Dr. Choogon Lee obtained a B.S. from Seoul National University in South Korea. He attended Rutgers University, where he obtained his Ph.D. in microbiology and molecular genetics in 1999. He currently studies the molecular basis for Circadian rhythms.
Dr. Paul Katz is a widely published author and noted speaker on aging issues. He graduated with an M.D. from the University of Michigan, where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, and completed a geriatric medicine fellowship from SUNY Buffalo at the VA Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y. Dr.
Dr. Julia Sheffler is an Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine’s Center for Translational Behavioral Science. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University in 2018. Her research broadly involves the development and assessment of behavioral interventions for chronic conditions, with an emphasis on Alzheimer's disease and dementia risk reduction. Dr.
Henry J. Carretta, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the College of Medicine conducts health services research, public health systems and services research, and public health law research. Prior to joining the College of Medicine, Dr. Carretta was Medicare Research Director at the Veterans Affairs Information Resource Center. Earlier, he was an Instructor and Adjunct Professor for the Department of Health Administration and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he received his Ph.D. in Health Services Organization and Research.
Dr. Akash Gunjan is a research scientist trying to understand how chromatin structure and its components such as histones contribute to the maintenance of genomic stability, especially in response to DNA damage, using yeast and human cells in culture. Genomic instability is a hallmark of cancer cells and is also associated with aging. An important aging related project in Dr. Gunjan’s lab is to evaluate the role of individual histone genes and rDNA metabolism in aging using the budding yeast as a model system. Overall, Dr.
Dr. Robert Glueckauf is Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine in the College of Medicine. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Florida and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Florida State University. Prior to returning to FSU in 2003, he served as Professor and Director of the Center for Research on Telehealth and Healthcare Communications at UF.
Dr. Gail Galasko earned her Ph.D from Queen Mary College University of London. Research in the Galasko Lab is focused on understanding the mechanism of action of insulin and what causes the insulin resistance found in type 2 diabetes mellitus. They have isolated 2 small compounds which act as second messengers in the insulin signaling pathway, and a third which inhibits insulin action.
Dr. Emily Pritchard earned her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is currently studying vascular disease and cognitive disorders in older adults, focusing on new diagnostics and treatment paradigms at the College of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Sciences.
Dr. Judy Delp, Ph.D., is Professor in the College of Medicine. Her research program reflects a longstanding interest in adaptations of the resistance vasculature to aging and vascular disease associated with cardiovascular risk factors.
Dr. Pradeep Bhide received his degree in veterinary medicine from Veterinary College, Bangalore, India, and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He undertook postdoctoral training in developmental neurobiology at University College, London; Yale University; and Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bhide is the Jim and Betty Ann Rodgers Eminent Scholar Chair of Developmental Neuroscience and the director of the Center for Brain Repair at the Florida State University College of Medicine.
