nephrology
Chief and Professor

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Jesse Christensen, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
College of Health

Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility

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Margaret Clayton, PhD, RN, FNP-CS

Professor
College of Nursing

Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course

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Jessica Cohan, MD, MAS

Surgery
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Other Interest: Patient-Family-Clinician Communication

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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

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Margaret M. DeAngelis, Ph.D

Visual Sciences, Moran Eye center
Associate Professor Opthalmology

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Guilherme Del Fiol, MD, PhD

Department of Biomedical Informatics
Professor

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Kip DeWeese, APRN

Geriatrics; Madsen Clinic & Utah State Veterans Home
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine

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Leland Dibble, PhD, PT

Department of Physical Therapy
Chair / Associate Professor
College of Health

Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility

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Katharine Diehl, PhD

Assistant Professor
Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy

Interests: Vascular Aging; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Genetics of aging

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Anthony (Tony) Donato, PhD

Division of Geriatrics
Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging

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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

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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

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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

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Lee Ellington, PhD

Director, Family Caregiving Collaborative
Professor
College of Nursing

Interests: Caregiving

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Rob Ence, MBA

Geriatrics; Director of the Commission on Aging
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine

Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System

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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

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Katarina Felsted, MS

Interim Assistant Dean, Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program
Professor (Clinical)
College of Nursing

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course

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Sarah Hargus Ferguson, Ph.D., CCC-A

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Associate Professor
College of Health

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Peter Fino, PhD

Department of Health and Kinesiology
Assistant Professor
College of Health

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Muscle Function/ Mobility

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Norman Foster, MD

Professor of Neurology
Director, Center for Alzheimer's Care
School of Medicine

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System

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Leslie Francis, JD, PhD

Law and Philosophy
Distinguished Professor

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Other Interest: Law and Ethics of Disability; Age Discrimination

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Raphael M. Franzini, PhD

Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Associate Professor
College of Science

Interests: Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course

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Julie Fritz, PhD, PT, ATC

Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Professor
College of Health

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Katsu Funai, PhD

Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Associate Professor
College of Health

Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility

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Lorise Gahring, PhD

Division of Geriatrics, GRECC
Professor
School of Medicine

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Ivis Garcia Zambrana, PhD

City and Metropolitan Planning
Assistant Professor
College of Architecture + Planning

Interests: Resilient Places

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Kelly Davis Garrett, PhD

Educational Psychology
Faculty Affiliate

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Rajeshwary Ghosh, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
College of Health

Interests: Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course

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Fred Gottlieb, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Geriatrics
School of Medicine

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Ramesh Grandhi, MD

Department of Neurosurgery
Associate Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging; Other Interest: Geroscience

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Valerie Greer, PhD

Assistant Professor
College of Architecture + Planning

Interests: Resilient Places; Creative Arts and Aging

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Joanna Grudziak, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor; Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Surgery
School of Medicine

Interests: Other Interest: Cardiometabolic Health

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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

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Timothy Hanley, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Pathology
School of Medicine

Interests: Other Interest: Cellular Senescence

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Mia Hashibe, PhD

Dept of Family and Preventive Medicine / Public Health
Professor
College of Health

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Kristen Hawkes, PhD

Anthropology
Distinguished Professor

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Barbara Heise, PhD, APRN, BC

Faculty Affiliate Brigham Young University College of Nursing

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Whitney Hendrickson-Cahill, MD

Assistant Professor; Urogynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
School of Medicine

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Genetics of aging

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Bret Hicken, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.

Clinical Assistant Professor
VA Rural Health Resource Center- Western Region

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Charlie Hicks-Little, PhD

Exercise & Sports Science
Assistant Professor

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BreeAnna Holdaway, DNP, ACNP-BC

Geriatrics; Madsen Clinic & IP Consult Services
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine

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Mike Hollingshaus, PhD

Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
Senior Demographer

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course

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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

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Harriet Hopf, MD

Department of Anesthesiology
Professor
School of Medicine

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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

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Bradley King, PhD

Department of Health & Kinesiology
Assistant Professor
College of Health

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course

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Owen Kingstedt, PhD

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering

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Katherine Kitchen Andren, PhD

Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Assistant Professor
College of Health

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course

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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

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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

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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

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Christine Lee

Geriatrics; Hospital Elder Life Specialist
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine

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Lisa Lesniewski, PhD, MA

Division of Geriatrics / GRECC
Associate Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging

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Daniel Leung, MD, MSc

Division of Infectious Diseases
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

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Michelle Litchman, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP

Utah Diabetes and Endocrinology Center
Associate Professor
College of Nursing

Interests: Caregiving

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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

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Jennifer Majersik, MD, MS

Division of Vascular Neurology
Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course

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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

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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

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Marta McCrum, MD

Associate Professor, Surgery
School of Medicine

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Age Friendly Health System

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Nanci McLeskey, MCG, MDiv, RN-BC, FNGNA

Associate Professor (Clinical)
College of Nursing

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System

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Tina McNulty, Ph.D., OTR/L

Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Assistant Professor
College of Health

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Andrew Merryweather, PhD

Ergonomics and Safety Program
Research Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering

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Karen Miller, MD

General OB/GYN
Obstetrics/Gynecology
School of Medicine

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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

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Wendy Mohlman, MS, RN

Geriatrics; Hospital Elder Life Program
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Age Friendly Health System

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Keith Diaz Moore, PhD

College of Architecture and Planning
Professor and Dean
College of Architecture + Planning

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Janice Morse, PhD, RN

College of Nursing
Professor

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Jonathan Nebeker, MD, MS

Division of Geriatrics
Professor
School of Medicine

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Raminder Nirula, MD, PhD

Surgery
Assistant Professor

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Ryan O'Connell, PhD

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Pathology
School of Medicine

Interests: Genetics of aging

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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

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Dennis Parker, PhD

Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Mark H. Huntsman Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging

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Anna Parks, MD

Div of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Other Interest: Geriatric Hematology

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Neal Patwari, Ph.D.

Director, Sensing & Processing Across Networks (SPAN) Lab
Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Brennan Payne, PhD

Dept of Psychology, Cognition and Neural Science | CNS
Assistant Professor
College of Social and Behavioral Science

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience

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Leonard Pease, PhD

Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor

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Pamela Perlich, PhD

Bureau Of Econ & Bus Research
Sr Research Analyst

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Warren Pettine, MD

Assistant Professor
Huntsman Mental Health Institute

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Genetics of aging; Muscle Function/ Mobility

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Erika Pliner, PhD

Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor
College of Engineering

Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility; Other Interest: Falls/Fall Prevention

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Joseph T. Prchal, MD

Internal Medicine
Professor
School of Medicine

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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

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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

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Lorie Richards, PhD, OTR/L

Division of Occupational Therapy
Chair and Associate Professor
College of Health

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Russell Richardson, PhD

Medicine and Exercise and Sport Science
Professor

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Scott Rogers, PhD

Neurobiology and Anatomy
Professor

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Matthew Rondina, MD

Department of Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

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Gerald Rothstein, MD

Professor Emeritus of Medicine,Division of Geriatrics
School of Medicine

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Kouskik Roy, PhD

Microbiology and Immunology
Pathology - Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Other Interest: Immunology of Aging

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Michael Rubin, MD, PhD

Division of Clinical Epidemiology
Assistant Professor

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Randall Rupper, MD, MPH

Division of Geriatrics / GRECC
Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Caregiving

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Jared Rutter, PhD

Biochemistry
Associate Professor

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Sonia Salari, PhD

Family and Consumer Studies
Associate Professor

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Matthew Samore, PhD

Division of Clinical Epidemiology
Professor and Chief

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Natalie Sanders, DO, FACP

Division of Geriatrics
Associate Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility

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Brian C. Sauer, PhD

Division of Clinical Epidemiology
Assistant Professor

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Rodolfo Savica, MD, MSc

Department of Neurology
Assistant Professor

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Debra Scammon, PhD

Department of Marketing
Professor
David Eccles School of Business

Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System

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Gabrielle Scannell, MD

Assistant Professor
Geriatrics
School of Medicine

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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

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Courtney Sedillo, DNP, FNP, APRN

Geriatrics; Madsen Clinic & IP Consult Services
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine

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J. Robinson Singleton, MD

Department of Neurology
Associate Professor

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Bruce Smith, PhD

Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders

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Ken Smith, PhD

Director, Pedigree and Population Resource
Professor, Family and Consumer Studies
College of Health

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Michelle Sorweid, DO

Clinical Associate Professor; Geriatrics
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience

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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

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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

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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

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Mark Supiano, MD

Division of Geriatrics
Professor and Chief
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Age Friendly Health System; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Muscle Function/ Mobility

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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

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Kristine Tanner, PhD

Communication Sciences & Disorders
Clinical Director, Voice Disorders Center

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Robert Tashjian, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Orthopedic Surgery

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Djin Tay, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor
College of Nursing

Interests: Caregiving

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Craig Teerlink, PhD

Division of Genetic Epidemiology
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Muscle Function/ Mobility

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Alexandra L. Terrill, PhD

Department of Occupational & Recreational Therapies
Associate Professor
College of Health

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course

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Lauren Theilen, MD, MS

Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging; Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience

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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

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Gail Towsley, PhD

Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program
Professor
College of Nursing

Interests: Caregiving; Age Friendly Health System; Other Interest: Long Term Care

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Joel Trinity, PhD

Division of Geriatrics, GRECC
Associate Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging; Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course; Muscle Function/ Mobility

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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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Alberto Varela, DDS

Assistant Professor (Clinical)
School of Dentistry

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Valerie Vaughn, MD, MS, FHM, FACP

General Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine
School of Medicine

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Alessandro Venosa, PharmD

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
College of Pharmacy

Interests: Vascular Aging; Genetics of aging

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Monica Vetter, PhD

Department of Neurobiology
Professor & Chair
College of Health

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Andres Villu Maricq, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy
Director, Program for Neuronal Function and Memory Disorders
School of Medicine

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience

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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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Neng Wan, Ph.D.

Director, The Utah Geo-Health Lab
Assistant Professor

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Yong Wang, Ph.D.

Otolaryngology/HNS
Assistant Professor

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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

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Corrine Welt, MD

Metabolism and Diabetes
Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief, Division of Endocrinology
School of Medicine

Interests: Longevity/ Life span/ Life Course

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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

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Michael Werner, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
College of Science

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Peter West, PhD

Anticonvulsant Drug Development Program
Research Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience

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Daniel Witt, PharmD

Professor and Chair, Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs
Pharmacotherapy
College of Pharmacy

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D. Walter Wray, PhD

Division of Geriatrics / GRECC
Research Associate Professor
School of Medicine

Interests: Vascular Aging; Muscle Function/ Mobility

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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

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Yue Zhang, Ph.D.

Division of Epidemiology
Research Assistant Professor

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Robert Zheng, EdD

Department of Educational Psychology
Professor
College of Education

Interests: Cognitive Impairment/ Resilience; Caregiving

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Last Updated: 6/9/21