Gary W. Arendash, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biology, Institute of Cortext, Medical Education Collaborative; Professor, Department of Psychology, (joint appointment.); Department of Surgery, (joint appointment), University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida
Specialty: Neuroscience, Neurobiology of Aging, Animal Models for Degenerative Brain Diseases
Lodovico Balducci, M.D., Professor of Geriatric Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Specialty: Cancer and Aging; Management of the frail elderly; Assessment of quality of life in the older cancer patient.
Lisa Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Aging and Mental Health, FMHI
Specialty: Effects of disasters and terrorism on behavioral health, assessment and intervention, stress and resilience, cognition and aging, and delivery of mental health services.
Thomas Jeffrey Buckley, Ed.D., Executive Director Upper Pinellas Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. (UPARC)
Specialty : Developmental and Physical Disabilities
David Chiriboga, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Aging and Mental Health, FMHI
Specialty: Stress Experiences and Mental Health; Mental Health in Minority Populations, Distance Education for Health Care.
Donna Cohen , Ph.D., Professor, Department of Aging and Mental Health, Florida Mental Health Institute; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine; Professor, Departments of Psychology and School of Aging Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Head, Violence and Injury Prevention Program, Department of Aging and Mental Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Larry Dupree, Ph.D., Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Aging and Mental Health, FMHI
Specialty: Substance Abuse and Old Age; Neuropsychological Assessment of Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Nagwa El-Badri Dajani,M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery; Assistant Professor (Joint) Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology; Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy (Joint); Director, Graduate Certificate Program Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery; Adjunct Faculty, Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Amber Gum, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Aging and Mental Health, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Specialty: Older adults' mental health: psychosocial interventions, service integration, treatment preferences
Barbara C. Hansen, Ph.D., Director, Obesity and Diabetes Research Center, andProfessor of Physiology School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Specialty: Nutrition effects on Type II, non-insulin dependent diabetes, insulin sensitivity and insulin action, obesity, regulation of appetite
Paul B. Jacobsen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Professor (Courtesy Appointment), Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine; Professor (Courtesy Appointment), Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health; Senior Member in Residence, Moffitt Cancer Center; Clinical Program Leader, Psychosocial and Palliative Care Program, Moffitt Cancer Center; Research Program Leader, Health Outcomes and Behavior Program, Moffitt Cancer Center; Professor (Joint Appointment), Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida; Associate Chair for Cancer Control, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida
Specialty: Behavioral aspects of cancer prevention, detection, and control
Yuri Jang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Aging and Mental Health, FMHI
Specialty: Stress and Mental Health in Older Adults; Cross-Cultural Issues in Mental Health.
Matthew P. Janicki, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor of Human Development and Director for Technical Assistance in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) and the Rehabilitation, Research and Training Center on Aging and Developmental Disabilities. Research Professor and Co-director, Center on Intellectual Disabilities. School of Social Welfare, University at Albany (Albany, New York)
Michael D. Knox, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Mental Health Law and Policy.
Specialty: End-of-Life Care; Final Planning for Older Adults; Causes of Death; HIV Risk factors; HIV Education.
Susan A. MacManus, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor, Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida, Tampa Florida.
Specialty: State and Local Government; Public Administration (Budgeting); Policy Analysis (Fiscal); Urban Planning and Land Use Media & Politics; Florida Politics
Susan Carter McMillan, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor, College of Nursing; Chairperson, Oncology Nursing Concentration in the Masters program; Lyall & Beatrice Thompson Professor of Oncology Quality of Life Nursing, College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Specialty: Pain; Quality of Life at End-of-Life
Victor Molinari, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Aging and Mental Health, FMHI
Specialty: Mental Health Outcomes in Long Term Care; Personality Disorders in Older Adults.
Cynthia D. Myers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Hana Osman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Public Health, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health
Specialty: Ethical and Legal Issues in Aging; Advance Directives and End-of-Life Care.
Janine Overcash, PhD, ARNP, BC, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, Assistant Professor of Nursing, College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Specialty: Geriatric Assessment
Gregory Paveza, M.S.W., Ph.D., Dean, School of Health and Human Services, Southern Connecticut State University.
Specialty: Elder mistreatment including abuse, neglect and exploitation; violence and aggression in families caring for member with Alzheimer’s Disease; Geriatric education in Social Work.
Anna H.K. Plaas, Ph.D., Rush Medical college Department of Biochemistry
Specialty: Osteoarthritis, Inflammation, Cell-Matrix Interactions
Huntington Potter, Ph.D., Professor and Eric Pfeiffer Chair for Research on Alzheimer's Disease, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Suncoast Gerontology Center, University of South Florida College of Medicine; Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director, Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute; Director, NIA/NIH designated Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center; Member, Florida Governor's Alzheimer's Disease Advisory Council; Lecturer, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Specialty: Molecular genetics and biochemistry of Alzheimer's Disease. Biotechnology. DNA recombination, rearrangement. Electroporation. mRNA localization at the synapse. Gene expression in differentiating neurons and glia. Role of chromosome mis-segregation in human disease.
Bruce E. Robinson, M.D., M.P.H. Chief of Geriatrics, Sarasota Memorial Hospital; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine; Medical Director Emeritus, Hospice of Hillsborough, Inc.; Co-Director, Hartford Foundation/American Geriatrics Society Initiative on Practicing Physician Education; Director, Sarasota Memorial Hospital Memory Disorder Clinic; Medical Director, Lakeside Terrace; Medical Director; The Pines of Sarasota
Specialty: Practicing physician education and dementia evaluation/management
Jennifer R. Salmon Ph.D.
Consultant, Aging Research Group, Gulfport, FL
Courtesy Research Assistant Professor, USF School of Aging
Specialty: Long Term Care
Douglas David Schocken, M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine; Professor (Joint Appointment), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida College of Public Health; Courtesy Professor, University of South Florida College of Arts and Sciences, School of Aging Studies; Director, Cardiovascular Services
Specialty: Congestive Heart Failure: Mechanisms and Impacts; Heart Disease in the Elderly; Approaches to Aging and the Cardiovascular System; Preventive Cardiology
Lawrence Schonfeld, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Department of Aging and Mental Health, FMHI
Specialty: Substance Abuse Relapse Prevention; Behavior Management and Quality of Nursing Care in Long Term Care
Paul Stiles, J.D. Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy
Specialty: Ethical and Legal Issues in Aging
Lynn Wecker, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; Professor, Department of Neurology, and Department of Biology, University of South Florida College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
Specialty: Neuropsychopharmacology with a focus on neuronal nicotinic receptors
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