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Anna Thalacker-Mercer, PhD
Associate Professor
Department: CDIB
Research Interests: Skeletal muscle regeneration; Nutrient metabolism; Aging; Muscle progenitor cells; Exercise medicine; Nutrition science; Metabolic function
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Edward Taub, PhD
University Professor
Department: Psychology
Research Interests: Behavioral neuroscience; Behavioral medicine; Neurorehabilitation; Neural plasticity
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Trygve Tollefsbol, PhD
Professor
Department: Biology
Research Interests: Cancer; Aging epigenetics
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Daniel Tyrrell, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department: Pathology
Division: Molecular and Cellular Pathology
Research Interests: Vascular aging; Cardiovascular diseases; Neurodegenerative diseases; Adaptive immune cells; Mitochondrial function; Immune system aging
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Rodney Tucker, MD
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
Research Interests: Palliative care services; Heart failure; HIV; Palliative care therapies; Patient experience
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David Vance, PhD, MGS
Professor
Department: Acute, Chronic & Continuing Care
Research Interests: Positive and negative neuroplasticity, Neurocognitive aging, Neurocognitive remediation, Aging with HIV; Neurocognition in cancer survivors
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Kristina Visscher, PhD
Associate Professor
Department: Neurobiology
Research Interests: Cognitive neuroscience
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Laura Vogtle, PhD
Professor
Department: Occupational Therapy
Division: Occupational Therapy
Research Interests: Cerebral Palsy; Aging; Vision Loss; Environmental Safety; Falls Prevention; Quality of Life; Epilepsy
Linda Wadiche, PhD
Professor
Department: Neurobiology
Research Interests: Neurodevelopment and developmental disabilities; Learning, memory and synaptic plasticity; Ion channels and synaptic function; Neurotransmitter; Neurotrophin receptors; Cell signaling
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Peter Watts, MPH, DDS, MD
Professor
Department: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Research Interests: Orthognathic deformities; Cosmetic facial surgery; Cleft lip and craniofacial disorders; Obstructive sleep apnea
Molly Wasko, PhD
Professor
Department: Mgmt, Info Sys, Quant Mthd
Research Interests: High-technology start-ups; Organizational innovation; Open innovation models
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Stephen Watts, PhD
Professor
Department: Biology
Research Interests: Nutrition; Health; Obesity; Longevity
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Robert Weech-Maldonado, PhD
Professor
Department: Health Services Administration
Research Interests: Access, Quality; Cost; Care; Aging
Adam Wende, PhD
Associate Professor
Department: Pathology
Division: Molecular and Cellular Pathology
Research Interests: Diabetes, Hypertension, Exercise, Mitochondria, Metabolism, Glucose, Epigenetics, Gene expression, transcription, O-GlcNAc, protein modifications, DNA methylation, Histone modification, GLUT4, PDK2, PDK4
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Beverly William, PhD
Associate Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
Research Interests: End-of-Life Care; Bladder Health; Minority Health; Aging; Qualitative Research
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J. Michael Wyss, PhD
Professor
Department: Cell, Development, & Integrative Biology
Research Interests: Learning and memory, Blood pressure control, Polyphenols, Inquiry-based education
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Bradley Yoder, PhD
Professor
Department: Cell, Development, & Integrative Biology
Research Interests: Cilia; Developmental abnormalities; Disease pathogenesis
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Hon Yuen, PhD, OTR/L
Professor
Department: Occupational Therapy
Research Interests: Arts and Health, the use of arts to improve health
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Jianhua Zhang, PhD
Professor
Department: Pathology
Division: Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Research Interests: Aging biology; Autophagy, mitophagy, lysosomes, mitochondria
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Su Zhangli, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department: Genetics
Research Interests: Cancer biology
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