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GIA Staff & Advisory Board

Faculty and Staff Title
Paula Grammas, Ph.D. Executive Director, Mildred & Shirley L. Garrison Chair in Aging
Professor of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine
Lynn Bickley, M.D. Director of Geriatric Medical Education
Associate Dean of Curriculum, School of Medicine
Professor, Internal Medicine & Neuropsychiatry
Diane Botello, R.N. CNA Nurse Educator, Geriatric Education & Training Academy Program Coordinator
Annette Nichols Boles, M.S. Assistant Unit Director, Education and Outreach
Jessica Bowley Nurse Educator
Raquel Calzada Medical Research Tech I
Ronnie Cole Medical Research Technician
Marianne Evola, PhD Post Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology/Neuroscience
Ruben Gonzales Senior Director, Alzheimer's DNA Bank and GIA Research
Katy Johns Student Assistant
Ann Laurence, M.S. Senior Director of Education & Training
Director, Geriatric Education & Training Academy
Mark Lyte, Ph.D. Director of Translational Research Development
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Sophie McDougal, B.B.A. Senior Accountant
Matt McKennan Graduate Student Assistant, Marketing and Outreach
Vicki Ramirez Coordinator
Kristina Rios Student Assistant, Training Academy & Operations
Alma Sanchez, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate, Grammas Research Group
Randolph Schiffer, M.D. Chair, Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine
Director, Alzheimer's Clinical Research and Outreach, Garrison Institute on Aging
Deniese Smith Administrative Business Assistant
Terri Stahl Research Unit Manager
Julie Toland Assistant Director, Marketing and Development
Debjani Tripathy, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate, Grammas Research Group
Xingjia Wang, Ph.D. Director of Scientific Development
Shu Wang Post Doctoral Research Associate
Gerrid Warner Medical Research Tech III
Linda Yin Medical Research Assistant, Department of Neuropsychiatry
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TTUHSC Aging Researchers & Clinicians

Name Title
Thomas Abbruscato, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mujahid Akram, Ph.D., PE Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Suzanne Anderson, RN, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Thiruma Arumugam, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Alyce Ashcraft, Ph.D., RN. CS, CCRN Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Mary Baker, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Elmus G. Beale, Ph.D. Academic Associate Professor
Steve Berk, M.D. Dean, School of Medicine
Lynn Bickley, M.D. Director of Geriatric Education
Associate Dean of Curriculum, School of Medicine
Professor, Internal Medicine & Neuropsychiatry
Joseph Bishara Media Development Manager, Rural and Community Health
Michael Blanton, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Janice Boyce, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Nutrition and Hospitality
Erin Braddock Senior Analyst, Rural and Community Health
Paul Brooke, Jr, Ph.D. Dean, School of Allied Health Sciences
Lori Camperlengo CNE Coordinator, School of Nursing
Rick Carter, Ph.D., MBA Professor and Chair, Health Exercise Sports Science
Maurizio Chiriva-Internati, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology; BMT and Translational Immunology Programs Leader Southwest Cancer Center
Penelope Coates, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Craig Cookman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the Roberts Practiceship in Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing
Gail Cornwall, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Biochemistry
Melinda Corwin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Assistant Professor, School of Allied Health Sciences
Martine Coue, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
James Dembowski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Assistant Professor, Speech Language Hearing
Richard Dickerson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Johannes Everse, Ph.D. Professor, Cell Biology
Du Feng, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Ian Scott Fleming, Ph.D. Faculty Fellow, Rural and Community Health
John Fowler, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Physiology
Alexia Green, Ph.D. Dean, School of Nursing
Kris Hargrave Programmer & Analyst, Rural and Community Health
Javad Hashemi, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Engineering
Allison Hollingsworth Instructor, Psychology and Pharmacology
Karlene Hoo, Ph.D. Professor, Chemical Engineering
Waylon House, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
Erica Johnson, Ph.D., CRC Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Counseling
Sritulasi Karri Professor, Internal Medicine
Ron Kennedy, Ph.D. Chairman, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Rajesh Khare, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Sukwon Kim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Health Exercise Sports Science
Rajinder Koul, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Allied Sciences; Chair and Assistant Dean for Research
Selim Krim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Majid Moridani, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Sid O'Bryant, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Donna Owen, Ph.D. Research Coordinator & Professor, School of Nursing
Roland Patry, Dr.P.H., Fashp Professor and Chair, Clinical Practice & Management; Head, Pharmacy Practice Management Division, Amarillo
Pat Patterson, Ph.D. Professor and Department Chair, Industrial Engineering
Jean Pearson Scott, Ph.D. Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Curt Pfarr, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Cynthia Raehl, Pharm.D. Professor and Chair, Clinical Sciences and Research Development, School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Chanwit Roongsritong, M.D. Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Gregory Schrimsher, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Giles C. McCrary Endowed Chair in Addiction Medicine
Steven Sawyer, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Charles Seifert, Pharm.D. Professor and Regional Dean, School of Pharmacy, Adult Medicine Division, Lubbock
Eugene Shek, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Leslie Shen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pathology
JoAnn Shroyer, Ph.D. Professor, Environmental Design
Rebecca Sleeper, Pharm.D. Associate Professor and Division Head, Geriatrics Division
Sergey Smirnov, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dean Smith, Ph.D. Vice President for Research, Texas Tech University and Adjunct Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Quentin Smith, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Gwendolyn Sorell, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Andrew Stenhouse, M.D. Chief of Staff at Amarillo VAMC, Professor, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Amarillo
Doug Stocco, Ph.D. Professor, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Peter Syapin, Ph.D. Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Rey Vivo Clinical Instructor, Internal Medicine
Simon Williams, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Director of Basic Research, Southwest Cancer Center
Eurnseog Youn, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Alice Young, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pharmacology/Neuroscience, Department of Psychology
Yan Zhang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Anisa Zvonkovic, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Human Development and Family Studies
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