Members
The Aging Work Group includes members/individuals from across the University of Minnesota and beyond.
UMN School of Public Health
- Joseph E. Gaugler, Ph.D., Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging, and Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management (Founder and Director of AWG)
- Bjorn Berg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Lynn Blewett, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor, Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science; Affiliate Professor, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
- Mary Butler, Ph.D., Co-Director, Minnesota Evidence-Based Practice Center, and Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Caitlin Carroll, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Quinton D. Cotton, PhD, MSSA, Robert L. Kane Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dori Cross, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Janette Dill, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Bryan Dowd, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Carrie Henning-Smith, Ph.D., Deputy Director, University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, and Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Peter Huckfeldt, Ph.D., Vernon E. Weckwerth Professor in Healthcare Administration Leadership, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Richard MacLehose, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
- John Mulcahy, MSPH, Division of Health Policy & Management
- Hannah Neprash, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Manka Nkimbeng, Ph.D., RN, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Helen Parsons, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Colleen Peterson, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist, University of Michigan Transportation Institute
- Nathan Shippee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
- Tetyana Shippee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, CHAI Associate Director of Research
- Lyn Steffen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
UMN School of Nursing
- Rozina H. Bhimani, Ph.D., DNP, APRN-CNP, CNE, Associate Professor, Adult and Gerontological Health Cooperative
- Siobhan K. McMahon, Ph.D.,RN, FGSA, FAAN, Associate Professor, Adult and Gerontological Health
- Martin Michalowski, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Population Health and Systems Cooperative
- Christine A. Mueller, Ph.D., RN, FGSA, FAAN, Katherine R. & C. Walton Lillehei Chair in Nursing Leadership, Adult and Gerontological Health Cooperative
- Erica Schorr, Ph.D., BSBA, RN, Associate Professor
- Kristine M. Talley, Ph.D., RN, GNP-BC, Associate Professor, Adult and Gerontological Health Cooperative
- Mary O. Whipple, Ph.D., RN, PHN, Assistant Professor, Adult and Gerontological Health Cooperative
UMN Medical School
- Wei (Denise) Duan-Porter, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
- Adriana Hughes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Staff Neuropsychologist and Clinical Investigator, Minneapolis VA Healthcare System
- Manda L. Keller-Ross, Ph.D., DPT, Assistant Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, Division of Rehabilitation Science
- Dawn Lowe, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Science
- James Pacala, MD, MS, Head and Professor, University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Karim Thomas Sadak, MD, MPH, MSE, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
- Bharat Thyagarajan, MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
UMN College of Liberal Arts
- Phyllis E. Moen, Ph.D., Director, Life Course Center and McKnight Endowed Presidential Chair of Sociology
- Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
- Dana Urbanski, Au.D., CCC-A, Ph.D. Student, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
UMN College of Biological Sciences
- Christina Camell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
UMN College of Education and Human Development
- Marti DeLiema, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Social Work; CHAI Associate Director of Education
University of Minnesota, Duluth
- Kristen Jacklin, Ph.D., Executive Director, Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team; Professor, Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health
- Wayne Warry, Ph.D., Director, Rural Health Initiatives, Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team (MDT); Professor, Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health
Hennepin Healthcare
- Kerry Sheets, MD, Geriatrician, Hennepin Healthcare
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
- Joan M. Griffin, Ph.D., Professor of Health Services Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Health Care Policy and Research (HCPR), Department of Health Sciences Research; Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Scientific Director for Care Experiences Program, Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery
Minneapolis VA Health Care System
- Allison Gustavson, Ph.D., PT, DPT, Core Investigator, Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Arizona State University
- Zach Baker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Information
Brown University
- Eric Jutkowitz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Lauren Parker, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, Department of Health, Behavior, and Society
New York University
- Jasmine L. Travers, Ph.D., RN, AGPCNP-BC, Assistant Professor, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing
- Tina Sadarangani, ANP-C GNP-BC PhD RN, Assistant Professor, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Population Health, Division of Health and Behavior Section for Health Equity
Emmanuel College
- Lauren L. Mitchell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Colorado Boulder
- Jessica M. Finlay, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Geography and Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Denver
- Roman Aydiko Ayele, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Adjunct, Anschutz Medical Campus
Indiana University Fairbanks and Regenstrief Institute
- Helen Fu, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Population & Public Health Informatics
Wake Forest School of Medicine
- Mia Yang, MD, Assistant Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
University of Mississippi
- Keith A. Anderson, PhD, MSW, Chair & Professor, Department of Social Work, School of Applied Sciences
University of Tennessee
- Minghui Sam Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy