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  • Photo of Martin J. Sliwinski , Ph.D. Martin Sliwinski Director of the Center for Healthy Aging, Gregory H. Wolf Professor of Aging Studies, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Email: mjs56@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-9980
    Office: 401 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Jennifer E. Graham-Engeland, Ph.D. Jennifer Graham-Engeland Associate Director of the Center for Healthy Aging, Professor of Biobehavioral Health Email: jeg32@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-1840
    Office: 231 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Amy E. Lorek Amy Lorek Assistant Director for Engagement and Learning for the Center for Healthy Aging Email: ael13@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-7903
    Office: 404 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Leah Abrams Leah Abrams Assistant Professor of Community Health, Tufts University Email: Leah.Abrams@tufts.edu
  • Photo of A. Patricia Aguilera Hermida, M.F.T., D.Ed. A. Patricia Aguilera Hermida Associate Teaching Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education Email: aua240@psu.edu
  • Photo of Lacy Alexander, Ph.D. Lacy Alexander Professor of Kinesiology Email: lma191@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-867-1781
    Fax: (814) 865-4602
    Office: 113 Noll Laboratory
  • Alexa Allan Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies Email: aca5399@psu.edu
  • Photo of David M. Almeida, Ph.D. David Almeida Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Email: dalmeida@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-865-2656
    Fax: 814-863-9423
    Office: 403 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Jessie Alwerdt, Ph.D. Jessie Alwerdt Research Project Manager Email: jua244@psu.edu
    Office: Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Duane Alwin, Ph.D. Duane Alwin McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Demography, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Demography Email: dfa2@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-0438
    Office: 309 Pond Lab
  • Photo of Hailey Andrews Hailey Andrews Human Research Technologist Email: hja5375@psu.edu
  • Photo of Jiyeon "Joan" Baek Jiyeon "Joan" Baek Postdoctoral Scholar Email: jkb6803@psu.edu
    Office: 407 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Monique Balthazar Monique Balthazar Assistant Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing Email: msb6243@psu.edu
  • Photo of Aarti Bhat Aarti Bhat Predoctoral Fellow Email: acb6009@psu.edu
  • Photo of Christine Binduga Christine Binduga Human Research Technologist Email: cas7294@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-863-7551
    Office: 417A Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Niliette Bravo Research Project Manager Email: neb5486@psu.edu
  • Photo of Orfeu M. Buxton, Ph.D. Orfeu Buxton Elizabeth Fenton Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health Email: orfeu@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 867-5707
    Office: 205 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Kris Calfee Kris Calfee Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies Email: kjc6323@psu.edu
  • Photo of Catherine Carpenter Catherine Carpenter Predoctoral Fellow Email: cmc84@psu.edu
  • Photo of Kent Cheng Kent Cheng Postdoctoral Fellow Email: kgcheng@psu.edu
  • Photo of Vernon Chinchilli, Ph.D. Vernon Chinchilli Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, Professor of Statistics Email: vchinchi@psu.edu
    Phone: 717-531-4262
    Office: A210 Public Health Sciences, Hershey, PA 17033
  • Photo of Karishma Christmas Karishma Christmas Research Data Management Specialist Email: knc5576@psu.edu
  • Photo of Becca Clancy Becca Clancy Human Research Technologist Email: rlk5028@psu.edu
  • Photo of David E. Conroy, Ph.D. David Conroy Professor & Chair of Applied Exercise Science, University of Michigan Email: deconroy@umich.edu
  • Photo of Natalie Cramer Natalie Cramer Human Research Technologist Email: nag179@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-865-4817
  • Photo of Nikki Crowley Nikki Crowley Director, Penn State Neuroscience Institute, Assistant Professor of Biology Email: nzc27@psu.edu
  • Photo of Abi Dadzie Abi Dadzie Graduate Student, Biobehavioral Health Email: amd7593@psu.edu
  • Photo of John P. Dattilo, Ph.D. John Dattilo Professor of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management Email: jxd8@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-0720
    Fax: (814) 867-1751
    Office: 814A Donald H. Ford Building
  • Photo of Jonathan Daw Jonathan Daw Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography Email: jud36@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-863-0096
    Office: 705 Oswald Tower
  • Photo of Mary Jane  De Souza, Ph.D. Mary Jane De Souza Professor of Kinesiology and Physiology Email: mjd34@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-0045
    Fax: (814) 865-4602
    Office: 104 Noll Laboratory
  • Photo of Nancy Dennis, Ph.D. Nancy Dennis Assistant Director for Research for the Center for Healthy Aging, Professor of Psychology, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Department Head for Instruction Email: nad12@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 865-1712
    Office: 450 Moore Building
  • Photo of Michele Diaz, Ph.D. Michele Diaz Professor of Psychology and Linguistics Email: mtd143@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-1726
    Office: 356 Moore Building
  • Photo of Jose Diaz Jose Diaz Predoctoral Fellow Email: jdiaz@psu.edu
  • Photo of Jonathan Dingwell, Ph.D. Jonathan Dingwell Professor of Kinesiology Graduate Program Director Email: jbd5@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-865-7761
  • Photo of Christopher G. Engeland Christopher Engeland Professor of Biobehavioral Health Email: cge2@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 865-4694
    Fax: (814) 863-7525
    Office: 229 Biobehavioral Health
  • Photo of Nicole Etter, Ph.D. Nicole Etter Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders Email: nme2@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-8133
    Office: 404C Ford Building
  • Photo of Paul M Evitts, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Paul Evitts Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Humanities Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Penn State College of Medicine Program Chair, Communication Sciences and Disorders Email: pevitts@psu.edu
  • Photo of John Felt John Felt Assistant Research Professor Email: jzf434@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-863-9978
    Office: 431 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Donna Fick, Ph.D. Donna Fick Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing, Professor of Medicine, Director, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at Penn State, Editor, Journal of Gerontological Nursing Email: dmf21@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 865-9325, (814) 863-0245
    Fax: (814) 865-6625
    Office: 306 Nursing Sciences Building
  • Photo of Courtney Fine Courtney Fine Research Project Manager Email: cjf5860@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-865-4773
    Office: 237 Health & Human Development Building
  • Photo of Kathleen Fisher Kathleen Fisher Predoctoral Fellow Email: kgf5118@psu.edu
  • Photo of Steffany Fredman Steffany Fredman Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edna P. Bennett Faculty Fellow in Prevention Research Email: sjf23@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-867-5296
    Fax: 814-863-7963
    Office: 205 Health and Human Development Building
  • Photo of Alyssa Gamaldo-Roddy Alyssa Gamaldo-Roddy Professor of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences, Clemson University Email: agamald@clemson.edu
  • Photo of Tullika Garg Tullika Garg Associate Professor of Urology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Email: txg5408@psu.edu
    Phone: 717-531-0003
    Office: 500 University Drive, C4830, Hershey, PA 17033
  • Photo of Elana Gloger Elana Gloger Postdoctoral Scholar Email: elana.gloger@psu.edu
  • Photo of Maria Gonzalez Maria Gonzalez Research Assistant Email: meg6472@psu.edu
  • Photo of Margeaux Gray, Ph.D. Margeaux Gray Assistant Research Professor Email: margeaux@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-863-5800
    Office: 259 Health & Human Development Building
  • Photo of Joshua Gross Joshua Gross Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Biobehavioral Health, Director of the Nutritional Neuropharmacology Laboratory Email: jdg6119@PSU.EDU
  • Photo of Jonathan Hakun, Ph.D. Jonathan Hakun Assistant Professor of Neurology Email: jgh5196@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-867-2441
    Office: EC037 Neurology, Hershey, PA 17033
  • Photo of Nikki Hill, PhD, RN Nikki Hill Associate Professor of Nursing, Associate Director of the Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence Email: nikki.hill@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-867-3265
    Office: 311A Nursing Sciences Building
  • Photo of Jennifer L. Hillman, Ph.D. ABPP Jennifer Hillman Professor of Psychology Email: JLH35@psu.edu
    Phone: 610-396-6147
    Office: 119 Franco Building, Reading, PA 19610
  • Yan Huang Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies Email: ykh5327@psu.edu
  • Photo of Houtan Jebelli Houtan Jebelli Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering Email: hkj5117@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-863-6442
    Office: 224 Engineering Unit A
  • Photo of Linying Ji Linying Ji Assistant Professor in Psychology, Montana State University Email: linying.ji@montana.edu
  • Photo of Jyotsna M. Kalavar, Ph.D. Jyotsna Kalavar Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Email: jmk18@psu.edu
    Phone: (724) 334-6745
    Fax: (724) 334-6039
    Office: Room 24, Science Building
  • Photo of Matthew Kaplan, Ph.D. Matthew Kaplan Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education Email: msk15@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-7871
    Office: 007A Ferguson Building
  • Photo of William Larry Kenney, Ph.D. William Kenney Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology, Marie Underhill Noll Chair in Human Performance Email: w7k@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-863-1672
    Office: 102 Noll Lab
  • Photo of Julie Kircher Julie Kircher Postdoctoral Scholar Email: jak831@psu.edu
    Office: 417A Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Ann M. Kolanowski, Ph.D. Ann Kolanowski Professor of Nursing, Professor of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Adjunct Professor, Associated Faculty, School of Nursing Email: amk20@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-9901, (814) 863-1048
    Fax: (814) 865-3779
    Office: 304 Nursing Sciences Building
  • Photo of Maria Kurth Maria Kurth Postdoctoral Fellow Email: mfk5959@psu.edu
  • Photo of Janine Kwapis Janine Kwapis Assistant Professor of Biology Email: jlk855@psu.edu
    Office: 516 Mueller Lab
  • Photo of Stephanie Lanza Stephanie Lanza Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Human Development and Family Studies, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies (courtesy) Email: SLanza@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-865-7095
    Office: 302 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Soomi Lee, Ph.D. Soomi Lee Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Email: smlee@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-867-6471
    Office: 219 HHD Building
  • Photo of Jeesun Lee Jeesun Lee Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies Email: jfl6269@psu.edu
  • Yanling Li Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies Email: yxl823@psu.edu
  • Photo of Sarah Lipitz Sarah Lipitz Research Assistant Email: srl5291@psu.edu
  • Photo of Xiao Liu Xiao Liu Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Email: xxl213@psu.edu
    Phone: (814)863-4419
    Office: 431 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
  • Photo of Susan J. Loeb, Ph.D. Susan J. Loeb Professor of Nursing & Department of Medicine, College of Medicine Email: svl100@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-2236, (814) 865-3349
    Fax: (814) 863-1027
    Office: 315B Nursing Sciences Building
  • Photo of  Elizabeth  Losin Elizabeth Losin Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health Email: erl5393@psu.edu
  • Photo of Liying Luo, Ph.D. Liying Luo Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography Email: lzl65@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-863-0147
    Office: 714 Oswald Tower
  • Photo of Aarthi Madhavan Aarthi Madhavan Assistant Professor, CSD Journal Club Coordinator Email: axm1125@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-0832
    Office: 404B Ford Building
  • Photo of  Jennifer  L. Maggs Jennifer Maggs Professor, Human Development and Family Studies Email: jmaggs@psu.edu
    Office: 119 Health and Human Development Building
  • Photo of Lynn M. Martire, Ph.D. Lynn Martire Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Email: lmm51@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 865-7374
    Office: 411 BBH Building
  • Photo of Amilcar Matos-Moreno Amilcar Matos-Moreno Assistant Research Professor Email: abm6818@psu.edu
  • Photo of Brett Messman Brett Messman Postdoctoral Fellow Email: bam6961@psu.edu
  • Photo of Jacqueline Mogle Jacqueline Mogle Associate Professor, Clemson University Email: jmogle@clemson.edu
  • Photo of Kyle W. Murdock, Ph.D. Kyle Murdock Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health Email: kwm20@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-863-0200
    Office: 114 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Megan Nakamura Megan Nakamura Postdoctoral Fellow Email: mjn5892@psu.edu
  • Photo of Jennie Noll, Ph.D. Jennie Noll Professor of Psychology, University of Rochester Email: jennie_noll@urmc.rochester.edu
  • Photo of Zita Oravecz, Ph.D. Zita Oravecz Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Email: zita@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-865-1546
    Office: 232 Health and Human Development Building
  • Photo of Jeongmin Park Jeongmin Park Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies Email: jeongmin.park@psu.edu
  • Photo of Nilam Ram, Ph.D. Nilam Ram Professor of Communication & Psychology, Stanford University Email: nilamram@stanford.edu
  • Photo of Daniel Roberts Daniel Roberts Postdoctoral Scholar, Biobehavioral Health Email: dqr5570@psu.edu
    Office: 221 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Erica Roque Erica Roque Administrative Assistant, Human Research Technologist Email: ear5875@psu.edu
    Office: 428 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Lesley A. Ross, Ph.D. Lesley Ross Professor, Clemson University Email: laross@clemson.edu
  • Photo of Chaleece W. Sandberg, Ph.D. Chaleece Sandberg Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Co-Founder of Research PALS Email: cws18@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-2007
    Office: 401D Ford Building
  • Photo of Alexis Santos Alexis Santos Assistant Director for Diversity and Inclusion in Research for the Center for Healthy Aging, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Demography Email: ars39@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-0117
    Office: 102 Heath and Human Development Building
  • Photo of Mark Sciegaj, Ph.D. Mark Sciegaj Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Administration, Associate Director of the Penn State Smart Spaces Center, Professor-in-Charge of the Undergraduate Program Email: mxs838@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-2861
    Fax: (814) 863-2905
    Office: 601F Donald H. Ford Building
  • Photo of Amber J, Seidel, Ph.D. Amber Seidel Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Email: ajs49@psu.edu
    Phone: (717) 771-4029
    Office: Room 13, John J. Romano Administration Building (Romano), Penn State York Campus
  • Photo of Rinanda Shaleha Rinanda Shaleha Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies Email: rrs5577@psu.edu
  • Photo of Idan Shalev, Ph.D. Idan Shalev Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health Email: ius14@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-865-5764
    Office: 223 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Dennis G. Shea, Ph.D. Dennis Shea Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Outreach, College of Health and Human Development Email: dgs4@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-2901, (814) 865-1427
    Office: 345 Health and Human Development Building
  • Photo of Chad E. Shenk, Ph.D. Chad Shenk Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies/Department of Pediatrics Email: ces140@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-865-9688
    Office: 230 Health & Human Development Building
  • Photo of Joshua M. Smyth, Ph.D. Joshua Smyth Professor of Psychology, Ohio State University Email: smyth.88@osu.edu
  • Photo of Jordan Solt Jordan Solt Human Research Technologist Email: jvs6276@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-865-4773
    Office: 237 Health & Human Development Building
  • Photo of Alana Stracuzzi Alana Stracuzzi Human Research Technologist Email: acs6055@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-863-2539
  • Photo of Ashley Tate, Ph.D. Ashley Tate Research Project Manager Email: axs6110@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-865-4914
    Office: Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Muhammad Thalil, Ph.D. Muhammad Thalil Postdoctoral Scholar Email: mkt5742@psu.edu
    Office: 429 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Junyan Tian Junyan Tian Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies Email: jxt717@psu.edu
  • Photo of Meynard Toledo Meynard Toledo Postdoctoral Scholar Email: mlt5541@psu.edu
  • Photo of Yogasudha Veturi Yogasudha Veturi Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Assistant Professor of Statistics Email: yzv101@psu.edu
  • Photo of Gitana Villa Gitana Villa Human Research Technologist Email: gmv5129@psu.edu
  • Photo of John West John West Postdoctoral Fellow Email: johnwest@psu.edu
  • Photo of Kari Whitehead, M.S. Kari Whitehead Research Project Manager Email: klh196@psu.edu
    Phone: 814-865-7094
    Office: Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Linda Ann Wray, Ph.D. Linda Ann Wray Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health Email: law30@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 865-0764
    Office: 106 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Molly Wright Molly Wright Predoctoral Fellow Email: mpw5810@psu.edu
  • Photo of Jingchuan Wu Jingchuan Wu Predoctoral Fellow Email: jingchuan@psu.edu
  • Photo of Steven H. Zarit, Ph.D. Steven Zarit Emeritus Faculty of Human Development and Family Studies Email: z67@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 865-5260
    Fax: (814) 863-7963
  • Photo of Ruixue Zhaoyang, Ph.D. Ruixue Zhaoyang Assistant Research Professor Email: rzz12@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 863-9978
    Office: 413A Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Leah Mehm Leah Mehm Operations Manager Email: lmp18@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 865-3252
    Office: 433 Biobehavioral Health Building
  • Photo of Emily Repka Emily Repka Senior Administrative Assistant, Human Research Technologist Email: emf5055@psu.edu
    Phone: (814) 865-4776
    Office: 413 Biobehavioral Health Building

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