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Landon Center on Aging

Faculty Researchers

Faculty researchers affiliated with the Landon Center on Aging are engaged in aging-related research on a variety of problems, ranging from social concerns to cellular biology.

Brain Plasticity and Repair
Nancy Berman  Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology http://www.kumc.edu/anatomy/berman.html nberman@kumc.edu
Robert Klein  Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology http://www.kumc.edu/anatomy/klein.html rklein@kumc.edu
Randolph Nudo Landon Center on Aging & Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology http://www.kumc.edu/physiology/nudo.html rnudo@kumc.edu
Health Policy and Health Services
Marge Bott School of Nursing http://www2.kumc.edu/son/faculty/Bios/Bott.htm mbott@kumc.edu
Nancy Dunton  School of Nursing http://www2.kumc.edu/son/faculty/Bios/Dunton.htm ndunton@kumc.edu
Marty Eng  School of Pharmacy meng@kumc.edu
Michael Fox Health Policy and Management http://www.kumc.edu/som/hpm/faculty/fox.html mfox2@ku.edu
Sally Rigler Internal Medicine - Division of General and Geriatric Medicine http://www2.kumc.edu/coa/Research/rsch-rigler.htm srigler@kumc.edu
Theresa Shireman PRVM and Landon Center on Aging http://www.kumc.edu/prevmed/education/faculty.html#S tshireman@kumc.edu
Mary Zimmerman Health Policy and Management http://www.kumc.edu/som/hpm/faculty/zimmerman.html mzimmerman@ku.edu
Stroke Interest Group           http://www2.kumc.edu/srig
Carmen Cirstea

Hoglund Brain Imaging Center
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
http://www.kumc.edu/hoglund/images/CirsteaBiosketch.pdf

ccirstea@kumc.edu
Susan Jackson Department of Hearing and Speech
http://www2.ku.edu/~splh/ipcd/Faculty/JacksonBio.html
sjackson@kumc.edu
Patricia Kluding Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science http://www.ptrs.kumc.edu/faculty-kluding.html pkluding@kumc.edu
Wen Liu Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science http://www.ptrs.kumc.edu/faculty-liu.html wliu@kumc.edu
Joan McDowd Center on Aging and Department of Occupational Therapy Education http://www2.kumc.edu/coa/Research/rsch-mcdowd.htm jmcdowd@kumc.edu
Brenda Hanny-Pladdy Landon Center on Aging and Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences http://www2.kumc.edu/coa/Research/rsch-hanna-pladdy.htm bhpladdy@kumc.edu
Randolph Nudo Center on Aging & Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology http://www.kumc.edu/physiology/nudo.html rnudo@kumc.edu
Patricia Pohl Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science http://www.ptrs.kumc.edu/faculty-pohl.html ppohl@kumc.edu
Barbara Quaney Center on Aging http://www2.kumc.edu/coa/Faculty_Staff/Faculty.htm bquaney@kumc.edu
Clinical Science
Tomas Griebling Department of Urology http://www2.kumc.edu/urology/faculty_griebling.asp tgriebling@kumc.edu
Sandra Bergquist School of Nursing (pressure ulcers) http://www2.kumc.edu/son/faculty/Bios/Bergquist.htm sbergquist@kumc.edu
Raj Bhattacharya Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism & Genetics rbhattacharya@kumc.edu
Shelley Bhattacharya Division of General and Geriatric Medicine, Landon Center on Aging and Family Medicine  http://www2.kumc.edu/coa/Faculty_Staff/Faculty.htm sbhattacharya@kumc.edu
Wanda Bonnel School of Nursing (nutrition and eating abilities) http://www2.kumc.edu/son/faculty/Bios/Bonnel.htm wbonnel@kumc.edu
Lynne Kallenbach Division of General and Geriatric Medicine and Landon Center on Aging http://www2.kumc.edu/coa/Faculty_Staff/Faculty.htm lkallenbach@kumc.edu

Mary McDonald
Department of Family Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care and Landon Center on Aging http://www2.kumc.edu/coa/Faculty_Staff/Faculty.htm
MMCDONAL@kumc.edu
Geri Neuberger School of Nursing (arthritis symptom management & health promotion) http://www2.kumc.edu/son/faculty/Bios/Neuberger.htm gneuberg@kumc.edu
Mechanical, Biomechanical, and Biomedical Engineering
Wen Liu Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science http://www.ptrs.kumc.edu/faculty-liu.html wliu@kumc.edu
Cognition and Cognitive Neuropsychology
Joan McDowd Landon Center on Aging and Department of Occupational Therapy http://www2.kumc.edu/coa/Research/rsch-mcdowd.htm jmcdowd@kumc.edu
Brenda Hanny-Pladdy Landon Center on Aging and Department of Neurology http://www2.kumc.edu/coa/Research/rsch-hanna-pladdy.htm bhpladdy@kumc.edu
Communication and Aging
Susan Jackson Department of Hearing and Speech
http://www2.ku.edu/~splh/ipcd/Faculty/JacksonBio.html
sjackson@kumc.edu
Kristine Williams School of Nursing http://www2.kumc.edu/son/faculty/Bios/WilliamsK.htm Kwilliams1@kumc.edu
Aging and the Family
Cynthia Teel School of Nursing http://www2.kumc.edu/son/faculty/Bios/Teel.htm cteel@kumc.edu
Health Care Technology and Older Adults
Carol Smith School of Nursing http://www2.kumc.edu/son/faculty/Bios/Smith.htm csmith@kumc.edu