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Director
Brenda J. Claiborne
 

Executive Committee
Edwin Barea-Rodriguez
David Jaffe
Ashley Love
Judy Teale

Staff
Kimberly Ann Walsh


Biology Department
Bernard Arulanandam
   Immune function in aging
Steve Austad
   Comparative models of aging
Edwin Barea-Rodriguez
   Neurobiology: oxidative stress, molecular
   mechanisms, caloric restriction, synaptic plasticity,
   comparative models
Aaron Cassill
   Cell/molecular biology; regulation of signal
   transduction cascades
James Chambers
   Alzheimer’s disease
Brenda Claiborne
   Neurobiology: neuron structure and function,
   estrogen replacement therapy
Garry Cole
   Immune function in aging
Brian Derrick
   Adult stem cells, plasticity in aging
Kathryn Fischbach
   Alzheimer’s disease, transgenic mouse models
Thomas Forsthuber
   Immune function in aging
Chiung-yu Hung
   Immune function in aging
David Jaffe
   Neurobiology: calcium homeostasis, caloric
   restriction, synaptic plasticity
Richard Le Baron
   Neurobiology: molecular mechanisms
Martha Lundell
   Molecular mechanisms, genomic instability,
   comparative models
Andrew Martinez
   Alzheimer’s disease, transgenic mouse models
Stephanie McFall
   Health care and the elderly
Marilyn McGinnis
   Neurobiology of aging, action of steroids
Clyde F. Phelix
   Anatomy; molecular neurobiology of cardiovascular
   disease
Rama Ratnam
   Neurobiology: auditory system in aging
Robert Renthal
   Molecular mechanisms, comparative models
David M. Senseman
   Neurophysiology; optical imaging, neural networks
David W. Smith
   Statistical monitoring of health outcomes in the
   community, long term care, and acute care
Garry Sunter
   DNA replication
Judy Teale
   Immune function in aging
Andrew Tsin
   Age-related macular degeneration
Matthew Wayner
   Neurobiology of aging in spinal motoneurons
Tao Wei
   Molecular mechanisms, comparative models
Nicole Wicha
   Cognitive neuroscience of aging; aging and bilingualism
Anthropology Department
Elizabeth de la Portilla
   Emotional and physical progression of Mexican-American
   impoverished elderly women

Applied Mathematics Department
Mary Lou Zeeman
   Menopause, mathematical models of menstrual cycle,
   comparative models

Communication Department
Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles
   Qualitative examination of the interpersonal processes
   occurring in the context of death and dying

Counseling, Educational Psychology, Adult & Higher Education Department
Albert A. Valadez
   Elderly, diabetes, Mexican-American, health care
   disparities

Health and Kinesiology Department
Ashley Love
   Health disparities in aging, health quality of life in
   aging, mental health/obesity

Management Science and Statistics Department
Steve Murdock
   Demographics of aging
Daijin Ko
   Bioinformatics, biostatistics, microarray and
   proteomic data analysis, data mining

Mechanical Engineering Department
Xiaodu Wang
   Age-related changes in bone remodeling vs.
   bone quality

Psychology Department
Brenda Hannon
   Age-related differences in higher-level cognitive
   processes for learning and retaining information

Rebekah Smith
   Cognitive aging with a focus on memory;
   multinomial modeling

 

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