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

Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
Georgetown University

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