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


