The Research Program of the Gerontology Center occurs in the respective departments and laboratories of our core center faculty and of our new faculty group on age-related research.
Research of Center Faculty
Andrew Revell, PhD, is the Principal Investigator of the Southcoast Cognitive Aging Study: Determinants of Healthy Aging and Pre-Clinical Alzheimer's Disease funded by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Chancellor's Research Fund and Joseph P. Healey Endowment Grant (continues through 06-30-13). For more information or to volunteer to participate, please see the advertisement (as listed on the site of the local chapter of the Alzheimer's Association).
Dr. Revell's overall cognitive aging research program addresses three specific areas of interest: 1) remediation of cognitive decline and potential gene-environment interactions; 2) measurement of normal versus pathological changes with age; and 3) development of memory systems and applications in cognitive neuroscience.
Left: Research Session of the Southcoast Cognitive Aging Study
USA Today “Senior Moments” article cites new research co-authored by Dr. Andrew Revell published September 2, 2011 in the Peer-Reviewed, Oxford Press Journal, Age and Aging.
Research of Faculty Interest Group on Aging
Brian Ayotte, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests: Aging, health psychology, interpersonal relationships, cognition, and problem solving
Elaine Carreiro-Lewandowski, PhD
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests: Clinical data with elderly patients suffering from mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease and test utilization in cardiac patients
Laura Forker, PhD
Professor of Operations Management, Charlton College of Business
Research Interests: International pension operations and financing, Medicare, service design in health care and transportation for elders.
Maolin Guo, PhD
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests: Oxidative stress, minimizing free radicals to prevent aging
Katja Holtta-Otto, PhD
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Research Interests: Accessible Design, Universal Design, Accessible Medical Equipment (Center for Human Design, Boston); product design and development; understanding the needs of non-traditional users
Howard E. Michel, PhD
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Research Interests: Behavioral pattern monitoring to extend quality of independent life in elders using Cloud computing
Bharatendra K. Rai, PhD
Assistant Professor, Decision and Information Science, Charlton College of Business
Research Interests: Problem-solving tools and design, neural networks, applied statistical methods
Yuegang Zuo, PhD
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests: Problem solving tools and design, neural networks, applied statistical methods
Gerontological Research Seminar Series
The Office of the Provost at UMass Dartmouth has generously awarded funding to Gerontology Center Core Faculty (2008-present) to host a Gerontological Research Seminar Series. For information, go to: Seminar Series.
For more information, please email us at: healthyaging@umassd.edu
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