AHS Faculty are important collaborators in the START program. They provide mentorship and hands-on experience year-long to aging researchers in training.
List of faculty and laboratories who were involved with the program:
Rafael Tassitano
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Lifetime Physical Activity Lab
Julie Son
Associate Professor, Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism
Emerson Sebastião
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Exercise Aging and Functional Ability Lab
Susie Aguinaga
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Health Equity and Aging Lab (HEAL)
Rachel Hoopsick
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Hoopsick Research Team
Soyoung Choi
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Accessible Healthcare Lab
Gabrielle Dillon
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology
Shannon Mejia
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Adult Development, Adaptation and Technology (ADAPT) Lab
Raksha Mudar
Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences – Aging and Neurocognition Lab
Fatima Husain
Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences – Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
Toni Liechty
Associate Professor, Department of Sports, Tourism and Recreation
Sheena Martenies
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology- Healthy Early Life Environments Lab
Wendy Rogers
Khan Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Human Factors and Aging Lab
Pedro Hallal
Professor and MPH Director, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Epidemiology, Physical Activity, and International Collaboration (EPIC) Lab
Alicia Kraay
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology
Naiman Khan
Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Body Composition and Nutritional Neuroscience Lab
Laura Rice
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Disability Participation and Quality of Life Research Lab
Kenneth Wilund
Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Renal and Cardiovascular Disease Research Lab
Hyojung Kang
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology
Manuel Hernandez
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Mobility and Fall Prevention Research Lab
Mina Raj
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology – Aging, Caregiving and Technology Lab (ACT Lab)