Senior Research Experts
| Name | Title | Department / Location | Research Area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| James S. Goodwin, MD | Senior Associate Director, Sealy Center on Aging; Co-Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center; Professor | Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine | Comparative effectiveness, functional recovery |
| Alan Landay, PhD | Vice President, Team Science, Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology; Interim Director, Sealy Center on Aging | VP for Research | Immunity and immunology |
| Kyriakos Markides, PhD | Annie & John Gnitzinger Professor of Aging Studies; Director, Division of Social & Behavioral Sciences | Department of Population Health & Health Disparities, School of Public and Population Health | Hispanic health and aging |
| Kristen Peek | Senior Vice President and Dean; Professor and Chair ad interim | Department of Population Health & Health Disparities, School of Public and Population Health | Social epidemiology, health disparities, psychological stress and stress-related biomarkers, climate impacts on human health |
Mentors
| Name | Title | Department / Location | Research Area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soham Al Snih, MD, PhD | Professor and Assistant Dean for Doctorate Foundational Curriculum | Department of Population Health and Health Disparities, School of Public and Population Health | Obesity, frailty, disability, mortality |
| Alberto Aparicio, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Bioethics and Health Humanities, School of Public and Population Health | Governance of emerging biotechnology, bioscience, technoscience |
| Phil Cantu, PhD | Assistant Professor | Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine | Hispanic aging, cognitive decline, health disparities |
| Brian Downer, PhD | Associate Professor; Director, Rehab Science Graduate Program | Department of Population Health & Health Disparities, School of Public and Population Health | Social and cultural context on life course pathways for dementia and cognitive decline in diverse older adult populations; healthcare utilization, quality and outcomes |
| Erin Hommel, MD | Associate Professor | Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine | Quality improvement, COVID-19 |
| Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD | Professor and Chair | Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public and Population Health | Comparative effectiveness research, health services, cancer outcomes, health policy, Pharmacoepidemiology, developing and refining algorithms and prediction models |
| Neil Mehta, PhD, MSc, MA | Associate Professor | Department of Epidemiology, School of Public and Population Health | Demography, chronic disease, mortality |
| Sadaf Milani, PhD | Assistant Professor | Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine | Health disparities, gender differences, pain, cognitive impairment |
| Monique R. Pappadis, MEd, PhD | Associate Professor and Vice Chair | Department of Population Health & Health Disparities, School of Public and Population Health | Continuity of care, elder mistreatment, health equity and disparities, health literacy, minority aging, rehabilitation outcomes |
| John Prochaska, DrPH | Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor | Department of Population Health & Health Disparities, School of Public and Population Health | Social and environmental epidemiology, social and behavioral health principles, and health disparities |
| Cesar Ugarte, MD, MSc, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Epidemiology, School of Public and Population Health | Epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology, tuberculosis, systematics reviews, tropical medicine, global health, implementation science |
| Susan Weller, PhD | Professor | Department of Population Health and Health Disparities, School of Public and Population Health | Research methods, behavioral health |
Contact Us
UTMB Sealy Center on Aging World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Aging and Health
301 University Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77555-0177
Directions and Maps
Phone: (409) 747-0008
Email: pahowho.aging@utmb.edu
