Affiliate Members
David Allison, PhD
Dean, Distinguished Professor, and Provost Professor
Department: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Research Interests: Obesity; Nutrition; Energetics; Aging; Longevity, Statistical Methods, Research Rigor
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Karthikeyani Chellappa
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Aging; cancer; CRISPR (Genetics); Host-organism relationships; inflammatory bowel disease; Metabolic diseases; Metabolism; Metabolomics ; metagenomics; Obesity
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Stanislava Chtabarnova, PhD
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms; Cellular pathways; Brain immune reactions; Age-dependent changes; Drosophila
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Helen Collins
Assistant Professor
Department: HSOM
Research Interests: Female cardiovascular health; Resilience; Pregnancy-induced cardiac growth; Peripartum cardiomyopathy
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Dao Fu Dai
Associate Professor
Department: HSOM
Research Interests: Cardiac, Mitochondria, Metabolism, Kidney, Aging
Christopher Girkin, MD
Professor
Department: Ophthalmology
Research Interests: Pediatric and adult glaucoma; Complex cataracts
Burel Goodin, PhD
Professor
Department: Psychology and Anesthesiology
Research Interests: Endogenous pain modulation; Neuroendocrinology; Racial and ethnic disparities in pain; Biopsychosocial model of chronic pain
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Wendy Hood, PhD
Professor
Department: Auburn University
Division: Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Nutrition; Physiology; Individual variation in performance
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Patricia Jumbo-Lucioni, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department: McWhorter School of Pharmacy
Research Interests: Metabolic and mitochondrial physiology; Neurodegenerative diseases; Drosophila husbandry and genetics
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Dudley Lamming
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Age-related diseases, Diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, Cancer, Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
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Alayne Markland, DO
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
Research Interests: Urinary Incontinence and Fecal Incontinence - Clinical Outcomes Research and Access to Care; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Urinary Incontinence, and Fecal; Incontinence - Epidemiologic Studies and Prevention Methodology
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Jessica Merlin, MD, MBA
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Infectious Diseases
Research Interests: Chronic pain; Opioid misuse/use disorder; Randomized behavioral trial; Delphi methodology; Medical cannabis-related decision-making
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Michael Reddy, DMD, DMSc
Dean Department: School Of Dentistry
Research Interests: Interaction of oral health with overall health and disease; Regenerative medicine; Periodontal therapy; Dental implants, Precision medicine
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Laura Newton Rutledge, MA, RD, LD
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Research Interests: Oncology Nutrition; Healthy aging
Maria Solesio
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Mitochondrial physiology; Neurodegeneration; Aging
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Colby Vorland
Assistant Professor
Department: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Research Interests: Error detection and correction; Semi-automated methods to improve research quality; Reproducibility in science; Reporting quality, and other meta-research primarily related to aging, nutrition, and obesity
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