Experts by Expertise: Aging and End of Life

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4/10/23
Vanessa M. Barnabei

Professor Emerita of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Expertise: women’s health, menopause, hormone therapy, pregnancy, prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum depression, contraceptives, access to abortion, New York’s Reproductive Health Act
Phone: 716-323-0615
Email: vmbarnab@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Nichol Castro

Assistant Professor of Communicative Disorders and Sciences

Expertise: speech, language and memory; word retrieval; anomia, including in aphasia, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
Phone: 716-829-5565
Email: nicholca@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Yu-Ping Chang

Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Endowed Professor of Nursing

Expertise: mental health; substance abuse and addiction; family caregiving and dementia

Phone: 716-829-2015
Email: yc73@buffalo.edu
4/12/23
Michael LaMonte

Research Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health

Expertise: healthy aging, cardiovascular disease, physical activity, women’s health, menopause, cancer, the microbiome, periodontal disease
Phone: 716-829-5379
Email: mlamonte@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Jordana Maisel

Director of Research for the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center)
Expertise: universal design, inclusive design, accessible transit, streetscapes, aging in place
Phone: 716-829-5902
Email: jlmaisel@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Carine Mardorossian

Professor of English, and Global Gender and Sexuality Studies

Expertise: medical humanities, death and dying, feminism, sexism, sexual violence, Caribbean literature
Phone: 716-645-0711
Email: cmardoro@buffalo.edu
6/27/22
Joanne Song McLaughlin
Associate Professor of Economics

Expertise: labor economics; health insurance mandates; age discrimination; older workers; AI and the future of work
Phone: 716-645-8685
Email: jsmclaug@buffalo.edu
10/16/19
Danielle Meyer

Clinical Director of the Dietetic Internship Program in the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

Expertise: fad diets (keto, carb-free), debunking nutrition myths, oncology nutrition, geriatric nutrition, supplements
Phone: 716-829-5652
Email: dsmeyer@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Robert Miletich

Interim Chair and Professor of Nuclear Medicine
Expertise: nuclear medicine, nuclear neurology, brain scans and other neuroimaging techniques and neurodegenerative diseases
Phone: 716-838-5889
Email: miletich@buffalo.edu
8/8/22
Heather Ochs-Balcom

Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health

Expertise: cancer, genetic influences on disease risk, women’s health
Phone: 716-829-5338
Email: hmochs2@buffalo.edu
4/20/23
Peter A. Rogerson
SUNY Distinguished Professor of Geography

Expertise: demographics, population trends, baby boomers, spatial statistics, epidemiology, geographic centers
Phone: 716-645-0483
Email: rogerson@buffalo.edu
5/13/20
Frank A. Scannapieco, DMD, PhD

Chair of Oral Biology
Expertise: link between oral and overall health; oral health care in hospitals and nursing homes; dental plaque

Phone: 716-829-3373
Email: fas1@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Korydon Smith
Professor and Chair of Architecture
Expertise: diversity and social justice in planning and design; inclusive design; refugee housing and settlement planning
Phone: 716-829-5908
Email: khsmith@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Edward Steinfeld

Director of the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center)

Expertise: universal design, inclusive design, accessibility, building design, inclusive restrooms, accessible transit, architecture
Phone: 716-829-5899
Email: arced@buffalo.edu
5/22/20
Jack M. Sullivan

Professor of Ophthalmology

Expertise: retina, retinal degeneration, macular degeneration, ophthalmology, gene therapy
Phone: 716-862-6533
Email: js354@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Jennifer A. Surtees

Associate Professor of Biochemistry

Expertise: genomes, genetic diversity, DNA, science communication, COVID-19 genomic surveillance and genetic variants
Phone: 716-829-6083
Email: jsurtees@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Machiko R. Tomita

Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Science

Expertise: aging, falls and frailty prevention in older adults, caregiving for older adults, smart home technology, virtual group exercise
Phone: 716-829-6740
Email: machikot@buffalo.edu
4/12/23
Jean Wactawski-Wende
Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Professions
Expertise: women’s health, menopause, osteoporosis, reproductive health, cancer, the microbiome, periodontal disease
Phone: 716-829-5374
Email: jww@buffalo.edu