External Advisory Committee
Co-Chairs
Laura C. Hanson, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Medical Director, UNC Palliative Care Program
Associate Director, Geriatric Fellowship Program
Jean Kutner, MD, MSPH
Chief Medical Officer at UCHealth/University of Colorado Hospital
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS, FACP
Michael L. Freedman Professor of Geriatric Research, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Director, Freedman Research Program on Aging and Cognition
Director, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care
kenneth Covinsky, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Associate Chief, Geriatrics Research
Co-Director of Research
Edmund G. Brown Sr., Distinguished Professorship in Geriatrics
Principal Investigator, UCSF Older Americans Independence Center
Jerry Gurwitz, MD
Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Health
Principal investigator of the NIH-funded AGING Initiative
Kathi Heffner, PhD
Associate Chief of Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Division of Geriatrics and Aging
Director, Elaine C. Hubbard Center for Nursing Research on Aging
Professor of Nursing, Medicine, and Psychiatry
Susan Hickman, PHD
Geropsychologist and Professor in the Indiana University (IU) School of Nursing and IU School of Medicine
Cornelius and Yvonne Pettinga Chair in Aging Research
Director of the IU Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
Co-Director of the Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Communication and Training (RESPECT) Center
Susan Hughes, Phd
Director, Center for Research on Health and Aging, University of Illinois at Chicago
Director, Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation
Institute for Health Research and Policy
Professor, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
Carol M. Mangione, MD, MSPH, FACP
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Co-director of the UCLA Resource Center for Minority Aging Research/Center for Health Improvement of Minority Elderly
Associate Director of the UCLA Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI)
Director of the UCLA CTSI Workforce Development Program
Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH
Senior Scientist, Hebrew Senior Life’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Faculty, Division of Geriatrics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Multiple Principal Investigator, IMPACT Collaboratory
Joan Monin, PhD, MS
Associate Professor, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health
Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
Professor, Organizational Systems and Adult Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Associate Dean for Research
Co-Director, Postdoctoral Program
Distinguished University Professor
Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology
Co-director, Biology and Behavior Across the Lifespan Organized Research Center