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