Area of Expertise: Aging
Casanova, Maria
Assistant Professor of Economics
Areas of Knowledge
- Aging
- Retirement
- Pensions
- Retirement Savings
- Social Security
- Financial Literacy
- Pension systems in Europe
Cherin, David A.
Professor of Social Work
Chair of the Department of Social Work
Areas of Knowledge
- Death and dying and use of hospice and palliative care
- Aging issues in the community
- California Foster Care system
- Leadership and supervision in the human services/non-profit sector
- HIV-AIDs and end of life care
Cooper, Therese J.
Lecturer in Communication Communication Sciences and Disorders
Areas of Knowledge
- Anatomy and physiology
- Voice disorders
- Cleft palate
- Communication and aging
- Neurology
- Speech Therapy
Erickson, Barbra E.
Professor of Anthropology
Areas of Knowledge
- Anthropology
- Aging
- Culture change
- Social organization
- Culture and economy
- Chronic illness
- History of medicine
- Medical use of radiation
- Qualitative research methods
Jones, C. Jessie E.
Professor Emeritus of Health Science
Areas of Knowledge
- Issues related to successful aging
- fibromyalgia
- effects of exercise on the aging process
Patel, Nilay V.
Associate Professor of Biological Science
Areas of Knowledge
- Alzheimer's disease
- stem cell biology
- gene expression
- stem cell training
- drug discovery
- neurodegeneration
- aging
Renold, Carl
Professor of Human Services
Areas of Knowledge
- Technology and aging
- End-of-life care
- public policy and aging
- survey research methods
- gerontology
Rikli, Roberta E.
Dean Emeritus, College of Health and Human Development
Professor Eneritus of Kinesiology
Areas of Knowledge
- Assessment of physical performance
- healthy aging
- reducing physical frailty
- physical mobility
Rose, Debbie J.
Department Chair and Professor of Kinesiology
Director, Center for Successful Aging
Areas of Knowledge
- Assessment and treatment of balance and mobility disorders in older adult populations (e.g., community-residing, institutionalized, cognitively impaired)
- role of physical activity in the aging process
- components of successful aging
- training of senior fitness instructors, balance and mobility specialists
- fall prevention strategies for the elderly
- Australia
Schniter, Eric
Lecturer in Anthropology
Areas of Knowledge
- Human Behavioral Ecology
- Behavioral Economics
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Evolutionary Anthropology
Shahrestani, Parvin
Assistant Professor of Biological Science
Areas of Knowledge
- Population Genetics
- Evolution
- Aging
- Genomics
- Immune defense
Solberg, Eric J.
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Areas of Knowledge
- Wage and employment discrimination in labor markets
- Economics of aging and gerontology
- Minimum wage
- Wages (gender pay gap)
- Discrimination, labor markets
Zettel-Watson, Laura
Professor of Psychology
Coordinator of Aging Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Social Relationships in Later Life
- Gerotechnology
- Health and Aging
