Jay Rappaport

Director · Tulane University

Rappaport is an expert in HIV/AIDS and nonhuman primate models of diseases in biomedical research.

COVID-19 Hiv/Aids Neuroscience Coronavirus

Paola Marignani PhD, MBA

Professor · Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Paola Marignani is a scientist dedicated to developing personalized precision medicine that will improve human health.

Breast Cancer Research Lung cancer Research Gene Editing CRISPR-Cas9 Transgenic mouse models of cancer

Donna Thomson

Author, Caregiving Activist · McMaster University

Author and Leader in family caregiving - disability and aging Instructor, McMaster University Vice-Chair, Kids Brain Health Network

Health Care Navigation Family Caregiving Resilience Strategic Advocacy Teaching, Coaching

Leon Davies

Professor of Optometry & Physiological Optics · Aston University

Professor Davies's research is focused on presbyopia and the restoration of ocular accommodation to the ageing eye.

Visual Function Following Stroke Ophthalmic Instrumentation Intraocular Lens (IOL) Technology Presbyopia Ocular Accommodation

Dr Emily Christopher

Lecturer, Sociology and Policy · Aston University

Dr Christopher's research has explored the ways in which UK state policy is mediated through workplace policies and cultures.

Gender Divisions and the Relation Between Paid and Unpaid Work Sociologies of the Family, Relationality and Kinship Men and Masculinities Visual Methodologies

Dr Hayley James

Senior Research Fellow, Accounting · Aston University

Dr James's research interests concern sociological perspectives on money, finance and value, and how they intersect with the lifecourse.

Lifecourse Economic Sociology Financial Wellbeing Gender and Finance

Paticia Fletcher

Chief Strategy Officer · ElderCare Buddy

Credentialed Gerontologist and Professional Certified Marketer

The Next Four Decades: the Older Population in the United States: 2010 to 2050 Communicating With Older Adults

Cliff Bailey

Emeritus Professor, College of Health and Life Sciences · Aston University

Professor Bailey's research is mainly directed towards the pathogenesis and treatment of diabetes.

Diabetes Endocrinology Insulin Therapy Diabetes Treatments Surrogate Beta-Cells

Henry J. Donahue, Ph.D.

Alice T. and William H. Goodwin, Jr. Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; BS, San Diego State University; Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara · VCU College of Engineering

Bone, mechanobiology, regenerative medicine, effects of space travel on bone and muscle, gap junctions, osteoblast, osteocyte, osteoclast

Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering Musculoskeletal Mechanobiology Space Biology and Bioengineering

Kerri Raissian, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Public Policy · University of Connecticut

Public administration expert, focusing on child and family policy

The impact of early childhood investments on child well-being Role of policy in family violence and contraception subsidies How policy generates family complexity, data collection and decision making in the child protective system

Dawn Bowdish

Associate Professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine · McMaster University

Understanding why changes in immunity that occur with age and how this predisposes us to infection and chronic inflammatory diseases.

Immunology Microbiome Immunosenescence Aging Immune System Pneumonia

Dr Hannah Bartlett

Reader, Optometry Optometry & Vision Science Research Group (OVSRG) Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing · Aston University

Dr Bartlett's research portfolio is broadly based around the role of nutrition in ocular disease.

Clinical Education Ophthalmic Instrumentation Low Vision Ocular Nutrition Macular Pigment

Joseph F. Coughlin

Director, MIT AgeLab · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

You're not getting older, you're getting better! MIT's AgeLab Director explains how changing demographics will impact business & government

Aging Social Innovation Gerontology New Technology Understanding the Impact of Place On Well-Being