Associate Professor Graduate program director Areas of Expertise: Occupational therapy, aging, ethical issues in practice, chronic fatigue in adults including people with cardiac, neurological, and physical conditions, non-pharmacological rehabilitation intervention improving activity participation in people with chronic cardiac conditions
ProfessorDepartment of Advanced Nursing Practice and EducationCollege of Nursing Phone: 252-744-6380 Email: robersondo@ecu.edu Website: https://nursing.ecu.edu/about/directory/profile/?pid=robersondo Areas of expertise: Dementia caregiving, aging, dementia and related disorders, HIV prevention, medication adherence, pyscho-social aspects of bariatric surgery
Professor and Associate Dean for ResearchDepartment of Communication Sciences and DisordersCollege of Allied Health Sciences Phone: 252-744-6088 Email: wrighth@ecu.edu Areas of expertise: Aphasia, cognitive impairments, adult language disorders, aging, assessment and treatment for aphasia, TBI and dementia
ProfessorDepartment of Nursing ScienceCollege of Nursing Phone: 252-744-6469 Email: kennerlys16@ecu.edu Website: https://nursing.ecu.edu/about/directory/profile/?pid=kennerlys16 Areas of expertise: nursing culture in care practices; pressure ulcer prevention; geriatric nursing; leadership in organizational systems
Assistant Professor Director, BSW Program Coordinator, Aging Studies Program School of Social Work College of Health and Human Performance Phone: 252-328-4209 Email: schwartza15@ecu.edu Website: https://hhp.ecu.edu/faculty/schwartz/ Areas of expertise: Aging, informal caregiving, supportive oncology care, cancer treatment adherence, health disparities, participant-directed services for older adults and families
Associate Professor School of Social Work College of Health and Human Performance Phone: 252-328-1450 Email: reinsmihjonesk@ecu.edu Areas of expertise: leadership; mental health: residential settings, service utilization, program evaluation; bioethics and social work; aging; teaching and virtual formats
ProfessorDepartment of KinesiologyCollege of Health and Human Performance Phone: 252-737-4563 Email: devitap@ecu.edu Website: https://scholars.ecu.edu/display/F14505331, https://hhp.ecu.edu/kine/biomechanics-lab/ Areas of expertise: biomechanics, locomotion – walking and running, knee function and health, muscle function, skeletal loads and stresses, biomechanics of human movement, biomechanics of human locomotion, biomechanics associated with aging, obesity and osteoarthritis, neuromuscular-skeletal function
Associate Professor Department of Human Development and Family Science College of Health and Human Performance Phone: 252-737-2414 Email: tayloral@ecu.edu Areas of expertise: Grandparent-grandchild relationships, grandfather involvement, family life education, family aging issues/intergenerational relationship issues
