University Center on Aging and Health

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.

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
Assistant Professor, Statistics
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU
Chris.burant@case.edu

Carli Carnish, DNP, MSN, RN, CNP, CHFN
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
mad14@case.edu

Evelyn Duffy, DNP, GNP/ANP-BC, FAANP
Associate Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Associate Director, Center on Aging and Health
Director of the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Program
evelyn.duffy@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

Elliane Irani, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU
exi28@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 

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

Hyoung-gon Lee, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, General Medicine, Neurology
CWRU
hxl54@case.edu

Patricia E. McDonald, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
patricia.mcdonald@case.edu

Kylie Meyer, PhD MSC
Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
kylie.meyer@case.edu

Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
Distinguished University Professor
Emerita Faculty, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU
shirley.moore@case.edu

Diana L. Morris, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Florence Cellar Associate Professor of Gerontological Nursing
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Executive Director, University Center on Aging and Health
Mandel School of Applied Social Science
dlm5@case.edu

Carol M. Musil, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Interim Dean and Marvin E. and Ruth Durr Denekas,
Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
carol.musil@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

Marian B. Patterson, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, CWRU
marian.patterson@case.edu

George Perry, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Pathology
School of Medicine, CWRU
george.perry@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, MSM, AGPCNP-BC, CCRP
Assistant Professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, CWRU 
cwh11@case.edu

Aloen L. Townsend, PhD, FGSA
Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor, Chair of the Doctoral Program
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
Director, Adult Learning, 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, Ph.D., RN-BC, FAAN, 
Kate Hanna Harvey Professor of Community Health Nursing, 
Director of the PhD in Nursing Program, 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

Wen-Quan Zou, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Neurology, Division of General Medicine
School of Medicine, CWRU
Wenquan.zou@case.edu

Amy Lipson, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
216.368.3107
Amy.Lipson@case.edu