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
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