Expertise
The Innovations in Aging GIDP is part of the University of Arizona Graduate College and involves collaboration among faculty from the University of Arizona Center on Aging and diverse colleges:
- College of Medicine – Tucson
- College of Medicine – Phoenix
- College of Nursing
- Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
- R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
- College of Fine Arts
- College of Education
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- College of Engineering
- James E. Rogers College of Law
We are working on updating our Faculty Bios below. See Faculty Membership for a more comprehensive list.
Program Chair
Linda Phillips, RN, PhD, FAAN, FGSA
College of Medicine – Tucson
Senior Director of Research & Education, Arizona Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, Arizona Center on Aging
Medical and Nursing Faculty
Professor Emerita, UCLA Nursing
Executive Committee Members
Christine Childers, PT, PhD
College of Medicine – Tucson
Founding Director, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Mindy Fain, MD
College of Medicine – Tucson
Co-Director, Arizona Center on Aging
Section Chief of Geriatrics, General Medicine, and Palliative Medicine
Associate Professor, Nursing
Executive Director of Practice, Innovation in Health Sciences
Scott Going, PhD
School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Director, School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Professor, School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Co-Director, The Collaboratory for Metabolic Disease, Prevention and Treatment
Director, CPAN
Jennie Gubner, PhD
College of Fine Arts
Assistant Professor, Music
Chair, Applied Intercultural Arts Research – GIDP
Jeannie Lee, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, FASHP, AGSF
R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice-Science
Assistant Dean, Pharmacy Student Services
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine
Kimberly Denise Shea , PhD, RN, CHPN
College of Nursing
Assistant Professor of Practice, Biomedical Informatics
Clinical Professor
Tara Sklar, JD, MPH
James E. Rogers College of Law
Faculty Director, Health Law & Policy Program
Amanda Sokan, PhD, MHA, LL.B
Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Assistant Professor, Public Health
Additional Faculty
David Beyda, MD
College of Medicine – Phoenix
Chair and Professor, Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanism
Professor, Child Health
Director, Global Health Program
Heidi Legg Burross, PhD
College of Education
Professor of Practice, Educational Psychology
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Research Assistant Professor
Altaf Engineer, PhD, RA, LEED AP BD+C
College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture
Assistant Professor of Architecture
Faculty Advisor, MS Arch Health and Built Environment Concentration
Lorraine M Martin Plank , PhD, FNP-BC, NP-C, GNP-BC, FAANP, FNAP
College of Nursing
Clinical Professor
Lisa O’Neill, DBH, MPH
College of Medicine – Tucson
Associate Director, Medical Research / Education
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
Yumi Shirai, PhD
College of Medicine – Tucson
Assistant Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research - GIDP
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine - (Educator Scholar Track)
Director, ArtWorks