This Pepper Center has a nimble core of faculty members and staff who engage with many other partners to advance research and interventions improving the mobility of elder persons.
Center Leadership
Administrative director
Todd Manini, PhD
Professor; Division Chief
Clinical And Population Health Integration
Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
Co-Director
Karyn Esser, PhD
Professor and Chair,
Department of Physiology and Aging
Associate Director
Stephen Anton, PhD
Professor,
Department of Physiology and Aging
Administrative Staff
Phone: (352) 294-5831
Email:
erickapatti@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 294-5991
Email:
jwhatley@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 294-5853
Email:
janelu@ufl.edu
Senior Advisors
Department: MD-SURG-POPULATION HEALTH SCI
Dejana Braithwaite, PhD, MSc
Professor And Division Chief, Population Health Sciences, Department Of Surgery
Department: Department of Neuroscience
Thomas C Foster
Professor, Evelyn F. McKnight Chair For Research On Cognitive Aging And Memory
Department: Department of Epidemiology
Ronald I Shorr
Director, Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center, Malcom Randall VAMC, Research Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida
Clinical Research Core
Metabolism & Translational Science Core
Department: Department of Physiology and Aging
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh PhD
Professor Department Of Physiology And Aging
Digital Health & Artificial Intelligence Core
Department: MD-HOBI-BIOMED INFORMATICS
Todd Manini Ph.D.
Professor; Division Chief Of Clinical And Population Health Integration; Co-Director Of The Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Phone: (352) 294-5800
Email:
rzapata@ufl.edu
Sanjay Ranka, PhD
Distinguished Professor,
Computer & Information Science & Engineering,
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Biostatistics Core
Systems Physiology & Multi-omics Core
Research Education Core
Department: Department of Physiology and Aging
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh PhD
Professor Department Of Physiology And Aging
Department: DN-COMMUNITY DENTISTRY
Roger B Fillingim PhD
Associate Dean Of Planning And Institutional Effectiveness, Distinguished Professor, Director Of PRICE
Pilot and Exploratory Core
Department: DN-COMMUNITY DENTISTRY
Yenisel Cruz-Almeida MSPH, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Associate Director, Pain Research & Intervention Center Of Excellence