Enhancing the Health and Quality of Life in Older Adults, Their Family, and Their Kin
Since 1978, the University Center on Aging and Health (UCAH) has served as an interdisciplinary point at Case Western Reserve University for building and maintaining excellence in gerontological and geriatric research, education, and practice.
UCAH's mission is to foster collaboration among its community of scholars, learners, and practitioners in order to encourage and coordinate innovative interdisciplinary research, education, and service programs relevant to the health and well-being of older adults.
State-of-the-art knowledge about the aging process and its implications for individuals, families, communities, and societies is advanced and disseminated throughout the community.
Graduate Certificate Program in Gerontology
The UCAH has developed a certificate program intended to help meet the academic and career needs of graduate students and employed professionals in a wide variety of disciplines.
Learn more about the Graduate Certificate Program in Gerontology.
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing is a member of the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) organization.
The School's membership activities are managed through the University Center on Aging & Health with Diana Morris acting as the member' representative.
NHCGNE is a 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to enhance and sustain the capacity and competency of nurses to provide quality care to older adults.
FGSA: Fellow, Gerontological Society of America
FAGHE: Fellow, Association of Gerontology in Higher Education
Hope Barkoukis, PhD, RDN, LD
Interim Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition
School of Medicine, CWRU
hope.barkoukis@case.edu
Christopher J. Burant, PhD, MATCM, FGSA
Associate Professor, Statistics
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU
Chris.burant@case.edu
Carli Carnish, DNP, MSN, RN, CNP
Assistant Professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU
carli.carnish@case.edu
Dale Dannefer, PhD, FGSA
Selah Chamberlain Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology, CWRU
dale.dannefer@case.edu
Peter A. DeGolia, MD, CMD
Professor, Family Medicine & Community Health
CWRU School of Medicine
Medical Director, McGregor PACE
peter.degolia@UHhospitals.org
Mary A. Dolansky, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
Director of Interprofessional Integration and Education Center of Excellence in Primary Care, VA Quality
Scholars Program (VAQS) Senior Nurse Fellow Louis Stokes Cleveland VA
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU
mad15@case.edu
Evelyn Duffy, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Associate Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Associate Director, Center on Aging and Health
Director of the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Program
exd4@case.edu
Ronald L. Hickman, Jr., PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FAAN
Associate Dean of Research and Associate Professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU
rlh2@case.edu
Sharona Hoffman, JD, LLM, SJD
Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law
Professor, Bioethics
Co-Director, Law-Medicine Center
sharona.hoffman@case.edu
Elliane Irani, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU
exi26@case.edu
Evanne Juratovac, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC
Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
exj11@case.edu
Eva Kahana, PhD, FGSA, FAGHE
Distinguished University Professor
Robson Professor of Sociology, Humanities,
Applied Social Science, Nursing and Medicine
Director, Elderly Care Research Center, CWRU
eva.kahana@case.edu
Jessica A. Kelley, Ph.D.
Professor; Chair of the Department of Sociology
College of Arts and Sciences, CWRU
jak119@case.edu
Denise M. Kresevic, PhD, RN, APN-BC, FGSA, FAAN
Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC)
Associate Director of Education/Evaluation
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center
Clinical Nurse Specialist-Geriatrics UH
Denise.Kresevic@va.gov
Erin Gentry Lamb, Ph.D.
Carl F. Asseff, MD, MBA, JD Professor in Medical Humanities
Faculty Lead, Humanities Pathway
Associate Professor of Bioethics, School of Medicine, CWRU
erin.lamb@case.edu
Hyoung-gon Lee, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, General Medicine, Neurology
CWRU
hxl54@case.edu
Kylie Meyer, PhD MSC
Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
kylie.meyer@case.edu
Diana L. Morris, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Florence Cellar Associate Professor of Gerontological Nursing
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Mandel School of Applied Social Science
dlm5@case.edu
Carol M. Musil, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Edward J. and Louise Mellen Professor of Nursing
Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
carol.musil@case.edu
Ann W. Nguyen, PhD, MSW, LMSW
Associate Professor
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, CWRU
nguyena@case.edu
Muralidhar Pallaki, MD, FACP
Medical Director
Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit, Cleveland VA Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, CWRU
Muralidhar.pallaki@va.gov
George Perry, PhD
Semmes Foundation University Chair in Neurobiology
Adjunct Professor of Pathology
School of Medicine, CWRU
george.perry@case.edu
Adam Perzynski, PhD, FGSA
Professor of Medicine and Sociology
School of Medicine, CWRU
The Metrohealth System
adam.perzynski@case.edu
Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD
Editor, Annuals of Family Medicine
Professor of Family Medicine, Population & Quantitative Health Sciences
School of Medicine, Sociology, CWRU
Kurt.stange@case.edu
Carolyn Harmon Still, PhD, MSN, MSM, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN
Associate Professor & The Kate Hanna Harvey Professor of Community Health Nursing
Assistant Dean of Research
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU
cwh11@case.edu
Aloen L. Townsend, PhD, FGSA
Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Sociology, CWRU
aloen.townsend@case.edu
Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Neurosciences, Psychiatry
CWRU School of Medicine, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Bioethics, Nursing, History, and Organization Behavior at CWRU
Co-Founder, The Intergenerational School
peter.whitehouse@case.edu
May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, FAGHE
Director Emerita, University Center for Aging and Health
Professor Emerita, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU
may.wykle@case.edu
Jaclene A. Zauszniewski, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN
Catherine Seibyl Professor of Nursing, Research, and Caregiving
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
jaz@case.edu
Xiongwei Zhu, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology & Division of General Medical Sciences
Associate Professor, Neurology
School of Medicine, CWRU
xiongwei.zhu@case.edu