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    Howard Aizenstein
    Assistant Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry
    MD, MPH
    Area of Interest:Neuroimaging of depression

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: aizenstein@upmc.edu

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    Steven Albert
    Professor, Public Health

    Area of Interest:Caregiving, Disability, Quality of Life

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: smalbert@pitt.edu

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    Derek Angus
    Professor, Medicine- Critical Care

    Area of Interest:Survival function and quality of life after intensive care

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: angusdc@ccm.upmc.edu

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    Steve Austad
    Professor, Cell and Structural Biology
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Long lived animal models

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Amber Barnato
    Assistant Professor, General Medicine

    Area of Interest:Hospital variation in use of agressive therapies in Medicare recipients

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: barnatoae@upmc.edu

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    Ashok Bharucha
    Assistant Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry

    Area of Interest:Agression in nursing homes

    Pittsburgh, PA 
    Phone: 412-624-5320
    Email: bharuchaaj@upmc.edu

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    Jennifer Brach
    Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy

    Area of Interest:Gait variability

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: jbrach@pitt.edu

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    Joyce Bromberger
    Professor, Public Health

    Area of Interest:Women's health and aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: brombergerjt@upmc.edu

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    Daniel Busse
    Geriatric Psychiatry

    Area of Interest:Insomnia

    Pittsburgh, PA 


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    Meryl Butters
    Assistant Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry

    Area of Interest:Cognition and depression

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: buttersma@upmc.edu

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    Nick Castle
    Assistant Professor, Public Health

    Area of Interest:Long-term care quality

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: castlen@pitt.edu

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    Rakie Cham
    Assistant Professor, Engineering
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Balance, biomechanics, aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: chamr@upmc.edu

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    Yvette Conley
    Public Health

    Area of Interest: Genetic basis of aging, Epidemiology

    Pittsburgh, PA 


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    Howard Degenholz
    Assistant Professor, Public Health

    Area of Interest: Quality of life in nursing homes

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: degenholtzhb@upmc.edu

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    David Espino
    Professor, Family and Community Medicine
    MD
    Area of Interest: Studies of elder Mexican Americans examining sociocultural and biomedica

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Sara Espinoza
    Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
    MD


    San Antonio, TX 

    Email: espinozas2@uthscsa.edu

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    Mark B. Evers
    UTMB- Geriatric Medicine
    MD


    Galveston, TX 

    Email: mevers@utmb.edu

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    Robert Ferrell
    Professor
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Geriatric epidemiology of musculoskeletal aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: rferrell@mail.hgen.pitt.edu

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    Alfred Fisher
    Assistant Professor, Geriatric Medicine

    Area of Interest: Genetic regulation of aging and lifespan in C Elegans

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: fishera@dom.pitt.edu

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    Jean Freeman
    UTMB- Geriatric Medicine
    PhD


    Galveston, TX 

    Email: jfreeman@utmb.edu

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    Joseph Furman
    Professor, ENT, Neurology
    MD, PhD
    Area of Interest: Vestibular disease and aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: furmanjm@upmc.edu

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    Mary Ganguli
    Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry
    MD, MPH
    Area of Interest: Epidemiology of late life mental disorders, including dementia and mild cognitive impairment

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: gangulim@upmc.edu

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    Robert B Gibbs
    Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Ph.D.
    Area of Interest: Cholinergic lesions and cognitive impairment

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: gibbsr@pitt.edu

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    Bret H. Goodpaster
    Assistant Professor, Endocrinology and Metabolism
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Body composition, muscle quality, exercise

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: goodpaster@msx.dept-med.pitt.edu

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    Steven T Graham
    Professor of Neurology
    M.D., PhD
    Area of Interest: Neural injury after ischemia and anoxia

    Pittsburgh, PA 


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    Susan L. Greenspan
    Professor, Geriatric Medicine, Endocrinology
    MD
    Area of Interest: Osteoporosis

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: greenspans@dom.pitt.edu

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    Martica Hall
    Geriatric Psychiatry

    Area of Interest: Sleep and caregivers

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: hallmm@upmc.edu

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    Steven M. Handler
    Assistant Professor, Geriatric Medicine
    MD, MS
    Area of Interest: Adverse drug reactions in long-term care

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: handlers@dom.pitt.edu

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    Joseph  T. Hanlon
    Professor, Geriatric Medicine
    PharmD, MS
    Area of Interest: Suboptimal drug use

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: hanlonj@dom.pitt.edu

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    Susan Hardy
    Assistant Professor, Geriatric Medicine

    Area of Interest: Unstable disability

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: seh46@pitt.edu

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    Scotte R Hartronft
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care
    MD, FACP


    San Antonio, TX 
    Phone: 210-617-5311
    Email: scotte.hartronft@med.va.gov
    Fax: 210-617-5312

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    Helen Hazuda
    Professor, Medicine
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Disability in diverse aging populations

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Peter Hornsby
    Professor, Physiology
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Novel techniques to study cellular aging

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Monica Horton
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine and GRECC
    MD
    Area of Interest: Geriatric quality improvement programs for patients at the Geriatric and

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Said Ibrahim
    Assistant Professor, General Medicine

    Area of Interest: Hip replacement surgery decision making, disparities

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: ibrahimsa@upmc.edu

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    Emily Jaffe
    Assistant Professor, Geriatric Medicine
    MD, MBA
    Area of Interest: End of life care

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: ejjaffe@hotmail.com

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    Anand Karnad
    Professor, Medicine
    MD
    Area of Interest: Cancer Clinical Trials in the Elderly

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Michael Katz
    Professor, Medicine and GRECC
    MD
    Area of Interest: Cellular signaling in aging and age-related diseases

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Dean Kellogg
    Associate Professor, Medicine and GRECC
    MD, PhD
    Area of Interest: Cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology

    San Antonio, TX 


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    William Klunk
    Associate Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry

    Area of Interest: PET imaging and dementia

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: klunkwe@upmc.edu

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    Lewis Kuller
    Professor, Public Health

    Area of Interest: Cardiovascular aging, healthy aging, epidemiology of aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: kullerl@edc.pitt.edu

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    C. Kent Kwoh
    Professor, Rheumatology

    Area of Interest: Osteoarthritis, disparities

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: kwoh@pitt.edu

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    Pamela Larsen
    Associate Professor, Cell and Structural Biology
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Aging and dauer development in C. Elegans

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Michael Lichtenstein
    Professor, Medicine and GCRC
    MD
    Area of Interest: Education research, measurement techniques

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Feng Liu
    Associate Professor, Pharmacology
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Insulin signal transduction pathway

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Oscar Lopez
    Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry
    M.D.
    Area of Interest: Mild cognitive impairment, neuroimaging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: lopezol@upmc.edu

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    Robert Marciniak
    Assistant Professor, Medicine
    MD, PhD
    Area of Interest: Molecular biology of aging and mechanisms of telomere maintenance in human cancers

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Kyriakos Markidedes
    UTMB- Sociomedical Sciences
    PhD


    Galveston, TX 

    Email: kmarkide@utmb.edu

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    Lynn Martire
    Geriatric Psychiatry

    Area of Interest: Late life chronic illness and family relationships

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: martire@pitt.edu

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    Chester Mathis
    Professor, Radiology
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Amyloid imaging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: mathisca@upmc.edu

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    Karen Matthews
    Professor, Public Health

    Area of Interest: Women's health and aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 


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    Eric Milbrandt
    Assistant Professor, Medicine Critical Care

    Area of Interest: Delirium in intensive care

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: milbrandteb@upmc.edu

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    Timothy Monk
    Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry

    Area of Interest: Sleep disorders

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: thm@pitt.edu

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    Robert Nebes
    Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Mild cognitive impairment

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: nebesrd@upmc.edu

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    James Nelson
    Professor, Physiology
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Endocrine and neuroendocrine effects on aging

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Anne B. Newman
    Professor, Public Health, Epidemiology, Geriatric Medicine
    MD, MPH
    Area of Interest: Healthy aging, body composition, cardiovascular aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: newmana@edc.pitt.edu

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    Laura Niedernhofer
    Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry

    Area of Interest: DNA crosslinks, cancer and aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: niedernh@pitt.edu

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    Eric Nofzinger


    Area of Interest: Neurobiology of sleep

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: nofzingerea@upmc.edu

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    Kenneth Ottenbacher
    UTMB- Geriatric Medicine
    PhD


    Galveston, TX 

    Email: kottenba@utmb.edu

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    John Papaconstantinou
    UTMB- Biomedical Sciences
    PhD


    Galveston, TX 

    Email: jpapacon@utmb.edu

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    Olivia Pereira-Smith
    Professor, Cell and Structural Biology
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Using in vitro aging in cell culture, molecular and biochemical techniques

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Jacqueline Pugh
    Professor, Medicine
    MD
    Area of Interest: Medical evidence in clinical practice

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Mukaila Raji
    UTMB- Geriatric Medicine
    MD


    Galveston, TX 

    Email: muraji@utmb.edu

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    Mark Redfern
    Professor, Engineering, ENT
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Balance, biomechanics, aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: redfernms@upmc.edu

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    Neil Resnick
    Professor, Geriatric Medicine
    MD
    Area of Interest: Urinary incontinence

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: hodgesk@dom.pitt.edu

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    Arlan Richardson


    Area of Interest: Oxidative stress/damage in aging

    San Antonio, TX 


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    James Roberts
    Professor, Pharmacology
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Growth factors in the aging brain

    San Antonio, TX 


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    David  Roodman
    Professor, Medicine

    Area of Interest: Osteoclasts

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: roodmangd@upmc.edu

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    Caterina Rosano
    Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
    MD, MPH
    Area of Interest: Neuroimaging, mobility, cognition

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: rosanoc@upmc.edu

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    Jules Rosen
    Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry

    Area of Interest: Nursing home organization

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: rosenjl@upmc.edu

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    Jeanette Ross
    Affiliate assistant Professor department of Family and Community Medicine University Of Texas Health Science center at San Antonio
    MD


    San Antonio, TX 

    Email: rossj@uthscsa.edu

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    Sandra Sanchez-Reilly
    Assistant Professor, Medicine and GRECC
    MD
    Area of Interest: Interdisciplinary model programs, Geriatric oncology and Geriatric palliative care

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Mark Sanders
    Medicine

    Area of Interest: Obstructive sleep apnea and the metabolic syndrome

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: sandersmh@upmc.edu

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    Judith Saxton
    Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry

    Area of Interest: Neuropsychology of aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: saxtonja@upmc.edu

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    Jason Schillestrom
    Assistant Professor UTHSCSA
    MD


    San Antonio, TX 
    Phone: (210) 567-5453
    Email: schillerstr@uthscsa.edu

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    Richard Schulz
    Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry, UCSUR
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Caregiving in dementia and disabling diseases

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: schulz@pitt.edu

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    Paula Shireman
    Assistant Professor, Medicine
    MD
    Area of Interest: Inflammatory mediated mechanisms of skeletal muscle regeneration

    San Antonio, TX 


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    James Smith
    Professor, Pathology
    PhD
    Area of Interest: In vivo and in vitro cellular aging

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Patrick Sparto
    Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy
    PT, PhD
    Area of Interest: Virtual reality for balance and aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: psparto@pitt.edu

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    J. R. Strong
    Associate Professor, Pharmacology and GRECC
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Catecholamine regulating in aging and disease

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Kim Tyrrell
    Public Health

    Area of Interest: Subclinical atherosclerosis in women

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: tyrrellk@pitt.edu

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    Holly VanRemmen
    Assistant Professor, Cell and Structural Biology
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Mitochondrial oxidative stress in an established mouse model of ALS

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Jessie VanSwearingen
    Associate Professor, Physical Therapy
    PhD, PT
    Area of Interest: Exercise for balance and mobility

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: jessievs@pitt.edu

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    Elena Volpi
    UTMB- Geriatric Medicine
    MD, MPH


    Galveston, TX 

    Email: evolpi@utmb.edu

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    Christi Walter
    Professor, Cell and Structural Biology
    PhD
    Area of Interest: Impact of DNA repair on mutagenesis and pathology relative to age

    San Antonio, TX 


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    Debra K. Weiner
    Associate Professor, GeriatricMedicine
    MD
    Area of Interest: Chronic pain, musculoskeletal disease

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: weiner@dom.pitt.edu

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    Ellen Whyte
    Assistant Professor, Geriatric Psychiatry
    MD
    Area of Interest: Post stroke depression and apathy

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: whyteem@upmc.edu

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    Michael J. Zigmond
    Professor, Neurology
    Ph.D.
    Area of Interest: Neurobiology of Parkinson's disease and aging

    Pittsburgh, PA 

    Email: zigmond@pitt.edu

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