UMass Boston

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, Gerontology Institute, 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, Doctoral Program Director and Professor, 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, Clinical Professor, Gerontology Institute, 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
  • Beth 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, Chair and Professor, 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, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
    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 Park, Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
    Tel: N/A
    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, Gerontology Institute, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
    Tel: N/A
    Email: nina.silverstein@umb.edu
    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, Department 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

Lecturer

  • 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, Gerontology Institute, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
    Tel: 617-287-7338
    Email: maryfrances.derose@umb.edu
  • Robert Dwyer, Lecturer, Gerontology Institute, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
    Tel: 617.287.7330
    Email: robert.dwyer@umb.edu
  • Kelly Fitzgerald, Lecturer, Department of Gerontology, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
    Tel: 617.287.7330
    Email: kelly.fitzgerald@umb.edu
  • Daniel O'Leary, Lecturer, Gerontology Institute, 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, Lecturer, Gerontology Institute, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
    Tel: 617-287-7338
    Email: jltavares@gmail.com
  • 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

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