Meet the Research Faculty

Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine

Director, VA Greater Los Angeles Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)

Areas of Interest:

• Sleep problems in older adults

Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine

Associate Director of Geriatric Clinical Innovation

Areas of Interest:

• Improving fitness in older adults
• Impact of Agent Orange exposure on veterans

Professor in Residence

Department of Neurology & Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Associate Director, Geriatric Research Clinical Center GLA VAMC

Director, Gregory Cole Alzheimer Research Laboratory

Areas of Interest:

• Amyloid and tangle PET imaging
• Anti-amyloid agents

Professor in Residence of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Director, Sally A. Frautschy Alzheimer Research Laboratory

Areas of Interest:

• Neuroinflammation

Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Areas of Interest:

• Behavioral interventions for improving sleep-related conditions
• Decision making
• Human factors/usability
• Consumer wearables use for sleep tracking
• Clinical trials

Professor in Residence, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Staff Physician, VA Greater Los Angeles Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center

Affiliated Adjunct Physician Policy Researcher, RAND

Areas of research interest:

• Preventing falls in older adults
• Measuring and improving the quality of care for older adults
• Implementation science
• Data science

Emeritus Professor

Areas of Interest:

• Menopause
• Women's health

Professor-in-Residence, Medicine, University of California Los Angeles

Areas of Interest:

• Mitochondrial function
• Metabolic health

Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Areas of Interest:

• Biomarkers of aging
• Data harmonization
• Cross-national comparisons
• International cohort studies

Adjunct Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine

Areas of Interest:

• Nutrition
• Cognition

David H. Solomon Term Chair and Professor-in-Residence in Geriatric Medicine

Chief, Division of Geriatrics, UCLA Department of Medicine

Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology 

Areas of Interest:

• Midlife predictors of aging outcomes
• Menopause
• Osteoporosis
• Cognitive decline

Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA and researcher at the VA Greater Los Angeles Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)

Areas of Interest:

• Aging
• Sleep
• Behavioral sleep medicine
• Posttraumatic stress disorder
• Spinal cord injuries/diseases (SCI/D)

Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine/Geriatrics

Chief, Division of Geriatrics, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Areas of Interest:

• Sarcopenia
• Frailty
• Cognition and exercise
• Exercise in older adults

Clinical Instructor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

Areas of Interest:

• Dementia care
• Multiple chronic conditions
• Implementation science
• Health policy and management

Adjunct Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine

Clinical Instructor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine 

Areas of Interest:

• Aging and stem cell biology

Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine

Areas of Interest:

• Dementia care
• Caregiver stress
• Falls prevention
• Implementation science

Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine

Areas of Interest:

• Nursing home quality measurement

Professor-in-Residence, David Geffen School of Medicine

Areas of Interest:

• Frailty
• Low value care reduction
• Physical activity

Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine

Areas of Interest:

• Social epidemiology
• Social determinants of health

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, David Geffen School of Medicine

Areas of Interest:

• Frailty
• Epidemiology
• Demography

Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine

Areas of Interest:

• Osteoporosis
• Menopause
• Gut microbiome

Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Areas of Interest:

• Biology of aging
• Geroscience
• Sarcopenia
• Mitochondria