Faculty Leadership
Jane Mahoney, MD
Director, CAARN
Principal Investigator
Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Geriatrics
Barbara “Barb” King, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN
Associate Director, CAARN
Principal Investigator
Charlotte Jane and Ralph A Rodefer Professor of Nursing
Director, Center for Aging Research and Education
Gina Green-Harris, MBA, ABD
Co-Investigator
Director, Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute- Milwaukee Regional Office
Director, Center for Community Engagement and Health Partnerships greenharris@wisc.edu
Emily Nelson
Co-Investigator
VP of Healthcare Transformation
MetasStar, Inc.
Dorothy Farrar-Edwards, PhD
Associate Director, CAARN
Principal Investigator
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Kinesiology and Medicine
Associate Dean of Research, School of Education
Director, Collaborative Center for Health Equity
Hongrui Jiang, PhD
Principal Investigator
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Lynn H. Matthias Professor of Engineering
Eva Vivian, PharmD, MS, PhD
Co-Investigator
Professor (CHS) of Pharmacy
President and Chair, African American Health Network of Dane County
Robert G. Radwin, PhD
Co-Investigator
Duane H. and Dorothy M. Bluemke Professor of Engineering
Staff
Carola A. Peterson Gaines, LPN, BS
Community Research Associate, Outreach Specialist
Co-Vice Chair, African American Health Network of Dane County Community Liaison and Advocate, Quartz Health
Amie Rein, CWS
Health Promotion Program Coordinator
Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging
Will Palmer, MS
Program Manager
Mia Croyle, MA
Community Research Associate
Behavioral Health Project Specialist
MetaStar, Inc.
Darona Woods, MS
Community Research Associate, Outreach Specialist
UW Center for Community Engagement and Health Partnership
Jovita Hogan
Administrative Assistant