Tag aging/gerontology
Marie-Louise Mares
Professor, communication arts
Expert on children and media, pro-social/educational TV, media use among older adults
Joseph Kemnitz
Professor, cell and regenerative biology
Expert on research using nonhuman primates (past director of WNPRC)
Tracy Schroepfer
Professor, social work
Expert on end of life, aging, cancer health disparities, community-based participatory research, intervention with dementia-related behaviors,
Ricki Colman
Associate scientist, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
Expert on primate aging, caloric restriction and primate models
Richard Weindruch
Professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Expert on retarding the aging process by caloric restriction
William Schrage
Professor, Department of Kinesiology
Expert in cardiovascular physiology, exercise physiology, blood flow control in obesity, prediabetes
Craig Atwood
Associate professor, medicine
Expert on hormonal mechanisms of aging, hormone replacement therapy, Alzheimer's disease, prostate cancer and early human embryogenesis
Andrea Mason
Assistant professor, kinesiology
Expert on how arm and hand movements are planned, controlled and learned by our brain
Karen Holden
Professor emerita, consumer science and public affairs
Expert on the economic status of the older population and on financial literacy
Sanjay Asthana
Associate dean for gerontology; professor and division head, geriatrics
Expert on Alzheimer’s disease, aging, neuroscience, geriatrics, academic research infrastructure, and clinical trials design.
Nathaniel Chin
Assistant professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Expert on Alzheimer’s disease prevention strategies and healthy aging for the mind and body
Carey Gleason
Associate professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Expert on cognitive aging, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease, as well as post-menopausal hormone therapy
Barbara Bendlin
Associate professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Expert on factors that contribute to or protect against the development of dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease
Sterling Johnson
Professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Clinical neuropsychologist and expert in early identification of Alzheimer’s disease through advanced brain imaging
Cynthia Carlsson
Professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Expert in diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias as well as clinical trials examining the efficacy of medications to treat or prevent
Amy Kind
Associate professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Geriatrician and health care/health policy researcher with expertise in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, with focus on research toward elimination of health disparities
Manish Shah
Professor and Chair, Emergency Medicine
Emergency physician with expertise in caring for older adults. Research on innovative approaches for emergency care of older adults.