Our People
Network Directors
Sanjay Asthana
Duncan G. and Lottie H. Ballantine Chair in Geriatrics
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Founding Director
Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Pam Herd
Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
Katrina Walsemann
Roger C. Lipitz Distinguished Chair in Health Policy and Professor of Public Policy
University of Maryland, College Park
Research Associate
Maryland Population Research Center
Administrative Staff
Jennifer Doiron
EdDem Project Coordinator
Maryland Population Research Center
University of Maryland, College Park
Please email Jennifer Doiron for general inquiries.
Leadership Team
Jessica Faul
Research Associate Professor
Survey Research Center
University of Michigan
Wassim Tarrif
Associate Professor
Institute of Gerontology
Wayne State University
Linda Waite
George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology
Senior Fellow at NORC
University of Chicago
External Advisory Board
Lisa Barnes
The Alla V. and Solomon Jesmer Professor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Department of Neurological Sciences
Rush University
Eileen Crimmins
University Professor and AARP Chair in Gerontology
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
University of Southern California
Vicki Freedman
Research Professor
Survey Research Center Director
Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging
University of Michigan
Hector Gonzalez
Professor of Neurosciences
School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Mark Hayward
Professor of Sociology
Centennial Commission Professor in the Liberal Arts
University of Texas, Austin
Carol Ryff
Professor of Psychology
University of Wisconsin