LINC-AD is made up of four key groups. Learn more about our:
Sam Fazio, Ph.D.
Vice President, Care and Support Research and Programs
Alzheimer’s Association
Sheryl Zimmerman, Ph.D.
University Kenan Distinguished Professor and Co-Director, Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joanne Pike, Dr.P.H.
President and CEO
Alzheimer’s Association
Heather Snyder, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Medical & Scientific Relations
Alzheimer’s Association
Maria Carrillo, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer
Alzheimer’s Association
Lauren Stratton, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Director, Psychosocial Research and Program Evaluation
Alzheimer's Association
LINC-AD research advisors include experts in the nine domains of the Alzheimer’s Association 2018 Dementia Care Practice Recommendations, along with one international representative. Learn more about the domains and LINC-AD.
Lindsay Prizer, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Sheila L. Molony, Ph.D., APRN, GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing
Quinnipiac University
Kezia Scales, Ph.D.
Director of Policy Research
PHI National
Katie Maslow, MSW
Visiting Scholar
Gerontological Society of America
Carol Whitlach, Ph.D., FGSA
Assistant Director, Center for Research and Education
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
Malaz Bousanti M.D., MPH
Indiana University School of Medicine
Margaret Calkins, Ph.D., EDAC
Board Chair
IDEAS Institute
Karen Hirschman, Ph.D., MSW
Research Associate Professor, Chair in Health Transitions Research
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Susan Gilster, Ph.D., RN, LNHA
Executive Director
The Gilster Group
Sube Banerjee, MBE, MB, BS, MSc, MBA, M.D., FRCPsych
Professor of Dementia and Deputy Dean, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Centre for Dementia Studies
University of Sussex
Maria P. Aranda
School of Social Work, University of Southern California
Sube Banerjee
Centre for Dementia Studies, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
David Bass
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
Malaz Boustani
Center for Health Innovation & Implementation Science, Indiana University
Henry Brodaty
Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, University of New South Wales
Margaret P. Calkins
IDEAS Institute
Linda Clare
Alzheimer’s Society Centre of Excellence, University of Exeter
Jiska Cohen-Mansfeld
Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the End of Life, Tel Aviv University
Stephanie Daley
Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Centre for Dementia Studies
Patrick Doyle
Brightview Senior Living & Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Fayron Epps
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University
Jason Flatt
School of Public Health, University of Nevada
Lori Frank
RAND Corporation
Joe Gaugler
School of Public Health, Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, University of Minnesota
Susan Gilster
The Gilster Group Consulting and Research
Laura Gitlin
College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University
Claire Goodman
Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire
Laura Hanson
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Karen Hirschman
School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Nancy Hodgson
School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Jackson
CARE Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Matthew P. Janicki
University of Illinois at Chicago
Lee Jennings
University of Oklahoma, Division of Geriatrics
Ann Kolanowski
College of Nursing, Penn State
Michael A. LaMantia
Center on Aging, University of Vermont
Vanessa Lawrence
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London
Michael Lepore
Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Rebecca Logsdon
School of Nursing, University of Washington
Katie Maslow
Gerontological Society of America
Benjamin Mast
Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Louisville
Sue McCurry
Child, Family and Population Health Nursing, University of Washington
Sheila L. Molony
School of Nursing, Quinnipiac University
Esme Moniz-Cook
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, INTERDEM Board
Gail Mountain
Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, University of Bradford
Richard Oakley
Alzheimer’s Society
James Pickett
Alzheimer's Society
Lindsay Prizer
Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Dave Reuben
Division of Geriatrics, University of California Los Angeles
Kezia Scales
PHI
Kimberly Van Haitsma
Penn State College of Nursing
Carol Whitlatch
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
LINC-AD care advisors include individuals with dementia, their care partners and family members, and long-term care and community-based providers.
Tom A.
Care Partner
Millie Bickling
Genesis HealthCare
Diana B.
Person Living With Dementia
Jennifer B.
Care Partner
Rod B.
Person Living With Dementia
Molly Carpenter
Home Instead Senior Care
Felicia Chew
Genesis HealthCare
Tom D.
Person Living With Dementia
Lakelyn Hogan
Home Instead Senior Care
Juliet Holt Klinger
Brookdale Senior Living
Ed O.
Care Partner
Lillian Reda
Genesis HealthCare
Dale R.
Person Living With Dementia
Marianne R.
Care Partner
As a part of the LINC-AD network, you will connect with other psychosocial researchers in the dementia care field and gain access to a variety of opportunities, including funding opportunities, calls for papers, webinars, conference events and networking opportunities.