Research Training Grant in Geriatrics and Gerontology - Faculty The five clusters listed below deal with issues that impact on function in older adults, whether through chronic disease or through health systems that care for patients with chronic illnesses. By training fellows in an environment that incorporates these different pathways to a final outcome in a multidisciplinary environment, it is anticipated that trainees will gain new perspectives and benefit from training together. Cardiology Research
Arthur J. Moss, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Community and Preventive Medicine
Director - Heart Research Follow-up Program
Debra Ossip-Klein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine
Chief - Division of Social and Behavioral Medicine
Director - Smoking Research Program
Thomas Pearson, M.D., Ph.D., MPH (Co-PI)
Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine
Chair - Community and Preventive Medicine
Faculty Advisors for Cardiology Research Cluster
William Barker, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Preventive Medicine and Gerontology
Nancy S. Clark, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Neuropsychiatry Research
Yeates Conwell, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Co-Director - Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide (CSPS)
Paul Duberstein, Ph.D.
Director - Laboratory of Personality and Development
Co-Director - Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide (CSPS)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Oncology
Charles J. Duffy, M.D.
Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Ophthalmology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Robert Holloway, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology and Community and Preventive Medicine
Roger Kurlan, M.D.
Professor of Neurology and the Center for Aging and Developmental Biology
Jeffrey M. Lyness, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director - Laboratory of Depression and Medical Comorbidity
Pierre N. Tariot, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, Neurology, and Aging and Developmental Biology
Faculty Advisors for Neuropsychiatry Research Cluster
Kevin McCormick, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director - Geriatrics Outpatient Services at Highland Hospital
Bethel A. Powers, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
Nancy M. Watson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Nursing and Director for the Center for Clinical Research on Aging
Infectious Diseases Research
Ann Falsey, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
John Treanor, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Ed Walsh, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Faculty Advisors for Infectious Disease Research Cluster
Robert McCann, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chair - Department of Medicine at Highland Hospital
Annette M. Medina-Walpole, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director - Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
Oncology Research
John M. Bennett, M.D.
Professor of Oncology in Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Richard I. Fisher, M.D.
Durand Professor of Medicine
Gary Lyman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Oncology
Director - Health Services and Outcomes
Research - James P. Wilmont Cancer Center
Deepak Sahasrabudhe, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Faculty Advisors for Oncology Research Cluster
William J. Hall, M.D. (PI)
Professor of Medicine
Director - Geriatrics Program
Director - Center for Healthy Aging
Daniel Mendelson, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director - Acute Care for the Elders
Timothy E. Quill, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Geriatric Health Systems Research
Alice Pentland, M.D.
James H. Sterner Professor of Dermatology
Chair - Department of Dermatology
Director - Center for Future Health
Helena Temkin-Greener, Ph.D., MPH
Research Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine
Faculty Advisors for Oncology Research Cluster
Bruce Friedman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine
Susan Friedman, M.D, MPH (Co-PI)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Jurgis Karuza, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Paul Katz, M.D. (Co-PI)
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Monroe Community Hospital
T. Franklin Williams, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Medicine

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