Faculty Members
Virginia Bradley, PhD
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
Research Interests: Cognitive function; Normal aging, Vascular disease, Stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Interventions for loss of function
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David Briles, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department: Microbiology
Research Interests: Virulence factors; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Human pneumococcal vaccines
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Kenneth Boockvar, MD
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
Research Interests: Transitions of care; Palliative care; Quality of life; Frailty
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Thomas Buford, PhD
Professor/Associate Dean
Department: Medicine
Division: Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
Research Interests: Aging; Exercise; Mobility; Skeletal Muscle; Microbiome; Rehabilitation; Cognition; Nutrition
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Guy Caldwell, PhD
Professor
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases; Parkinson's disease; Dystonia; C. elegans
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Kim Caldwell, PhD
Professor
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases; Movement disorders; C. elegans; Gene function
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Chenbei Cheng, PhD
Professor
Department: Cell, Development, & Integrative Biology
Research Interests: Growth factor signals; Transcription factors; Early vertebrate development; Cell movements; Bottle cell formation
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Kenneth Chiou, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department: Biology
Research Interests: Evolution, Genomics, Biology of Aging, Evolutionary Medicine, Animal Behavior, Bioinformatics
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John Chatham, D. Phil
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Research Interests: Glucose-dependent, post-translational modifications; O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine moiety (O-GlcNAc); Cardiomyocyte stress responses; Store-operated calcium entry (SOCE)
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Yabing Chen, PhD
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Molecular and Cellular Pathology
Research Interests: Gene Regulation; Cardiovascular Disease; Aging; Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) phenotype and differentiation
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Louise Chow, PhD
Professor
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: Human Papillomaviruses
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Diane Clark, PT, MBA, DScPT
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department: Physical Therapy
Research Interests: Human Movement and Sports Sciences; Clinical Sciences; Psychology
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Olivio Clay, PhD
Professor
Department: Psychology
Research Interests: Aging, including: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health, Family Caregiving, Social Support, Health Care Access and Utilization, Cognition, and Mobility
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Katelyn Corder, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Cognition; Lifespan; Drosophila melanogaster; Cognitive aging; Neuropeptide Y (NPY)
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Michael Crowe, PhD
Professor
Department: Psychology
Research Interests: Geropsychology; Neuropsychology
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Victor Darley-Usmar, PhD
Professor
Department: Pathology
Division: Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Research Interests: Redox biology; Bioenergetics; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Pathophysiology
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Christine Curcio, PhD
Professor
Department: Ophthalmology
Research Interests: Human retinal neuroscience; Aging; Age-related macular degeneration
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Maria DeLuca, PhD
Associate Professor
Department: Nutrition Sciences
Research Interests: Conserved genetic pathways; Metabolic homeostasis; Life span; Human obesity; Age-related metabolic diseases
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Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD
Professor
Department: Nutrition Sciences
Research Interests: Diet/hormonal interactions; Genetic interactions; Neoplasia; Dietary intervention; Chronic disease prevention; Compliance; Recidivism
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Randall Davis, MD
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Hematology and Oncology
Research Interests: Cellular immunobiology; Molecular immunobiology; Lymphocytes
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