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Pepper Center Investigators

Faculty Affiliated UM-OAIC Cores
Addison, Odessa, DPT, PhD, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Researh Areas: Rehabilitation, mobility assessment of older adults with chronic health conditions
Leadership Academy, REC
Albrecht, Jennifer, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Research Areas: TBI, psychiatric disturbances, health services research, administrative claims analysis, pharmacoepidemiology
Leadership Academy, PESC
Beamer, Brock, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Areas: Geriatrics, falls, frailty
RC2
Chen, Chixiang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Research Areas: causal inference adn machine learning, real-world data/information integration, single-cell/bulk expression data analysis, statistical inference in prediction
RC1
Chen, Shuo, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Research Areas: neuroimaging statistics, graph and network analysis, Bayesian modeling, brain aging, genetics, machine learning, clinical trial design and analysis
RC1
Davis, Derik, MD, Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Research Areas: Musculoskeletal imaging, skeletal muscle quality, shoulder dysfunction in older adults
Leadership Academy
Gray, Vicki, MPT, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research Areas: Stroke, Aging, Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis, Postural Control, Balance, Falls, Exercise Interventions
Leadership Academy, RC3
Guralnik, Jack, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Research Areas: Epidemiology, Aging, Gerontology, Disability, Functional Status
REC
Hochberg, Marc, MD, MPH, MACP, MACR, Professor of Medicine
Research Areas: Osteoarthritis and related Musculoskeletal Disorders
PESC
Katzel, Leslie, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Areas: Clinical geriatrics, exercise interventions, functional assessment in aging, neurocognition
LAC, RC2
Lal, Brajesh, MBBS, Professor of Surgery
Research Areas: Cerebrovascular disease adn stroke, cognitive-mobility function, peripheral arterial disease
RC2
Magaziner, Jay, PhD, MSHyg, Professor and Chair of Epidemiology and Public Health
Research Areas: Epidemiology of Aging, Hip Fracture
LAC
Magder, Laurence, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Research Areas: Biostatistics, Epidemiologic Methods, Longitudinal Data Analysis
RC1
Orwig, Denise, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Research Areas: Hip Fracture, Pharmacoepidemiology, expert in recruiting and retention of older adults
RC1
Ortmeyer, Heidi, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Areas: Skeletal muscle fatty acid and carbohydrate metabolism in aging, obesity, HIV, stroke and foster dogs
RC2
Rathbun, Alan, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Research Areas: Psychiatric adn musculoskeletal epidemiology, longitudinal analysis, causal inference
Leadership Academy, RC1
Resnick, Barbara, PhD, CRNP, Professor of Nursing
Research Areas: Pragmatic trials, resilience, nursing home caregivers, functional activities
RC2
Rodgers, Mary, PT, PhD, FAPTA, FASB, FISB, Professor Emeritus of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research Areas: Rehab Science, Biomechanics, PT, Technology for Health
LAC
Roghmann, Mary-Claire, MD, MS, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Research Areas: Antibiotic Resistance, Staphylococcus Aureus, Cross Transmission
REC
Ryan, Alice, PhD, Professor of Medicine
Research Areas: Exercise and nutrition interventions in older adults, insulin sensitivity, adipose and muscle metabolism
LAC, RC2
Seliger, Stephen, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Areas: Chronic Kidney Disease, Aging, Cognition, Physical Function
PESC
Shardell, Michelle, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Reseaarch Areas: structural models, selective survival, machine learning, approaches to missing data, identification of clinical cut-points, instrumental variable methods, time-to-event methods with informative censoring
RC1
Sorkin, John, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine
Reserach Areas: Biostatistics, pidemiology, information science
RC1
Stains, Joseph, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedics
Research Areas: Pre-clinical studies, osteocytes, skeletal system sensing and signal transduction
RC2
Terrin, Michael, MD, CM, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Research Areas: Clinical Trials, Pulmonary Disease, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
RC1
Verceles, Avelino, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Areas: physical rehabilitation and nutritional optimization to improve outcomes of older survivors of critical illness
Leadership Academy, PESC
Waldstein, Shari, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology (UMBC)
Research Areas: Cognitive function, risk factors, epidemiology
RC3
Ward, Chris, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedics
Research Areas: pre-clinical studies, cytoskeleton microtubule research in aging muscle
RC2
Westlake, Kelly, PhD, MSc, PT, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research Areas: Rehabilitation, Stroke, Balance, Falls, Motor Learning, Upper Extremity, Cognition, Neuroimaging
Leadership Academy, RC3
Zhang, Li-Qun, PhD, Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research Areas: Rehabilitation robotics, neurorehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, device development, translation
RC3
Zhang, Yuji, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Research Areas: muti-omics data analysis and integration, network medicine, systems biology, systems pharmacogenomics, statistical informatics, machine learning
RC1