Gerontological Public Health Training Program - Faculty

Dr. Thomas R. Prohaska, professor of community health sciences and co-director of the Center for Research on Health and Aging, directs the training program. Dr. Prohaska has more than 25 years’ experience in teaching gerontology at the graduate level and in conducting gerontological research.

Other core faculty members in the training program mentor trainees, lead workshops and offer lectures:

Gloria Bonner, PhD, assistant professor of medical surgical nursing
Richard T. Campbell, PhD, professor of biostatistics and sociology
Marcia Finlayson, PhD, assistant professor of occupational therapy
Marquis Foreman, PhD, associate professor of medical-surgical nursing
Sylvia Furner, PhD, associate professor of epidemiology
Joy Hammel, PhD, assistant professor of occupational therapy
Tamar Heller, PhD, professor and chair of disability and human development
Susan L. Hughes, DSW, professor of community health sciences and co-director of the Center for Research on Health and Aging
Naoko Muramatsu, PhD, assistant professor of community health sciences
S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, professor of epidemiology
James Rimmer, PhD, associate professor of disability and human development
JoEllen Wilbur, PhD, associate professor of public health, mental health, and administrative nursing