Faculty/Staff and Research Associates

Center Director

Shawn Berkowitz, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Geriatrics and Family Medicine and Program Director, Geriatric Student Clerkship, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Director, Geriatrics, UHS Hospitals

Paul Gould, LCSW, PhD, Center Assistant Director

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Binghamton University

Research Associates

Binghamton University Faculty and Staff Partners

Josephine Allen, Department of Social Work

Jill Andrews, Decker School of Nursing

Cassandra Bransford, Department of Social Work Center on Aging:Director, Applied Clinical Research

Rene Conklin,  Decker School of Nursing

Joyce Ferrario, Dean, Decker School of Nursing

Suk-Young Kang, Department of Social Work

Mohammad T. Khasawneh – Watson - Systems Science and Industrial Engineering

Youjung Lee, Department of Social Work

Ken McLeod, Department of Bioengineering

Carolyn Pierce, Decker School of Nursing and Department of Bioengineering

Myra Sabir, Department of Human Development

J. David Schaffer – Watson - Department of Bioengineering

Kayla Whearty, Department of Psychology

Upstate Medical University Physician Partners

Ralitsa Akins, Associate Dean, Upstate Medical University Binghamton Clinical Campus

James Crosby, Associate Professor of Family Medicine; Director, Geriatric Fellowship

Rajesh Davè,  Executive Vice President, United Health Services; Dean, Upstate Medical University Binghamton Clinical Campus

Jerold Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Bill Thomas, Clinical Assistant Professor, Upstate Medical University; Professor of Aging Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Founder, Eden Alternative, Green House Project

Community Partners

Michelle Berry, Director, Broome County CASA (in memoriam)

Kathleen Bunnell, Director, Broome County Office for Aging and Aging Futures Consortium

Claudia Edwards, Director, Broome County Department of Health

Chuck Schwerin, CEO, Sonostics