Major Research Programs
Departments, Centers and Laboratories with major research programs in aging:
| Program | Topics | Key Investigators |
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College of Arts & Sciences |
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| Salthouse Cognitive Aging Laboratory | Normal cognitive aging, memory loss, dementia | Timothy Salthouse |
| Proffitt Perception Laboratory | Brain imaging; Computer aids for memory; Gait studies | Dennis Proffitt |
| Center for Developmental and Health Research Methodology | Quantitative research methodologies; Life-span development, dynamical systems modeling, | John R. Nesselroade, Steven Boker |
| Bloom Laboratory | Cell biological basis of Alzheimer’s Disease | George Bloom |
School of Medicine |
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| Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care | Patient care; End of life care, ethics; Medication and quality of care | Margaret Plews-Ogan, Leslie Blackhall, Khalil Amir, Jonathan Evans |
| Memory Disorders Program | Alzheimer’s Disease; Dementia Drug Development; Neurobiology of memory processes and age-related memory impairment | David S. Geldmacher, Carol Manning |
| Center for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases | Genetic, biochemical and physiological abnormalities in neurodegenerative disease; Mitochondria in aging and neurodegenerative disease | James P. Bennett, W. Davis Parker, Jeremy Tuttle |
| Medical Automation Research Center | In-home monitoring systems, eldercare robotics | Robin Felder |
| Gait and Motion Laboratory | Mobility, fear of falling, and quality of life for the elderly population, supervised exercise | |
| Exercise Physiology Laboratory | Exercise and aging | Art Weltman |
| Endocrinology | Diabetes and aging | Eugene Barrett |
| Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences | Depressions, psychotic disorders | Suzanne Holroyd, Samia Sabeen |
| Corwin Laboratory | Neural regeneration for hearing loss, stroke, Alzheimer’s, and other neurological disorders | Jeffrey Corwin |
| Holt Laboratory | Gene therapy for hearing loss | Jeffrey Holt |
School of Nursing |
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| Acute and Speciality Care | Geriatric Nursing, Wound care; Community health; Delirium and dementia | Karen Rose, Dorothy Tullman, Kathryn Haugh |
| Rural Health Care Research Center | Family caregivers, end-of life decision-making | Ishan Williams, Cathy Campbell |
| Family, Community and Mental Health Systems | Geropsychiatric Nursing | Anita Thompson-Heisterman |
| Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies | Yoga and post-menopause studies | Ann Taylor, Kim Innes, and Cheryl Bourguignon |
School of Law |
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| Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy | Elder Abuse, Voting and Dementia | Thomas Hafemeister, Richard Bonnie |
| Advocacy Clinic for the Elderly | Elder abuse and neglect | Richard Bonnie, Claire Curry |
School of Architecture |
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| EcoMOD Program | Affordable and sustainable housing | John Quale |
School of Engineering and Applied Science |
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| Human Computer Interaction | Patient Safety, Human Factors | Stephanie Guerlain |
| The Walker Project | Pedestrian Mobility Aids | Glenn Wasson, Pradip Sheth |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | Computer assistive technologies; Cognitive assessment monitoring tools; Wearable sensors for non-invasive monitoring | Mircea Stan, James Aylor, John Lach |
| AlarmNet | Wireless sensor networks for assisted living and residential monitoring | John A. Stankovic, Sang Son, Kamin Whitehouse |
| Center for Applied Biomechanics | Elderly crash protection | Richard Kent |
| Biomedical Engineering | Non-invasive medical imaging; Patholody of disease processes in the brain | David Manka, Jack Knight-Scott |