NIA-funded Predoctoral Research Training in Aging
Core Training Faculty
The Core Training faculty are a subset of the
over 300 faculty on the UF campus who conduct research, teaching and
service in aging. This group of individuals is distinguished by several
characteristics:
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Aging (gerontology or geriatrics) is at the core of their professional profile, with substantial funding and published scholarship on aging topics.
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The personal selection of core faculty status, with a concomitant commitment to regularly participate in aging training events, like the colloquium. These faculty members share a desire to submit students for, and mentor students in, the campus-wide aging training program.
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A willingness to serve as a research advisor for students in our various certificate and minor programs, and to teach courses for those programs where possible.
By clicking on individuals' names below, you will be linked to more detailed biosketches for each person.
|
Faculty Member |
Affiliation(s)
|
Research
Concentration
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| Lise Abrams, Ph.D. |
Psychology
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Language comprehension, language production and memory retrieval |
| Lori Altmann, Ph.D. |
Communication Sciences and
Disorders
|
Language in cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease |
| Monika Ardelt, Ph.D. |
Sociology
|
Aging well and dying well, wisdom in old age |
| Russell Bauer, Ph.D., ABPP/CN |
Clinical and Health
Psychology.
|
Adult neuropsychology, memory disorders,epilepsy, emotion, functional neuroimaging. |
| Susan Bluck, Ph.D. |
Center for Gerontological
Studies, Psychology
|
Social cognition, particularly autobiographical memory across the life span. Life Story Lab |
| Dawn Bowers, Ph.D., ABPP |
Clinical and Health
Psychology.
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Affective neuroscience, aging and dementia, stress and memory disorders, emotional disorders in neurologic diseases, epilepsy, forensic neuropsychology. |
| Neale Chumbler, Ph.D. |
VA, Health Services
Administration, Brooks Rehabilitation Center
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Health services research in aging, access to and outcomes of care for rural and minority older adults |
| Manfred Diehl, Ph.D. |
Psychology
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Life-span development: self and personality, social and emotional development |
| Pamela Duncan, Ph.D. |
Brooks Center for
Rehabilitation Studies Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center (VA
HSR&D/RR&D)
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Rehabilitation intervention and outcomes, physical disability in geriatrics: assessment and treatment, falls and imbalance |
| Heather Gibson, Ph.D. |
Recreation, Parks and Tourism
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Contribution of leisure to the well-being of older women |
| John Henretta, Ph.D. |
Sociology
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Retirement, family structure and family exchanges |
| Ann Horgas, RN Ph.D. |
Nursing
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Pain, functional status, cognition, nursing home caregiving |
| Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, Ph.D. |
Sociology
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Family structure, households, health, aging |
| Patricia Kricos, Ph.D. |
Communication Sciences and
Disorders, Center for Gerontological Studies
|
Audiology, hearing rehabilitation for elders with hearing loss |
| William Mann, OTR, Ph.D. |
Occupational Therapy,
Rehabilitation Science
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Compensatory strategies to promote independence among frail elderly |
| Michael Marsiske, Ph.D. |
Clinical & Health
Psychology, Psychology
|
Cognition and everyday competence |
| Christina McCrae, Ph.D. |
Center for Gerontological
Studies, Psychology
|
Sleep and aging, behavioral insomnia treatments |
| Terry Mills, Ph.D. |
Sociology
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Mental health and minority health issues; grandparents and grandchild relationships |
| Meredeth Rowe, RN Ph.D. |
Nursing
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Behavioral problems in community-dwelling persons with dementia |
| Bryan Weber, ARNP, Ph.D. |
Nursing
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Dyadic interventions, elderly, men’s health, prostate cancer, depression, self-efficacy, social support |
| Robin West, Ph.D. |
Center for Gerontological
Studies, Psychology
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Memory training, everyday memory and memory beliefs |
| Carolyn Wilken, Ph.D., M.P.H. |
Family, Youth and Community
Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
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Family and social gerontology, family caregiving, community based educational programs for older adults and their families |
