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Below is a listing of current students and graduates from the
Ph.D. in Aging Studies program. Click on the persons name to learn more about
what they do at the University of South Florida.
Current Students
| Name |
Area of Interest |
| Elizabeth Bergman |
Family caregiver and bereavement interventions and service utilization; end-of-life issues; hospice and palliative care; stress and coping in the context of the aging family; gender and multicultural aspects of aging. |
| Lindsay Bratsman |
End of life care, music therapy for older adults, harp music as palliative care for the dying, hospice caregivers, proxy ratings, mixed methods research techniques, and spirituality/religion |
| Cathy Emmett |
End of Life Decision Making, Caregiving, Bereavement. |
| Elizabeth Gagnon |
Memory in normal aging adults, especially in the area of false memories, memory decline, and cognitive impairment. |
| Tiffany Hughes |
The influence of lifestyle on cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease. |
| Yang Ji |
Trends and patterns of health and disease outcomes.
Social antecedents of health outcomes in later life.
Persistent health inequalities in later life.
Demography of Aging. |
| Melissa Lunsman |
Stress and coping in MCI patients and care partners;Creativity, dementia, and arts interventions; and Psychometrics (scale development). |
| Nancy Lynn |
Mental/behavioral health issues, quality of life, social support. |
| Brianne McCarthy Stanback |
Older offenders, aging of special populations, aging and public policy, international geronotology, socio-cultural aging. |
| Catherine McCarty |
Hospice Utilization for persons with Alzheimer’s disease; palliation and quality of life for Alzheimer’s disease. |
| Whitney Mills |
Helping older adults maintain their independence and quality of life, housing. |
| Chivon Mingo |
Health Disparities with a concentration in arthritis research. |
| Elizabeth Perkins |
Aging with intellectual disabilities; quality of life for family caregivers of adults with intellectual disabilities and their care recipients. |
| Karon Phillips |
Cultural Competence in the health care system
Mental Health Disparities
Health Policy |
| Kerri Sharp Rawson |
Genetic risks of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Pathogenesis of cognitive decline.
Neuropsychological testing for dementia. |
| April Slack |
Staffing and turnover in nursing homes.
Quality of care in long-term care.
Utilization of long-term care services. |
| Kali Thomas |
Quality of Care in Long-Term Care; Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery in Long-Term Care Facilities. |
| Elizabeth Vongxaiburana |
Alzheimer's- related Dementia, Pain Manangement in Long Term Care; Medical Ethics, Humanities and Healthcare. |
| Jessica Yeakle |
End-of-Life, Advance Care Planning, Quality-of-Life, Cognitive Impairment, Improving Physician-Patient Relationships. |
Our Recent Graduates
| Name |
Area of Interest |
| Wendy Anemaet |
The effect of exercise on the molecular and tissue level pathophysiology of osteoarthritis. |
| Linda Albert |
Economic aspects of aging. |
| Allison Burton |
End of Life Issues, specifically hospice care, bereavement, and family caregiving; Interventions for family caregivers. |
| Hongbin Chen |
Treatment decision making in
elderly cancer patients. |
| Edith Dopking |
Aging with a disability,
exercise physiology, and recreation. |
| Celinda Evitt |
Fear of falling in the elderly, wound care, wellness. |
| Deborah Gavin-Dreschnack |
Ergonomics, adaptive seating, and long term care. |
| Karen Gosche |
Radiology and pathology
of Alzheimer's disease. |
| Deborah Hedgecock |
Quality of life in nursing home patients. |
| Beth Hui Han |
Self-reported health in the elderly. |
| Linda Henderson |
Chronic diseases in Native American elders. |
| Giyeon Kim |
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health. |
| Yanen Li |
Mental health
care for the elderly. |
| Yuri Jang |
Psychosocial resources, physical
and mental health, culture and diversity. |
| Jung Kwak |
Diversity issues in end-of-life
care. |
| Julie Malphurs |
Homicidal and suicidal behavior
of older adults. |
| D. Helen Moore |
Prognostic factors in hospice admission. |
| Katie Petrossi |
"Lifestyle choices" in long-term care settings. |
| Mihaela Popa |
Health preventive behaviors for chronic diseases in the
socio-economic and cultural context. |
| Christopher Rosnick |
Cognition and aging, end-of-life decision-making. |
| Claire Robb |
Mental health policy, alternative
mental health care delivery. |
| Lori Roscoe |
Medical issues and
end-of-life decision making. |
| Frances Sahebzamani |
Women's health, cardiovascular
risk and disease. |
| Jennifer Salmon |
Quality of life in long term care. |
| Carla Vandeweerd |
Financial exploitation of older
adults. |
| Keren Vergon |
How participation in religious rituals may influence human development, especially in old age. |
| Helen Zayac |
Community and city
planning for aging populations. |
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