Faculty & Staff


Camille Vaughan, MD, MS

Camille Vaughan, MD, MS

Director, Emory Center for Health in Aging

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Ken Hepburn, PhD

Ken Hepburn, PhD

Senior Associate Director for Research

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Glenwood Thomas

Assistant Director, Programs

2023 Pilot Awardees

Zesty Exercise System for Training (ZEST) older adults in fun exercise

Madeleine Hackney, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology; Charlie Kemp, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering (GA Tech); Meredith Wells, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology

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The effects of psilocybin on oxidative stress, inflammation, and aging

Louise Hecker, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine; Ali Zarrabi, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine

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Function and prognostic role of CD28-negative cells in older patients with head and neck Cancer

Nicole Schmitt, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology

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2022 Pilot Awardees

Deepta Ghate, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology

Differential high-level visual impairments and their impact on quality of life in glaucoma

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Soroosh Kiani, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Examining the overlapping syndromes of frailty and congestive heart failure in older patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy

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Jane Lowers, PhD, Instructor and Program Manager, Division of Palliative Care

Aging alone with dementia: A qualitative investigation of care-seeking and caregiving

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James Rilling, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry (SOM) and Anthropology (College)

Brain function and brain aging in dementia caregivers

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