The Aging Work Group includes members/individuals from across the University of Minnesota and beyond.

School of Public Health

• Joseph E. Gaugler, Ph.D., Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging, and Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management (Founder and Director of AWG)
• Zach Baker, Ph.D., Robert L. Kane Post Doctoral Fellow, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Bjorn Berg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Lynn Blewett, Ph.D., Director, State Health Access Data Assistance Center, and Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Patrick Brady, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
• Mary Butler, Ph.D., Co-Director, Minnesota Evidence-Based Practice Center, and Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Caitlin Carroll, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Quinton D. Cotton, PhD, MSSA, Robert L. Kane Postdoctoral Fellow
• Dori Cross, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Janette Dill, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Bryan Dowd, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Carrie Henning-Smith, Ph.D., Deputy Director, University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, and Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Peter Huckfeldt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, Ph.D., MBBS, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
• Richard MacLehose, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
• John Mulcahy, MSPH, Division of Health Policy & Management
• Hannah Neprash, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Manka Nkimbeng, Ph.D., RN, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Helen Parsons, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Colleen Peterson, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist, University of Michigan Transportation Institute
• Nathan Shippee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Tetyana Shippee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
• Lyn Steffen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health

School of Nursing

• Rozina H. Bhimani, Ph.D., DNP, APRN-CNP, CNE, Associate Professor
• Theresa Harvath, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, Clinical Professor
• Siobhan K. McMahon, Ph.D.,RN, FGSA, FAAN, Associate Professor, Adult and Gerontological Health
• Martin Michalowski, Ph.D., Associate Professor
• Christine A. Mueller, Ph.D., RN, FGSA, FAAN, Professor, Senior Executive Associate Dean for Academic Programs
• Erica Schorr, Ph.D., BSBA, RN, Associate Professor
• Kristine M. Talley, Ph.D., RN, GNP-BC, Director, Center for Aging Science and Care Innovation, Associate Professor
• Mary O. Whipple, Ph.D., RN, PHN, Assistant Professor, Adult and Gerontological Health Cooperative, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota Medical School

• Wei (Denise) Duan-Porter, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
• Adriana Hughes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Staff Neuropsychologist and Clinical Investigator, Minneapolis VA Healthcare System
• Manda L. Keller-Ross, Ph.D., DPT, Assistant Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, Division of Rehabilitation Science
• Dawn Lowe, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Science
• James Pacala, MD, MS, Head and Professor, University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
• Karim Thomas Sadak, MD, MPH, MSE, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
• Bharat Thyagarajan, MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

College of Liberal Arts

• Phyllis E. Moen, Ph.D.,  Director, Life Course Center and McKnight Endowed Presidential Chair of Sociology
• Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
• Dana Urbanski, Au.D., CCC-A, Ph.D. Student, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

College of Biological Sciences

• Christina Camell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

College of Education and Human Development

• Marti DeLiema, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

University of Minnesota Duluth

• Kristen Jacklin, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team on Health Disparities and Professor. Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth
• Wayne Warry, Ph.D., Director, Rural Health Initiatives, Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team (MDT) Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth

Hennepin Healthcare

• Kerry Sheets, MD, Geriatrician, Hennepin Healthcare

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

• Joan M. Griffin, Ph.D.,  Associate Professor of Health Services Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Division of Health Care Policy and Research (HCPR), Department of Health Sciences Research; Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Scientific Director for Care Experiences Program, Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery

Minneapolis VA Health Care System

• Allison Gustavson, Ph.D., PT, DPT, Research Fellow. Center for Care Delivery & Outcomes Research

Brown University

• Eric Jutkowitz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Lauren Parker, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, Department of Health, Behavior, and Society

University of Michigan

• Jessica M. Finlay, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Social Environment and Health, University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research

New York University

• Jasmine L. Travers, Ph.D., RN, AGPCNP-BC, Assistant Professor, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing
• Tina Sadarangani, ANP-C GNP-BC PhD RN, Assistant Professor, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Population Health, Division of Health and Behavior Section for Health Equity

Emmanuel College

• Lauren L. Mitchell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

University of Colorado Denver

• Roman Aydiko Ayele, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Adjunct, Anschutz Medical Campus

Indiana University Fairbanks and Regenstrief Institute

• Helen Fu, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Population & Public Health Informatics

Wake Forest School of Medicine

• Mia Yang, MD, Assistant Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

University of Mississippi

• Keith A. Anderson, PhD, MSW, Chair & Professor, Department of Social Work, School of Applied Sciences

University of Tennessee

• Minghui Sam Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy