Clin-STAR Interest Group Members

Members, Frailty Research SIG

Adam Faye, MD, MS (Co-Chair), NYU Langone Health (gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel diseases)

Ariela R. Orkaby, MD, MPH (Co-Chair), Harvard, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (geriatrics and preventive cardiology)

Maheen Abidi, MD, FAST, CU Denver (infectious diseases)

Hawa Abu, MD, PhD, MPH, University of Massachusetts Medical School (geriatrics, public health)

Imran Ali, MD, MS, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (geriatrics, focus: geriatric oncology)

Nicole (Nikki) Bart, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (cardiology)

Scott Bauer, MD, MSc, University of California, San Francisco (internal medicine, translational epidemiology, geriatric urology)

Nathan Brummel, MD, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (critical care medicine, pulmonary disease)

Kathryn E. Callahan, MD, MS, Wake Health (geriatrics)

Charles Semelka, MD, MS, Wake Forest School of Medicine (geriatrics)

Stephanie Cham, MD, University of California, San Francisco (gynecology oncology)

Tenzin Choden, MD, MS, University of Chicago (gastroenterology)

Isaac Chua, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School, DFCI (palliative care)

Janice Chyou, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital (cardiology)

Kristin Colling, MD, FACS, Essentia Health-Saint Mary's Medical Center (trauma, critical care surgery)

Avery Dakin, PhD, MS, SLP, New York University (speech language pathology)

Clark DuMontier, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women's Hospital (geriatrics)

Kristine Erlandson, MD, UC Denver (infectious diseases)

Ciaran M. Fairman, PhD, CSCS, CET, University of South Carolina (exercise and oncology)

David R. Friedmann, MD, MSc, New York University (otolaryngology)

Julia Gallagher, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital (geriatrics and palliative care)

Rasheeda Hall, MD, MBA, MHS, Duke University School of Medicine (nephrology)

Rachel Hadler, MD, Emory University (anesthesiology)

Nelia Jain, MD, MA, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (palliative medicine)

Kian Keyashian, MD, Stanford (gastroenterology)

Bharati Kochar, MD, MS, Mass General Hospital (gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel diseases)

Angela S. Koh, MBBS, MPH, Duke-National University of Singapore (cardiology)

Brittany Koons, PhD, RN, Villanova University (cardiothoracic surgical ICU)

Ashok Krishnaswami, MD, MAS, Kaiser Permanente-San Jose Medical Center (cardiology)

Jennifer O. Lam, PhD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Northern California (epidemiology)

Sarah B. Lieber, MD, MS, Hospital for Special Surgery (rheumatology)

Shin Liau, PhD candidate, Monash University (pharmacy PhD candidate)

Chiung-ju (CJ) Liu, PhD, OTR/L, FGSA, University of Florida (occupational therapy)

Rachel Litke, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (neuroscience)

Julia Loewenthal, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (geriatric medicine)

Maria Lucia Madariaga, MD, University of Chicago (surgery)

Mary Clare Masters, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (infectious diseases)

Nabiel Mir, MD, UChicago Medicine (geriatrics, oncology, and pharmaceutical sciences)

Elena Myasoedova, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic (rheumatology)

Devika Nair, MD, MSCI, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (nephrology)

Michael Nanna, MD, MHS, Yale School of Medicine (cardiology)

Tu Nguyen, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC, University of Sydney (geriatric cardiology)

Chan Mi Park, MD, Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Harvard Medical School (geriatrics)

Anna Parks, MD, University of Utah (geriatrics, hematology)

Andrew S. Perry, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (cardiology)

Sarah P. Psutka, MD, MS, University of Washington (urology/oncology)

Raele Donetha Loy, PhD, CCC-SLP, University of Wisconsin (speech language pathology)

Daniel S. Rubin, MD, University of Chicago (anesthesiology)

Sarah E. Sansom, DO, Rush University Medical Center (epidemiology, infectious disease)

Sebastian E. Sattui, MD, MS, University Pittsburgh Medical Center (rheumatology/immunology)

Benjamin Seligman, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles (geriatrics)

Anjali Sharma, MD, MS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (internal medicine, infectious disease)

Anoop Sheshadri, MD, UCSF Health (nephrology)

Sandra Shi, MD, Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Harvard University (geriatrics)

Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP, University of Washington (rheumatology)

Brocha Z. Stern, PhD, OTR, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (occupational therapy)

Smrithi Sukumar, MD, Harvard, Mass General Brigham (cardiology)

Shaleen Thakur, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (resident)

Mayra S. Tisminetzky, MPH, MD, PhD, UMass Chen Medical School (epidemiology)

Katherine Wysham, MD, University of Washington (rheumatology)

Brandon A. Yates, PhD (ABD), Indiana University School of Medicine (geroscience, physical medicine and rehabilitation)

Members, Inflammation SIG

Adam Faye, MD, MS, NYU Langone Health (gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel diseases) (Co-Chair)

Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP, University of Washington (rheumatology) (Co-Chair)

Katrina Abuabara, MD, MA, MSCE, UCSF Health (dermatology)

Maheen Abidi, MD, FAST, Mayo (infectious disease)

Brian J. Andonian, MD, MHSc, Duke University (rheumatology)

Eileen Mary Boyle, MD, MSc, University College London (hematology oncology)

Tenzin Choden, MD, MS, University of Chicago (gastroenterology)

James F. Colbert, MD, UT Southwestern (infectious disease)

Angela Collins MD, PhD, The Ohio State University (orthopaedic surgery)

Jessica Elia, DPT, University of California, San Francisco (physical therapy)

Tullika Garg, MD, MPH, FACS, Johns Hopkins University (urologic oncology)

Joseph Hippensteel, MD, UC Denver (pulmonary and critical care)

Kimson E. Johnson, PhD, MA, MSW, University of Michigan Institution for Social Research (geriatrics, public health, social work, sociology)

Kian Keyashian, MD, Stanford (gastroenterology)

Bharati Kochar, MD, MS, Mass General Hospital (gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel diseases)

Sara C. LaHue, MD, University of California, San Francisco (neurology)

Jiha Lee, MD, MHS, University of Michigan (rheumatology)

Rachel Litke, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (neuroscience)

Charles V. Mobb, PhD, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine (neuroscience, endocrinology)

Upal Roy, PhD, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (ID drug scientist)

Joseph Scarpa, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine (anesthesiology)

Sebastian E. Sattui, MD, MS, University Pittsburgh Medical Center (rheumatology)

Charles Semelka, MD, MS, Wake Forest School of Medicine (geriatrics)

Anoop Sheshadri, MD, MAS, Mayo Clinic (nephrology)

Katherine Wysham, MD, University of Washington (rheumatology)

Heidi Zapata, MD, PhD, Yale University (infectious disease)

Yinan Zhang, MD, MS, The Ohio State University (neurology)

Members, Delirium SIG

Sara LaHue, MD, University of California San Francisco (neurology) (co-chair)

Heidi Lindroth, PhD, RN, Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota (nursing, geriatrics, intensive care medicine) (co-chair)

Thiago Avelino Da Silva, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco (geriatrics)

Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSc, Mayo Clinic Rochester (emergency medicine)

Martin F Casey, MD MPH, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (emergency medicine)

Michael Devinney, MD, PhD, Duke University (anesthesiology/CCM)

Maya N. Elias, PhD, MA, RN, University of Washington (nursing)

Hina Faisal, MD, MBBS, MRCS, Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute (anesthesiology)

Mikita Fuchita, MD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (anesthesiology, intensive care medicine)

Lei Gao, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital (anesthesiology)

Candida Goodnough, MD, PhD, Stanford University (anesthesiology)

Joseph Hippensteel, MD, MS, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (intensive care medicine, pulmonology)

Farah Acher Kaiksow, MD, MPP, FHM, University of Wisconsin-Madison (hospital medicine)

Sikandar H. Khan, MS, DO, Indiana University (pulmonology and critical care medicine)

John Newman, MD, PhD, Buck Institute (geriatrics, basic science)

Allyson Palmer, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic Rochester (geriatrician, hospitalist)

Chani Mi Park, MD, MPH, Hebrew Senior Life, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (geriatrics, epidemiology)

Kevin T. Pritchard, PhD, OTR, Harvard University (occupational therapy, epidemiology)

Jessica Y. Rove, MD, University of Colorado (cardiothoracic surgery)

Katie J. Schenning, MD, MPH, MCR, Oregon Health & Science University (anesthesiology)

Rachel M. Skains, MD, MSPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham (emergency medicine)

S. Kendall Smith, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis (anesthesiology)

Mfon E. Umoh, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (geriatrics)

Sophia Wang, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine (psychiatry)

Brandon A. Yates, PhD (ABD), Indiana University School of Medicine (geroscience, physical medicine and rehabilitation)

Wenhui (Vivian) Zhang, RN, MS, PhD, Emory University (nursing, biostatistics)

Members, Exercise and Lifestyle Medicine SIG

Laura A. Baehr, PT, DPT, PhD, Temple University College of Public Health (physical therapy) (incoming co-chair)

Sarah B. Lieber, MD, MS, Hospital for Special Surgery (rheumatology) (incoming co-chair)

Brian J Andonian, MD, MHSc, Duke University School of Medicine (co-chair) (rheumatology)

Rebecca Lassell, PhD, OTR/L, Indiana University School of Public Health (occupational therapy) (co-chair)

Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, MBBS, MHS, Duke University School of Medicine (endocrinology)

Myeongjin (Jin) Bae, PhD, Stony Brook Medicine (postdoc/neurology dept)

Scott Bauer, MD, MSc, University of California, San Francisco (internal medicine, translational epidemiology, geriatric urology)

Hayley Belli, PhD, New York University, Department of Population Health (biostatistician/behavioral economics)

Hayley Billingsley, MS, RD, CEP, Virginia Commonwealth University (dietician, exercise physiologist, rehab science)

Richard Boyer, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine (anesthesiology)

Jennifer S. Brach, PhD, PT, FAPTA, University of Pittsburgh (physical therapy)

Katherine Carroll Britt, PhD, MSN, RN, University of Pennsylvania (nursing)

Nathan Brummel, MD, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (critical care medicine, pulmonary disease)

Ryan Castoro, DO, University of Missouri (physical medicine & rehabilitation, neuromuscular medicine)

Mirnova E. Ceide, MD, MS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center (psychiatry)

Tony Chao, PT, DPT, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch (physical therapy)

Keith R. Cole, PT, DPT, PhD, MBiomedE, OCS, Vanderbilt University (physical therapy, physical fitness, physiotherapy)

Sudeshna A. Chatterjee, PT, PhD, Drexel University (physical therapy)

Cristina Colón-Semenza, PT, MPT, PhD, University of Connecticut (physical therapy, rehabilitation scientist)

Janice Chyou, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital (cardiology)

James P. Crick, Jr, DPT, PhD, The Ohio State University (physical therapy)

Avery Dakin, PhD, MS, SLP, Columbia University (speech language pathology)

Natalie F. Douglas, PhD, CCC-SLP, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (speech language pathology)

Pamela M. Dunlap, DPT, PhD, University of Pittsburgh (physical therapy)

Jessica Elia, DPT, University of California, San Francisco (physical therapy)

Kristen L. Fessele, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, AOCN, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (nursing)

Karen L. Fortuna, MSW, PhD, Dartmouth (social work)

Kelly Freeman, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, DipACLM, FACLM, American College of Lifestyle Medicine (geriatric nursing)

Megan E. Gately, PhD, OTD, OTR, New England GRECC (occupational therapy)

Anna Y. Grasso, OTD, MS, OTR/L, CAPS, ECHM, Drexel University (occupational therapy)

Katrina R. Hamilton, PhD, Johns Hopkins Medicine (experimental health psychology)

Rashelle Hoffman, PT, DPT, PhD, Creighton University (physical therapy)

Scott Hummel, MD, MS, University of Michigan (cardiology)

Minjee Kim, MD, Northwestern (neurology)

Shanika (Oshedi) Jayakody, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (physical therapy)

Tara C. Klinedinst, PhD, OTR/L, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (occupational therapy)

Angela S. Koh, MBBS, MPH, Duke-National University of Singapore (cardiology)

Chiung-ju (CJ) Liu, PhD, OTR/L, FGSA, University of Florida (occupational therapy)

Julia Loewenthal, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (geriatric medicine)

Marissa F Lyon, PT, DPT, PhD, University of New England (physical therapy)

Ryan A. Mace, PhD, Harvard Medical School/Mass General Hospital (psychology)

Una Makris, MD, MSc, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (rheumatology)

Matthew Miller, PT, DPT, PhD, University of California, San Francisco (physical therapy)

Christopher L. Mosher, MD, MHS, Duke University (pulmonary and critical care)

Elena Myasoedova, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic (rheumatology)

Annalisa Na, PT, PhD, DPT, Drexel University (physical therapy)

An Nguyen, OTD, OTR/L, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (occupational therapy)

Elizabeth Orsega-Smith, PhD, FSBM, University of Delaware (biobehavioral health)

Darina V. Petrovsky, PhD, RN, Duke University (nursing)

Chava Pollak, PhD, RN, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (nursing research fellow)

Kevin T. Pritchard, PhD, OTR, Harvard University (occupational therapy, epidemiology)

Anoop Sheshadri, MD, Mayo Clinic (nephrology)

Tue Te, MD, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles (pulmonology and critical care medicine)

Kamal C. Wagle, MD, MPH, Indiana University School of Medicine (family medicine, geriatrics)

Vivian H. Wang, PhD, RD, New York University (nutrition research, dietician)

Mariana Wingood, PT, DPT, PhD, MPH, VA Boston Healthcare System (physical therapy)

Brandon A. Yates, PhD (ABD), Harvard Medical School (exercise physiology)

Members, Aging and Perioperative Research Group

Gretchen Schwarze, MD, MPP, FACS, University of Wisconsin-Madison (vascular, trauma surgery) (mentor)

Maria Lucia Madariaga, MD, University of Chicago (thoracic surgery) (co-chair)

Daniel Rubin, MD, University of Chicago (anesthesiology) (co-chair)

Owoicho Adogwa, MD, MPH, University of Cincinnati (neurosurgery)

Tanya Anand MD, MPH, MT(ASCP), FACS, University of Arizona (trauma, critical care, emergency surgery)

Emma Barber, MD, MS, Northwestern University (gynecologic oncology surgery)

Courtney Balentine, MD, MPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison (endocrine surgery)

Julia Berian, MD, MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison (colorectal surgery)

Tasce Bongiovanni, MD, MPP, University of California San Francisco (surgery)

Richard Boyer, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine (anesthesiology)

Christy E. Cauley, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Hospital (colorectal surgery)

Stephanie Cham, MD, University of California, San Francisco (gynecology oncology)

Arielle Cimeno, MD, University of Chicago (transplant surgery)

Kristin Colling, MD, FACS, Essentia Health-Saint Mary's Medical Center (trauma, critical care surgery)

Angela Collins MD, PhD, The Ohio State University (orthopaedic surgery)

Jessica N. Cohan, MD, MAS, FACS, University of Utah (colorectal surgery)

Courtney Collins, MD, Ohio State University (surgery)

Michael Devinney, MD, PhD, Duke University (anesthesiology)

David R. Friedmann, MD, MSc, New York University (otolaryngology)

Mikita Fuchita, MD, University of Colorado (anesthesiology, intensive care)

Julia Gallagher, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital (geriatrics and palliative care)

Laura A. Graham, PhD, MPH, Stanford Medicine (health services research)

Hadiza S. Kazaure, MD, Duke University (endocrine surgery)

Lei Gao, MBBS, Massachusetts General Hospital (anesthesiology)

Tullika Garg, MD, MPH, Penn State Health (urology)

Joanna Grudziak, MD, MPH, University of Utah (surgery, critical care)

Ira Leeds, MD, Yale University (colorectal surgery)

Christina Ahn Minami, MD, MS, Brigham and Women's Hospital (surgical oncology)

Allyson Palmer, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic Rochester (geriatrician, hospitalist)

Gabriela C. Poles, MD, MPH, University of Rochester (colorectal surgery)

Carmen Quatman, MD, PhD, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (orthopedic surgery)

Anaïs Rameau, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College (otolaryngology)

Kimberly F. Rengel, MD, MSCI, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (anesthesiology)

Danny S. Roh, MD, PhD, Boston University Medical Campus (plastic surgery)

Jessica Rove, MD, University of Colorado (cardiothoracic surgery)

Vivek Sant, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (surgery)

Joseph Scarpa, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine (anesthesiology)

Katie J. Schenning, MD, MPH, MCR, Oregon Health & Science University (anesthesiology)

Carolyn Dacey Seib, MD, MAS, Stanford University (surgery)

Abigail Shatkin-Margolis, MD, University of California, San Francisco (urogynecology)

Aditya Shirali, MD, FACS, University of Florida College of Medicine (endocrinology, surgery)

S. Kendall Smith, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis (anesthesiology)

Arissa Torrie, MD, MHS, University of Maryland School of Medicine (anesthesiology)

Brocha Z. Stern, PhD, OTR, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (occupational therapy)

Victoria Tang, MD, MS, University of California, San Francisco (geriatrics)

Brooks V. Udelsman, MD, MHS, Keck School of Medicine of USC (thoracic surgery)

Adela Wu, MD, Stanford University (neurosurgery)

Members, Social Determinants Research Interest Group

Laura A. Baehr, PT, DPT, PhD, Temple University (physical therapy)

Ayomide Okanlawon Bankole, PhD, RN, Duke University (nursing)

Ece Bayram, MD, PhD, University of Colorado, Denver (neurology)

Tasce Bongiovanni, MD, MPP, University of California, San Francisco (surgery)

David Camacho, PhD, MSW, MSG, University of Illinois (social work)

Anita Chary, MD, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine (emergency medicine)

Jinmyoung Cho, PhD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Teaniese (“Tina”) L. Davis, PhD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente (behavioral scientist)

N. Maritza Dowling, MS, PhD, George Washington University (biostatistics, epidemiology)

Patricia Garcia, PsyD HSPP, Indiana University School of Medicine (neuropsychology)

Teresa Gero, PT, DPT, Drexel University (physical therapy)

Dana Giza, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School (geriatrics, palliative medicine)

Angela Groves, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, Western Michigan University (nursing)

Christine Horvat Davey, PhD, RN, Case Western Reserve University (nursing)

Rasheeda Hall, MD, MBA, MHS, Duke University School of Medicine (nephrology)

Tze-Li Hsu, PhD, Sam Houston State University (sociology)

Snigdha Jain, MD, Yale School of Medicine (geriatrics, epidemiology)

Jane Jih, MD, MPH, MAS, University of California, San Francisco (internal medicine)

Elizabeth Joe, MD, Keck School of Medicine of USC (neurology)

Kimson E. Johnson, PhD, MA, MSW, University of Michigan Institution for Social Research (geriatrics, public health, social work, sociology)

Rakesh Kumar, MBBS, MD, Mayo Clinic (neurology, psychiatry, rheumatology)

Alina Kung, MD, MS, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (palliative care)

Jiang Li, PhD, Sutter Health (health behavior research)

Lingsheng Li, MD MHS, University of California, San Francisco (geriatrics, palliative medicine)

Rachel Litke, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (neuroscience)

Teresa Moro, PhD, AM, LSW, RUSH University Medical Center (social work)

An T. Nguyen, OTD, OTR/L, Cedars Sinai Medical Center (occupational therapy)

Manka Nkimbeng, PhD, MPH, RN, University of Minnesota School of Public Health (nursing)

Unwanaobong Nseyo, MD, MHS, Weill Cornell Medicine (urology)

Anna Oh, PhD, MPH, RN, Stanford Healthcare/UCSF (nursing)

Jyotsana Parajuli, PhD, MGS, RN, University of North Carolina (nursing)

Darina V. Petrovsky, PhD, RN, Duke University (nursing)

Maria M. Quiñones-Cordero, PhD, University of Rochester (psychology)

Akshar Rambachan, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco (internal medicine, biostatistics, epidemiology)

Raele Donetha Loy, PhD, CCC-SLP, University of Wisconsin-Madison (speech language pathology)

Deborah K. Rose, MD, Duke University (neurology)

Saket Saxena, MD, Case Western Reserve University (geriatrics)

Nandini Sarma, MD, University of California, Davis School of Medicine (intensive care medicine)

Kerry Sheets, MD, MS, University of Minnesota (geriatrics)

Esther Oejin Shin, PhD, Illinois State University (social work)

Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP, University of Washington (rheumatology)

L. Leigh Smith, MD, MAS, University of Maryland Baltimore (epidemiology, infectious disease)

Brocha Z. Stern, PhD, OTR, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (occupational therapy)

Jasmine L. Travers, PhD, MHS, RN, AGPCNP-BC, New York University (nursing)

Mfon E. Umoh, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (geriatrics)

Ivana Vaughn, PhD, Henry Ford Health (health services research)

Deborah Oyeyemi Walton, MD, University of California, Los Angeles (geriatrics)

Yinan Wang, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (social work)

Sijia Wei, PhD, RN, PHN, Northwestern University (nursing post-doc)

Chelsea A. Wong, MD, VA Hawaii (geriatrics)

Cai Xu, PhD, Ohio State University (social medicine)

Hsien Yi (Rex) Yang, DO, MPH, Northridge Hospital Medical Center and UCLA (family medicine resident)

Wenhui (Vivian) Zhang, PhD, MS, Emory University (nursing, biostatistics)

Members, Biology of Aging Interest Group

Heidi Zapata, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine (infectious disease) (Co-Chair)

Jason Roh, MD, MHS, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (cardiology) (Co-Chair)

Mina Sedrak, MD, MS, University of California, Los Angeles (oncology) (Co-Chair)

Sandra Aleksic, MD, MS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center (endocrinology)

Tanya Anand MD, MPH, MT(ASCP), FACS, University of Arizona (intensive care medicine, surgery)

Scott Bauer, MD, MS, University of California, San Francisco (preventive medicine, geroscience, urology)

Pavla Bohacova, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (health systems science)

Ryan Castoro, DO, University of Missouri (physical medicine & rehabilitation, neuromuscular medicine)

Ilana Chefetz Menaker, PhD, Mercer University School of Medicine (gyncology, oncology)

Sherida de Leeuw, PhD, Columbia University (pathology)

Karen Fortuna, PhD, LICSW, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (health systems sciences, social work)

Claire Han, PhD, DNP, RN, ARNP, Ohio State University (nursing)

Dina Ioffe, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center (oncology, geroscience)

Jingran Ji, MD, City of Hope (hematology/oncology)

Douglas P. Kiel, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School, Marcus Institute for Aging Research (geriatrics, epidemiology, genetics)

Sara C. LaHue, MD, University of California, San Francisco (neurology)

Lolita S. Nidadavolu, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (geriatrics, geroscience)

Allyson Palmer, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic (geriatrics)

Jason Ross, MD, PhD, Stanford University (oncology)

Joseph Scarpa, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine (anesthesiology)

Sarah Sansom, DO, Rush University Medical Center (epidemiology, infectious disease)

Aditya Shirali, MD, FACS, University of Florida College of Medicine (endocrine surgery)

Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP, University of Washington (rheumatology)

Amy Vandiver, MD, PhD, UCLA/Greater Los Angeles VA (dermatology)

Elena Volpi, MD, PhD, FGSA, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (endocrinology, geriatrics, nutrition, physical fitness)

Yuliya (Yulia) Zektser, MD, UCLA Health (Hematology-Oncology Fellow)

Yinan Zhang, MD, MS, The Ohio State University (neurology)

Members, R01/R21 Grant Writing Group

Courtney Balentine, MD, MPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Chair)

Tanya Anand MD, MPH, MT(ASCP), FACS, University of Arizona

Claire Ankuda, MD, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Pavla Bohacova, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Jennifer S. Brach, PhD, PT, FAPTA, University of Pittsburgh (Senior Reviewer/Clin-STAR Leader)

Cynthia J. Brown, MD, MSPH, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (Senior Reviewer)

Nathan Brummel, MD, MSCI, FCCM, ATSF, Ohio State University

Kathryn (Kate) E. Callahan, MD, MS, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Shanting Chen, PhD, University of Florida

Cynthia Chih-Ying Li, PhD, OTR/L, FACRM, University of Texas Medical Branch

Tony Chao, PT, DPT, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch (physical therapy)

Elizabeth Dzeng, MD, PhD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco

Constance Fung, MD, MSHS, University of California, Los Angeles

Tullika Garg, MD, MPH, Penn State Health Medical Center

Elizabeth M. Goldberg, MD, ScM, University of Colorado

Meredith Greene, MD, University of California, San Francisco

Angela Groves, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, Western Michigan University

Rasheeda Hall, MD, MBA, MHS, Duke University School of Medicine

May Hua, MD, MS, Columbia University Medical Center

Lauren Hunt, PhD, RN, FNP, University of California, San Francisco

Ellisa Kozlov, PhD, Rutgers School of Public Health

Ashok Krishnaswami, MD, MAS, Kaiser Permanente-San Jose Medical Center

Jessica Lee, MD, MS, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Jiha Lee, MD, MHS, University of Michigan

Heidi Lindroth, PhD, RN, Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota

John N. Mafi, MD, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles

Allison Magnuson, DO, MS, University of Rochester

Rowena McBeath, MD, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University

Devyani Misra MD, MS, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Darina Petrovsky, PhD, RN, Duke University

Veerawat Phongtankuel, MD, MS, Weill Cornell Medical College

Carolyn J. Presley, MD, MHS, Ohio State University

Anais Rameau, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College

Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness, Massachusetts General Hospital (Senior Reviewer)

Danny S. Roh, MD, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine

Raymond Romano, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (nursing, neurology, public health)

Katie Schenning, MD, MPH, MCR, Oregon Health and Science University

Nancy Li Shoenborn, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Carolyn Dacey Seib, MD, MAS, Stanford University School of Medicine

Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health (Senior Reviewer/Clin-STAR Leader)

Sachin J. Shah, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Daniel Shalev, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine

Corey B. Simon, DPT, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine

Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP, University of Washington

Sara Turbow, MD, MPH, Emory University

Victoria Tang, MD, MS, UTHealth Houston

Jasmine L. Travers, PhD, RN, New York University

Sara Turbow, MD, MPH, Emory University

Jennifer L. Vincenzo, PT, MPH, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Heidi Zapata, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine

Sara C. Zapico, PhD, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Members, VA Researchers Interest Group

Daniel E. Forman, MD, University of Pittsburgh, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (cardiology) (Mentor)

Una Makris, MD, VA San Diego, UC San Diego (rheumatology) (Co-Chair)

Katherine Wysham, MD, University of Washington, VA Puget Sound Health Care System (rheumatology) (Co-Chair)

Timothy S. Anderson, MD, MAS, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (internal medicine, chronic conditions)

James Andrews, MD, Birmingham/Atlanta VA GRECC (rheumatology)

Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, MBBS MHS, Duke University (endocrinology)

Courtney Balentine, MD, MPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (endocrine surgery)

Scott Bauer, MD, MS, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (geriatric urology)

Gwen Bernacki, MD, MHSA, University of Washington, VA Puget Sound Health Care System (cardiology)

Tiffany M. Cortes, MD, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio VA (endocrinology, geroscience, nutrition)

Rupak Datta, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System (infectious diseases)

Clark DuMontier, MD, MPH, VA Boston Healthcare System, New England GRECC (geriatrics, oncology)

David R. Friedmann, MD, MSc, New York University, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System (otolaryngology)

Constance H. Fung, MD, MSHS, University of California, Los Angeles, VA Greater Los Angeles (geriatrics, sleep medicine)

Laura A. Graham, PhD, MPH, Stanford Medicine (health services research)

Letitia Y. Graves, PhD, MSN, RN, University of Texas Medical Branch, Cleveland VAMC (nursing)

Daniel Guidot, MD, MPH, Durham VA (pulmonary and critical care)

Kimson E. Johnson, PhD, MA, MSW, University of Michigan Institution for Social Research (social work and public health)

Teresa Jones, MD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Veterans Administration Medical Center (surgery)

Kian Keyashian, MD, Stanford (gastroenterology)

Kamini Kuchinad, MD, MPH, OHSU/Portland VA (rheumatology)

Sarah L. Krein, PhD, RN, University of Michigan, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (nursing, health systems)

Allison Lange, MD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Veterans Administration Medical Center (palliative care)

Richard H. Lee, MD, MPH, Durham VA Medical Center, Duke University School of Medicine (endocrine, geriatrics)

Jessica Ma, MD, Durham VA (palliative medicine)

Lena K. Makaroun, MD, MS, VA Pittsburgh Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (geriatrics)

Matthew F. Mart, MD, MSc, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Nashville VA Medical Center (pulmonary and critical care medicine)

Farnoosh Nik-Ahd, MD, University of California, San Francisco (urology)

Ariela R. Orkaby, MD, MPH, Harvard, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, VA Boston Healthcare System (geriatrics, cardiology)

Mark Rolfsen, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (pulmonary and critical care medicine)

Alison Rustagi, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco VA Medical Center (internal medicine, epidemiology)

Benjamin Seligman, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System (geriatrics, epidemiology)

Rachel M. Skains, MD, MSPH, Birmingham VA Medical Center (emergency medicine)

Lauren Taylor, MD, Central Virginia VA Health Care System (surgery)

Tue Te, MD, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles, VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System (sleep medicine)

Jinjiao Wang, PhD, RN, UT Health San Diego (nurse scientist)

Joanne Yee, MS, CCC-SLP, WS Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (speech pathology)

Members, Psychosocial and Behavioral Research Group

Jennifer D. Portz, PhD, MSW, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (social work)

Evan Plys, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School (geropsychology)

David Camacho PhD, MSW, MSG, University of Illinois at Chicago (social work)

Mirnova E. Ceide, MD, MS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center (psychiatry)

Shanting Chen, PhD, University of Florida (psychology)

Karen L. Fortuna, MSW, PhD, Dartmouth (social work)

Patricia Garcia, PsyD HSPP, Indiana University School of Medicine (neuropsychology)

Ting Guan, MSW, PhD, Indiana University (social work)

Kimson E. Johnson, PhD, MA, MSW, University of Michigan (social work)

Lisa Smith Kilpela, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (psychology)

Elissa Kozlov, PhD, Rutgers School of Public Health (psychology)

Ryan Mace, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital (psychology)

Irina Mindlis, PhD, MPH, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (health psychology)

Lisa A Mistler, MD, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (psychiatry)

Brianna Morgan, PhD, CRNP, Villanova (nursing)

Molly Nowels, MA, MS, PhD, Weill Cornell (palliative care and behavioral health researcher)

Darina V. Petrovsky, PhD, RN, Duke University (nursing)

Chelsea Perfect, MD, MPH, Duke University (geriatrics, health systems sciences)

Weidi Qin, PhD, MSW, MPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison (social work)

Maria M. Quiñones-Cordero, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center (psychology)

Brenna N. Renn, PhD, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (geropsychology)

Deborah Rose, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry)

Mayra Sanchez Gonzalez, PhD, Johns Hopkins (rehabilitation psychology)

Daniel Shalev, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine (psychiatry)

Esther Oejin Shin, PhD, Illinois State University (social work)

Sarguni Singh, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine (medicine-hospital medicine)

Meki Singleton, PhD, MSW, Rutgers University (social work)

Armiel Suriaga, PhD, MPH, MSN, Florida Atlantic University (nursing)

Moka Yoo-Jeong, PhD, RN, Northeastern University School of Nursing (nursing)

Kexin Yu, PhD, MSW, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (social work)

Yuanjin Zhou, PhD, University of Texas at Austin (social work)

Members, Palliative Care Research Interest Group

Claire Ankuda, MD, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Avery C. Bechthold, PhD, RN, University of Tennessee Knoxville (nursing)

Connie S. Cole, PhD, DNP, ANP-C, ACHPN, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (nursing)

Isaac Chua, MD, MPH, MPH, Harvard University (palliative medicine)

Ronit Elk, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham (gerontology and palliative care)

Sarah J. Godfrey, MD, MPH, Mayo Clinic (cardiology, palliative care)

Ting Guan, MSW, PhD, Indiana University (social work)

May Hua, MD, Columbia University (anesthesiology, epidemiology)

Rachel Hadler, MD, Emory University (anesthesiology, intensive care and palliative medicine)

Lauren Hunt, PhD, RN, FNP, University of California, San Francisco (nursing, health policy)

Helen Knight, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School (palliative medicine)

Karthik Kota, MD, Rutgers University (geriatrics)

Elissa Kozlov, PhD, Rutgers School of Public Health (psychology)

Alina Kung, MD, MS, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (palliative care)

Lingsheng Li, MD MHS, University of California, San Francisco (geriatrics, palliative care)

Raele Donetha Loy, PhD, CCC-SLP, University of Wisconsin-Madison (speech language pathology)

Hillary D. Lum, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine (geriatrics, palliative medicine)

Jessica Ma, MD, Duke University (palliative medicine)

Ayse Malatyali, PhD, MBA, RN, University of Central Florida (geriatrics, nursing)

Brianna Morgan, PhD, CRNP, Villanova (nursing)

Sarah Nouri, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco (palliative medicine)

Jyotsana Parajuli, PhD, MGS, RN, University of North Carolina (nursing)

Gina Piscitello, MD, MS, University of Pittsburgh (palliative care)

Lauren Pollack, MD, MS, University of Washington (pulmonary, critical care & sleep medicine)

Weidi Qin, PhD, MSW, MPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison (social work)

Rebecca Rodin, MD, MSc, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (internal/palliative medicine)

Daniel Shalev, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College (psychiatry)

Sarguni Singh, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine (medicine-hospital medicine)

Germine Soliman, MD, MS, University of Connecticut (geriatric oncology)

Nneka N. Ufere, MD MSCE, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (gastroenterology)

Shaowei Wan, PhD, MS, MA, BPharm, University of Colorado (pharmacoepidemiology)

Charlotte R. Weiss, PhD, MSN, ACNP, University of Pennsylvania (nursing, oncology, palliative care)

Hannah Whitmore, PhD, RN, CHPN, University of California, San Francisco (nursing)

Adela Wu, MD, Stanford University (neurosurgery)

Members, Large Data Research Group

Fares Alahdab, MD, MS, MSc, FAHA, University of Missouri (cardiology, biostatistics, epidemiology)

Cynthia Chih-Ying Li, PhD, OTR/L, FACRM, University of Texas Medical Branch (occupational therapy)

Radmila Choate, PhD, MPH, University of Kentucky College of Public Health (epidemiology)

Kelly Cotton, PhD, Stony Brook Medicine (neurology research)

Laura A. Graham, PhD, MPH, Stanford Medicine (health services research)

Claire Han, PhD, DNP, RN, ARNP, Ohio State University (nursing)

Thayer Idrees, MD, FSSCI, Emory University, Grady Hospital (endocrinology)

Elizabeth Joe, MD, University of Southern California (neurology)

Cali E. Johnson, MD, EdD, University of Utah (surgery)

Jongyun Jung, Ohio State University School of Medicine (graduate research associate, PhD candidate, biomedical informatics)

Alina Kung, MD, MS, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (palliative care)

Min Ji Kwak, MD, MS, DrPH, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (geriatrics)

Jiha Lee, MD, MHS, University of Michigan (rheumatology)

Rachel Litke, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (neuroscience)

Cara McDermott, PhD, PharmD, MSc, Duke University (pharmacist and health science research)

An T. Nguyen, OTD, OTR/L, BCG, Cedars Sinai (occupational therapy)

Chanhyun Park, PhD, University of Texas (health outcomes researcher)

Chan Mi Park, MD, MPH, Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Harvard University (geriatrics)

Anita Penkova, PhD, University of Southern California (engineering)

Kevin T. Pritchard, OT, PhD, OTR, Harvard University (occupational therapy, epidemiology)

Raymond Romano, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (nursing, neurology, public health)

Sarah E. Sansom DO, MS, Rush University Medical Center (infectious diseases, epidemiology)

Joseph Scarpa, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine (anesthesiology)

Lisa Simon, MD, DMD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (internal medicine, dentistry)

Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, FACP, University of Washington (rheumatology)

Sandra Shi, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School (geriatrics)

Luca Soraci, MD, Italian National Institute for Health and Science on Aging (IRCCS INRCA)

Brocha Stern, PhD, OTR, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (psychology, health systems)

Nneka N. Ufere, MD MSCE, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (gastroenterology)

Shaowei Wan, PhD, MS, MA, BPharm, University of Colorado (pharmacoepidemiology)

Sijia Wei, PhD, RN, PHN, Northwestern University (nursing post-doc)

Mariana Wingood, PT, DPT, PhD, MPH, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (phyiscal therapy)

Cai Xu, PhD, Ohio State University (social medicine)

Audrey Zhang, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (internal medicine)

Wenhui (Vivian) Zhang, BSN, PhD, MSs, Emory University (nursing, statistics)

Members, Post-Acute Care Research Interest Group (group in formation)

W. James Deardorff, MD, University of California, San Francisco (geriatrics) (co-chair)

Sandra M. Shi, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (geriatrics) (co-chair)

Ayomide Okanlawon Bankole, PhD, RN, Duke University (nursing)

Tasce Bongiovanni, MD, MPP, University of California, San Francisco (surgery)

Kathryn (Kate) E. Callahan, MD, MS, Wake Forest School of Medicine (geriatrics)

Jennifer Carnahan, MD, MPH, MA, Indiana University (geriatrics)

Joan G. Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, ACHPN, FPCN, Coastal Hospice and Palliative Care, VA, University of Maryland (nursing, geriatrics)

Cynthia Chih-Ying Li, PhD, OTR/L, FACRM, University of Texas Medical Branch (occupational therapy)

Connie S. Cole, PhD, DNP, ANP-C, ACHPN, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (nursing)

James Falvey, PT, DPT, PhD, University of Maryland (physical therapy, geriatrics, epidemiology)

Olga F. Jarrín, PhD, RN, FAAN, Rutgers Health School of Nursing (nursing, geroscience)

Anand Habib, MD, University of California, San Francisco (hospital medicine)

Kenneth Lam, MD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (geriatrics)

Chiung-ju (CJ) Liu, PhD, OTR/L, FGSA, University of Florida (occupational therapy)

Chan Mi Park, MD, MPH, Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Harvard University (geriatrics)

Evan Plys, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School (geropsychology)

Kevin T. Pritchard, OT, PhD, OTR, Harvard University (occupational therapy, epidemiology)

Kira Ryskina, MD, MSHP, University of Pennsylvania (internal medicine)

Charles Semelka, MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine (geriatrics)

Sarah Sansom, DO, Rush University Medical Center (epidemiology, infectious disease)

Sandra F. Simmons, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (clinical psychology and gerontology)

Sarguni Singh, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine (internal medicine)

Brocha Stern, PhD, OTR, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (psychology, health systems)