CAReS

Research Staff

Principal Investigator:

  • Sharon K. Ostwald, PhD, RN, FGSA
    Professor & Isla Carroll Turner Chair in Gerontological Nursing
    Center on Aging | University of Texas School Nursing at Houston

Investigators:

  • Gayle Hersch, PhD, OTR (Occupational Therapist)
    Professor, Texas Woman’s University
  • Carolyn Kelley, MS, PT, NCS (Physical Therapist)
    Assistant Professor, Texas Woman’s University
  • Gailen Marshall, MD, PhD (Immunologist)
    Professor, University of Mississippi Medical School Jackson, MI
  • Susan Robinson-Whelen (Psychologist)
    Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Paul Swank, PhD (Quantitative Methodologist)
    Professor, University of Texas Medical School
  • Joan Wasserman, DrPH, RN (Nurse)
    Assistant Professor, University of Texas School of Nursing

Staff Involved During the 6-year Study:

  • Sally Davis, MSN, RN
  • Karen Janssen, BSN, RN
  • Celia Schulz, PhD, OTR
  • Franzina Coutinho, PhD, OTR
  • Myrna Khan, PhD
  • Michelle Peck, MSN, MPH, RN
  • Anne Morris, PhD
  • Carol East, MSN, RN
  • Deborah Griffith, BSN, RN
  • Kyler Godwin, MPH
  • Stan Cron, MSPH
  • Xiaoling Zhang, MS
  • Barbara Booth, BS