CAM Center faculty Bringing together people and Ideas
Faculty at the CAM Center come from across the UF Health campus to create a diverse hub for cognitive aging and memory research.
CAM Center Leadership
Director, McKnight Brain Institute
Jennifer L Bizon, Ph.D.
Dr. Jennifer Bizon is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Director of the Eveyln F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute. Her research program is broadly focused on understanding brain aging and its implications for cognitive function.
Associate Director for Faculty Engagement and the Luttge Lecture Series
Natalie Ebner, Ph.D
Dr. Natalie Ebner is a professor of psychology and holds the Trish Calvert Ring Endowed Professorship in Psychology at the University of Florida. Her expertise in experimental behavioral aging research coupled with her background in socio-affective and cognitive neuroscience allow for a comprehensive view of brain-behavior relationships.
Associate Director for Collaborative Resources
Eric Porges, Ph.D.
Dr. Eric Porges is an associate professor in the department of clinical health and psychology. His research focuses on age-related changes in cognition and the neurophysiological processes that underlie, impact and accelerate these changes.
Assistant Director for computing and informatics
Aprinda I. Queen, Ph.D.
Dr. A.I. Queen is an assistant professor in the department of clinical and health psychology. Her long-term research goal is to develop personalized medicine within aging research using person-specific models paired with multi-modal data approaches such as behavioral intervention, neuroimaging (structural and functional). and AI methods.
Associate Director for Pre-clinical Collaborative Resources
Barry Setlow, Ph.D.
Dr. Barry Setlow is a professor in the department of psychiatry. His work focuses on the effects of both acure and chronic exposure to drugs of abuse on cognition with a paricular focus on decision-making.
Associate Director of Clinical Translational Integration
John B. Williamson, Ph.D.
Dr. John Williamson is an associate professor in the department of clinical and health psychology. Clinically, his work focuses on adult populations that have questions of neurological contributions to cognitive impairment. He is interested in the role of cetral and peripheral autonomic nervous system interactions in modifying and regulating brain states and behavioral output.
primary Faculty
UF Jax Neurology
Stacey Alvarez-Alvarado, Ph.D.
DEPT. OF NEUROSCIENCE
Karina Alvina, Ph.D.
Dept. of Environmental and Global Health
Jennifer W. Applebaum, Ph.D.
Depts. of Clinical and Health Psychology
Breton Asken, Ph.D.
Dept. of Neuroscience
Michelle Bedenbaugh, Ph.D.
Dept. of Health Education and Behavior
Meredith Berry, Ph.D.
Dept. of Neurology
Matthew R. Burns, M.D., Ph.D.
Dept. of speech, language, and hearing sciences
Tracy Centanni, Ph.D.
Dept. of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science
Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Ph.D.
Dept. of clinical and health psychology
Brittany DeFeis, Ph.D.
McKnight Brain Institute
Steven T. DeKosky, M.D.
Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health
Ruogu Fang, Ph.D.
DEPT. OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Joseph Gullett, Ph.D.
DEPT. OF physical therapy and Muscle Biology
Russell T. Hepple, Ph.D.
DEPT. OF NEUROlogy and neurosurgery
Ashok Kumar
Dept. of Psychiatry
Shixie “Max” Jiang, M.D.
Dept. of psychiatry
Damon Lamb, Ph.D.
Dept. of clinical and health psychology
Shellie-Anne Levy, Ph.D.
Dept. of neuroscience
Alfonso Martin-Peña, Ph.D.
Dept. of Neuroscience
Alexandria Marciante, Ph.D.
Dept. of Linguistics
Eleonora Rossi, Ph.D.
Dept. of community dentistry and behavioral science
Larissa J. Strath, PhD.
dept. of Clinical and Health Psychology
Abigail B. Waters, Ph.D.
Dept. of occupational therapy
Chien-Te (Vince) Wu, Ph.D.
Affiliated Faculty
Dept. of Neuroscience
Joe Abisambra, Ph.D.
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Kyle Allen, Ph.D.
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Mingzhou Ding, Ph.D.
Dept. of Psychiatry
Marcelo Febo, Ph.D.
Dept. Pharmacodynamics
Charles Frazier, Ph.D.
Dept. of Biochemistry and molecular biology
Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D.
dept. of physiological sciences
Jada Lewis, Ph.D.
Dept. of neurology and neurosurgery
Carolina Maciel, M.D., MSCR
Dept. of Clinical and Health Psyhology
Michael Marsiske, Ph.D.
Center for respiratory research and rehabilitation
Gordon Mitchell, Ph.D.
Dept. of clinical and health psychology
Catherine Price, Ph.D.
Dept. of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
Rachael Seidler, Ph.D.
Dept. of biochemistry and molecular Biology
Ramon Sun, Ph.D.
