HISTORY
JHSON has been a leader in research focused on aging for more than two decades. The Center was initially launched as the Center for Innovative Care in Aging in 2011 to advance novel behavioral interventions to enhance the health, well-being, and aging of older adults and their families. In an effort to broaden the Center’s focus beyond behavioral interventions, JHSON launched the Center for Equity in Aging under the leadership of Dr. Katherine Ornstein in 2022.
MEET THE TEAM
CENTER DIRECTOR
Research areas: Home-based primary and palliative care; dementia caregiving, hospice and palliative care delivery; long-term services and supports, health equity
Associate Director of Innovation & Implementation
Quincy M. Samus
Research areas: Improve dementia care quality, delivery, and equity through translation of practical evidence-based, and cost-efficient practices to meet the needs of patients, families, providers, and health systems
Associate Director of Health Services Research
Research Areas: Big Data, Dementia, Disaster Preparation, Gerontology, Health Policy, Loneliness, Military/Veteran’s Affairs, Public Health, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research Methods/Statistics, Social Determinants of Health, Transition of Care
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Katherine A. Marx
RESEARCH TEAM
DATA ANALYSTS
For analytic support, please contact [email protected].
PRINCIPAL FACULTY
Martha Abshire Saylor
Research areas: Heart failure, caregiving, quality of life, shared decision-making, and palliative care
Sarah Allgood
Research areas:
Adult Health, Aging, Genetics, Health Behavior, Interprofessional, Pain/Symptom Management, Palliative Care, Pulmonary, Quality Improvement
Research areas: Aging, dementia, disparities, equity, gerontological / geriatric, gerontology, quality improvement, safety
Valerie Cotter
Research areas: Dementia; Alzheimer’s disease; aging
Rita Ferrari D’Aoust
Research areas: Interprofessional education; underserved populations
Patricia M. Davidson
Research Areas: Cardiovascular care, transitional care; underserved populations
Research areas: Dementia; assisted living care; aging
Research areas: biological mechanisms of traumatic brain injuries, biological mechanisms of PTSD and depression
Kelly T. Gleason
Research areas: Electronic Medical Records, Informatics
Hae-Ra Han
Research areas: chronic care, community, disparities, equity, health behavior, public health, social determinants of health
Bryan Hansen
Research areas: Dementia, aggressive behaviors, neuropsychiatric symptoms, elder abuse, caregiving, geropsychiatry, person-centered interventions, restraint/seclusion reduction
Melissa Hladek
Research areas: Aging, Chronic Care, Vulnerable Populations
Binu Koirala
Research areas: Cardiovascular Health, Palliative Care, Care of People with Complex and Chronic Conditions
Junxin Li
Research Areas: Aging, sleep, physical activity, cognition; person-centered dementia care
Katherine A. Marx
Research areas: Aging, Dementia, End of Life, Gerontology, Health Behavior, Public Health, Research Design, Transition of Care
Research areas: Care Coordination, Chronic Care, Disparities, Equity, Health Policy, Integrated Health, Leadership/ Organizational Culture, Primary Care, Public Health, Quality Improvement, Safety, Transition of Care
Research areas: Home-based primary and palliative care; dementia caregiving, hospice and palliative care delivery; long-term services and supports, health equity
Research areas: Cognitive aging, prevention, lifestyle activities, personality, community-based interventions, public health
Research areas: Community / Public Health, Disparities, Primary Care, Social Determinants of Health/Poverty, Vulnerable Populations
Natalie G. Regier
Research areas: Dementia-related restlessness, myriad problems resulting from the ambiguity of restlessness, including improperly-targeted behavioral interventions
Laura Samuel
Research areas: Socioeconomic status, neighborhoods, aging, chronic disease, health disparities, health promotion
Quincy M. Samus
Research areas: Improve dementia care quality, delivery, and equity through translation of practical evidence-based, and cost-efficient practices to meet the needs of patients, families, providers, and health systems
Eric Slade
Research areas: The Influence of Health Care Financing Systems and Policies on Service Use, Costs, and Health Outcomes
Erin Spaulding
Research areas: Acute/Critical Care, Adult Health, Aging, Cardiovascular, Chronic Care, Community, Equity, Health Technology
Research areas: Aging, Health Disparities, Gerontology, Social Determinants of Health/Poverty
Research Areas: Big Data, Dementia, Disaster Preparation, Gerontology, Health Policy, Loneliness, Military/Veteran’s Affairs, Public Health, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research Methods/Statistics, Social Determinants of Health, Transition of Care
Janiece L. Taylor
Research areas: Minority aging; pain; women’s health
Research areas: Oncology, health disparities, health services research; managed care, case management, treatment decision making; computer-assisted qualitative data analysis
Rebecca J. Wright
Research Areas: Palliative and end-of-life care; wound care; dementia; geriatrics; family caregivers; health care experiences and service design
TRAINEES
Yiqing Qian
Yiqing’s passion for caregiving science is driven by her training in public health and her lived experience. Yiqing received her PhD in Health Behavior from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2023 and her MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan in 2016. Her research areas include health disparities, sociocultural aspects of caregiving, and stress coping. Yiqing’s current work will explore national datasets to examine unmet needs of homebound older adults, trajectories of caregiving activities, and the heterogeneities across illness contexts and socio-demographic backgrounds.