Gerontology Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
- Jaqueline Contrera Avila, Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: N/A
Email: Jaqueline.Avila@umb.edu
Expertise: Social determinants of older adult health, tobacco-related disparities among older adults, cross-national comparisons of health and aging - Ellen Birchander, Graduate Program Director and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7338
Email: ellen.birchander@umb.edu
Expertise: health and physical aspects of aging, social aspects of aging, psychology of aging - Kathrin Boerner, Professor and Doctoral Program Director, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7348
Email: Kathrin.Boerner@umb.edu
Expertise: adult development and aging, coping with chronic illness, end-of-life, bereavement - Jeffrey Burr, Professor, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7318
Email: jeffrey.burr@umb.edu
Expertise: Social demography of aging, household composition and living arrangements, race and ethnicity in aging populations, labor force participation in later life, productive activity in later life, aging and health - Marc Cohen, Co-Director, LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston; Clinical Professor, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7306
Email: Marc.Cohen@umb.edu
Expertise: Financing Long-Term Services and Supports, Private Long-Term Care Insurance, Fall Prevention, Service Utilization patterns of Disabled Elders, Family Caregiving, Care Management and Care Transitions, Managing Long-Term Services and Supports Populations - Elizabeth Dugan, Associate Professor, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7382
Email: beth.dugan@umb.edu
Expertise: Older drivers and state policy, healthy aging, psychological outcomes - Edward Alan Miller, Professor and Chair, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7313
Email: edward.miller@umb.edu
Expertise: Aging and Long-term Care, Intergovernmental Relations, Program Implementation and Evaluation, Medicaid, Telemedicine and e-health - Jan Mutchler, Director, Gerontology Institute
Tel: 617.287.7321
Email: Jan.Mutchler@umb.edu
Expertise: Diversity in aging populations, intergenerational support in later life, health disparities in later life, economic security, the social demography of aging populations, age-friendly communities - Pamela Nadash, Associate Professor, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7342
Email: pamela.nadash@umb.edu
Expertise: Long term care policy, comparative health policy, consumer choice in health and long term supportive services, integrated care models - Sung S, Park, Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Email: Sung.Park@umb.edu - Expertise: population-level racial/ethnic inequalities manifested in economic and health differences in later life, contribution of institutional conditions and social ties to outcomes for older Americans, inequities faced by African Americans and immigrants
- Nina Silverstein, Professor, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7317
Email: Nina.Silverstein@umb.edu
Expertise: Expertise: Transportation and aging, Alzheimer’s disease, Age-Friendly Universities, Healthy aging - Qian Song, Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7278
Email: qian.song@umb.edu
Expertise: Social Determinants of Health, Older Adults, Migration, Life Course Approach, Living Arrangements and Well-being, Work and Later Life, Institutional Discrimination and Health Outcomes - Jeffrey Stokes, Assistant Professor of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7239
Email: jeffrey.stokes@umb.edu
Expertise: Marriage and family, aging and life course, health and well-being, neighborhood effects, bereavement
Lecturers
- Heather Connors, Lecturer, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7338
Email: heather.connors@umb.edu - Mary Frances DeRose, Lecturer, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617-287-7338
Email: MaryFrances.DeRose@umb.edu - Robert Dwyer, Lecturer, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7330
Email: rpdwyer@yahoo.com - Kelly Fitzgerald, Lecturer, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617-287-7300
Email: Kelly.Fitzgerald@umb.edu - Daniel O’Leary, Lecturer, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7338
Email: daniel.oleary@umb.edu - Lori Richardson, Lecturer, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7338
Email: lori.richardson@umb.edu - Jane Tavares, PhD, Lecturer, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 617.287.7338
Email: jane.tavares@umb.edu - Danielle Waldron, Lecturer, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Tel: 508.851.0530
Email: dwaldron@stonehill.edu
Expertise: Health, healthcare, and social experiences of adults and older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD); Adults and older adults on the autism spectrum