{"id":1581,"date":"2017-06-15T10:46:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T14:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/?page_id=1581"},"modified":"2025-07-25T06:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:17:46","slug":"our-investigators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/our-investigators\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tOur Investigators\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"void(0);\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\" class=\"broken_link\">Center on Aging Core Faculty<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\"><i>Collapse<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Alam-Wahila\">Wahila Alam, MD<\/a>, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Al-Naggar-Iman\">Iman Al-Naggar, Ph.D.<\/a>, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Barry-Lisa\">Lisa C. Barry, Ph.D., MPH<\/a>, Associate Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Bartley-Jenna\">Jenna Bartley, Ph.D.<\/a>, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Berg-Karina\">Karina Berg, MD<\/a>, Associate Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Coll-Patrick\">Patrick Coll, MD<\/a>, Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2022\/03\/Ellis-Dillon-CV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ellis C. Dillon, Ph.D.<\/a>, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Diniz-Breno\">Breno Diniz, MD, Ph.D.<\/a>, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Fortinsky-Richard\">Richard Fortinsky, Ph.D.<\/a>, Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Haynes-Laura\">Laura Haynes, Ph.D.<\/a>, Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Kositsawat-Jatupol\">Jatupol Kositsawat, MD, DMSc, MPH<\/a>, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Kuchel-George\">George A. Kuchel, MD, FRCP, AGSF<\/a>, Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Lee-Sun-Kyeong\">Sun-Kyeong Lee, Ph.D.<\/a>, Associate Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Maghaydah-Yazeed\">Yazeed Maghayadah, MD<\/a>, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.exeter.ac.uk\/people\/profile\/index.php?web_id=David_Melzer\">David Melzer, MBBCh, Ph.D., FFPH<\/a>, Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Olsen-Jaclyn\">Jackie Olsen, DO<\/a>, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Pangilinan-Aileen\">Aileen R. Pangilinan, MD<\/a>, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Robison-Julie\">Julie Robison, Ph.D.<\/a>, Professor<\/li>\n<li>Susan Solinsky, APRN<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Sullivan-Gail\">Gail M. Sullivan, MD, MPH<\/a>, Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Wright-lavern\">Lavern Wright, MD<\/a>, Associate Professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"void(0);\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-1\" controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-1\" class=\"broken_link\">UConn-Affiliated Research Faculty<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-1\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-1\"><i>Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mcb.uconn.edu\/kenneth-campellone\/\">Kenneth Campellone, Ph.D.<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Molecular &amp; Cell Biology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kins.uconn.edu\/elaine-choung-hee-lee\">Elaine Choung-Hee Lee, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Assistant Professor, Kinesiology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cag.uconn.edu\/nutsci\/nutsci\/hpg\/chun.html\" class=\"broken_link\">Ock K. Chun, Ph.D., MPH<\/a>,\u00a0Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Crocker-Stephen\">Stephen J. Crocker, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Associate Professor, Neuroscience | Associate Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nursing.uconn.edu\/about-the-school\/faculty-staff\/faculty-directory\/faculty-delaney\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Colleen Delaney, Ph.D., RN, AHN-BC<\/a>, Associate Professor, Nursing<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Doolittle-Madison\">Madison L. Doolittle, Ph.D.<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Duff-Michael\">Michael O. Duff, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Assistant Professor, Genetics &amp; Genome Sciences | Computational Genomics Unit<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kins.uconn.edu\/person\/jacob-earp-ph-d-cscs-usaw-spc\/\">Jacob Earp, Ph.D.<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kins.uconn.edu\/susan-sullivan-glenney\/\">Susan Sullivan Glenney, PT, DPT, MS, GCS, CSCS<\/a>, Clinical Assistant Professor in Residence, Kinesiology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Goldblatt-Ruth\">Ruth S. Goldblatt, DMD, FAGD, FASGD, DABSCD<\/a>, Clinical Associate Professor, Craniofacial Sciences<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Grady-James\">James J. Grady, DrPH<\/a>, Professor, Community Medicine &amp; Health Care<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Gronowicz-Gloria\">Gloria Gronowicz, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Professor, Surgery<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Hegde-Upendra\">Upendra P. Hegde, MD<\/a>,\u00a0Associate Professor, Medicine | Chief Medical Oncologist: Melanoma &amp;\u00a0Cutaneous Oncology; Head &amp;\u00a0Neck Cancer\/Oral Oncology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Heinen-Christopher\">Christopher D. Heinen, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Associate Professor, Medicine | Investigator, Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center &amp; Center for Molecular Medicine | Director, Graduate Program in Molecular Biology &amp;\u00a0Biochemistry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Hurley-Marja\">Marja Hurley, MD<\/a>, Professor, Medicine &amp; Orthopedic Surgery<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Jain-Neha\">Neha Jain, MD<\/a>, Assistant Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Kaplan-Richard\">Richard F. Kaplan, Ph.D.<\/a>, Professor, Psychiatry &amp; Neurology | Director of Neuropsychology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Karimeddini-David\">David S. Karimeddini, MD<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Radiology | Clinical Director of Nuclear Medicine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Kuhn-Liisa\">Liisa T. Kuhn, Ph.D.<\/a>, Associate Professor, Reconstructive Sciences, Center for Regenerative Medicine &amp; Skeletal Development<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Kuo-Chia-ling\">Chia-ling Kuo, Ph.D.<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Biostatistics Center | Assistant Professor, Community Medicine &amp; Healthcare<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kins.uconn.edu\/person\/oh-sung-kwon\/\">Oh Sung Kwon, Ph.D.<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Levine-Eric\">Eric S. Levine, Ph.D.<\/a>, Professor, Neuroscience |\u00a0Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nursing.uconn.edu\/faculty-directory\/faculty-malcolm\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Millicent Malcolm, DNP, GNP-BC, RN, APRN, FAANP<\/a>, Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Nursing<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Manning-Kevin\">Kevin J. Manning, Ph.D.<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ssw.uconn.edu\/person\/rupal-parekh-phd\/\">Rupal Parekh, Ph.D.<\/a>, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Parham-Kourosh\">Kourosh Parham, MD, Ph.D.<\/a>, Associate Professor, Surgery | Director of Research &amp; Program Director, Otolaryngology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kins.uconn.edu\/linda-s-pescatello\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Linda S. Pescatello, Ph.D., FACSM<\/a>,\u00a0Professor, Kinesiology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Pilbeam-Carol\">Carol C. Pilbeam, MD, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Professor, Medicine | Orthopedics Director, M.D.\/Ph.D. Combined Degree Program<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pharmacy.uconn.edu\/person\/nathaniel-rickles\/\">Nathaniel M. Rickles, PharmD, Ph.D., BCPP<\/a>, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Rogina-Blanka\">Blanka Rogina, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Associate Professor, Genetics |\u00a0Genome Sciences Director, Graduate Program in Genetics &amp; Developmental Biology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Steffens-David\">David C. Steffens, MD, MHS<\/a>,\u00a0Professor &amp; Chair, Psychiatry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Taxel-Pamela\">Pamela Taxel, MD<\/a>,\u00a0Associate Professor, Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nursing.uconn.edu\/faculty-directory\/christine-tocchi\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Christine Tocchi, Ph.D., APRN, BC-GNP<\/a>, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Wakefield-Dorothy\">Dorothy Wakefield, MS, PStat<\/a>,\u00a0Research Associate II, Center for Public Health &amp; Health Policy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Wang-Lihong\">Lihong Wang, MD, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Associate Professor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Winokur-Andrew\">Andrew Winokur, MD, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Professor, Psychiatry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Wolfson-Leslie\">Leslie Wolfson, MD<\/a>,\u00a0Chair Emeritus, Professor, Neurology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Wu-Qian\">Qian Wu, MD, M.Sci.<\/a>,\u00a0Associate Professor, Pathology |\u00a0Laboratory Medicine Director, Autopsy Service<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Wu-Zhao\">Zhao Helen Wu, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Associate Professor, Psychiatry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Xiao-Liping2\">Liping Xiao, MD, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Assistant Professor, Medicine and Psychiatry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Yadav-Sumit\">Sumit Yadav, BDS, MDS, Ph.D.<\/a>,\u00a0Assistant Professor, Orthodontics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Zdanys-Kristina\">Kristina F. Zdanys, MD<\/a>,\u00a0Assistant Professor, Psychiatry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"void(0);\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-2\" controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-2\" class=\"broken_link\">Jackson Laboratory Affiliates<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-2\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-2\"><i>Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Gary Churchill, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor, Karl Gunnar Johansson Chair<br \/>\nThe Jackson Laboratory<br \/>\n600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609<br \/>\n207-288-6189<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Gary.Churchill@jax.org\">gary.churchill@jax.org<\/a>\n<strong>David Harrison, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor<br \/>\nThe Jackson Laboratory<br \/>\n600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609<br \/>\n207-288-6357<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:David.Harrison@jax.org\">david.harrison@jax.org<\/a>\n<strong>Ron Korstanje, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor<br \/>\nThe Jackson Laboratory<br \/>\n600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609<br \/>\n207-288-6992<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Ron.Korstanje@jax.org\">ron.korstanje@jax.org<\/a>\n<strong>Luanne Peters, Ph.D.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Professor<br \/>\nThe Jackson Laboratory<br \/>\n600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609<br \/>\n207-288-6391<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Luanne.Peters@jax.org\">luanne.peters@jax.org<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<strong>Paul Robson, Ph.D.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Associate Professor, Genetics &amp; Genome Sciences<br \/>\nProfessor, Single Cell Biology<br \/>\nThe Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine<br \/>\n10 Discovery Drive, Farmington, CT 06032<br \/>\n207-288-6594<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Paul.Robson@jax.org\">paul.robson@jax.org<\/a>\n<strong>Duygu Ucar, MD<br \/>\n<\/strong>Professor, Genetics &amp; Genome Sciences<br \/>\nThe Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine<br \/>\n10 Discovery Drive, Farmington, CT 06032<br \/>\n860-856-2436<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:duygu.ucar@jax.org\">duygu.ucar@jax.org<\/a>\n<strong>Derya Unutmaz, Ph.D.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Professor, Immunology<br \/>\nThe Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine<br \/>\n10 Discovery Drive, Farmington, CT 06032<br \/>\n860-837-2361<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:derya.unutmaz@jax.org\">derya.unutmaz@jax.org<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Investigators Center on Aging Core Faculty Collapse Wahila Alam, MD, Assistant Professor Iman Al-Naggar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Lisa C. Barry, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor Jenna Bartley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Karina Berg, MD, Associate Professor Patrick Coll, MD, Professor Ellis C. Dillon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Breno Diniz, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Richard Fortinsky, Ph.D., Professor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 00:03:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1581"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3445,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1581\/revisions\/3445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}