Faculty

How neural, muscular, and skeletal systems interact, and affects of aging, disease, and injury.

Lifestyle-based & alternative treatment modalities to address metabolic conditions associated with aging

Interventions that promote resilience among geriatric populations in chronic pain

Understanding and reducing chronic pain in older adults

Evidence to guide healthcare policy decisions and interventions for cancer and chronic diseases

Optimizing mobility in the neurologically impaired, the elderly, & those recovering from stroke or spinal injury

Mechanisms involved in age-related pain perception & modulation in humans

Role of circadian rhythms & molecular clock mechanisms in skeletal muscle homeostasis & health

Biomechanics & neural control of human locomotion in health, aging & disability

Biological, social, and psychological factors that may influence the experience of pain in aging populations

Dynamic stability during locomotor transitions in the elderly, and PD

Mitochondrial mechanisms of aging muscle atrophy

Aging, sleep, and health services research

Cognitive aging & behavioral intervention strategies; statistical modeling

Adult neuro-psychology, dementia, movement disorders and post-operative cognitive dysfunction in patients

Machine learning, data mining algorithms, & software for bioinformatics & medical informatics applications

Context-aware assistive & therapeutic intelligent solutions using ambient & mobile sensor technology

Molecular pathways that regulate muscle and vascular responses to environmental and endogenous stressors

Motor control, aging, neuroplasticity & rehabilitation associated with spaceflight

Patient Safety and Pharmacoepidemiology

Stress, aging, health disparities & resilience

Molecular & cellular mechanisms underlying age-related hearing loss

Nutri-biological, psychosocial pain phenotyping; epigenetic and neuroscientific pain mechanisms

Pain-related neural networks, pain processing, and processing in older African American adults

Genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying environmental modulation of aging

Genetic epidemiology, statistical genetics and bioinformatics