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Executive Director

 Aanand Naik
MD
Executive Director, Institute on Aging

Core Directors

 Jason Burnett
PhD
Director, Elder Mistreatment Core
 Amy Franklin
PhD
Director, Clinical Informatics and Decision Support Core
 Rachel Jantea
MD, MS
Director, Education and Training Core
 Andrew Pickering
PhD
Director, Geroscience Core
 Rafael Samper-Ternent
MD, PhD
Director, Research and Clinical Innovation Core

Fellows

 Jack Banks
PhD
Guinee Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Staff

 Lariza McBean
Administrative Director
 Lea Kiefer
MPH, PMP
Senior Program Manager
 Tracey Rosen
Senior Program Manager - Research
 Monica Bennett
Senior Administrative Assistant
 Alejandra Mera
MSc, RD, LD
Research Coordinator III
 Jose Barrera
Research Coordinator III
 Jordan Broussard
Research Coordinator III
 Mei Robson
MPH
Research Coordinator I
 Geethika Yalavarthy
Clinical Data Analyst
 Erica Crosno-Parker
Marketing Coordinator
 Hemanta Regmi
Program Analyst I

2026 Interns

Peiqi Guo Institute on Aging GRA
Durga Shrestha Institute on Aging GRA

2025 Interns

Peiqi Guo Institute on Aging GRA
Jithin Kallumalickal Institute on Aging GRA
Meera Krishnan Institute on Aging Intern
Hemanta Regmi Institute on Aging Intern
Durga Shrestha Institute on Aging GRA

2024 Interns

Adriana Vargas Institute on Aging Summer Intern
Eishan Naik Institute on Aging Summer Intern
Sofia Gachuz Guinee Summer Intern
Jithin Kallumalickal Institute on Aging Summer GRA
Geethika Yalavarthy Institute on Aging Summer GRA

2023 Interns

Ivy Zheng Institute on Aging Summer Intern
Emily Peel Guinee Summer Intern