Huong Nguyen, PhD, RN, is a nurse and health services researcher whose work is broadly focused on the care of older adults with chronic and serious illnesses. She conducts ongoing partnered research with operational and clinical leaders in Kaiser Permanente Southern California. She uses observational and experimental methods to improve care processes and outcomes for older adults with multiple chronic conditions across the illness trajectory and care continuum. Her current research and evaluation efforts are focused on patient and family-centered, home and community models of geriatric-palliative care, to optimize the health and well-being of older adults and their family caregivers .

Lauren Parker, PhD, is an assistant scientist in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society. Her research examines how home-and-community based supports can be used to address the cultural needs of African American and Hispanic caregivers for people living with dementia. With funding from the NIA, she examines the influence of adult day services (ADS) on physiological and psychosocial stressors for African American caregivers. This line of research integrates biological and psychosocial indicators of stress. Another area of scholarly interest is to disseminate and implement culturally tailored stress-reduction interventions into real world settings. Dr. Parker is the co-investigator on two NIA- funded research studies to culturally adapt the ADS Plus program for Hispanic and African American caregivers and she serves on the Leadership Core of Public Health Center of Excellence in Dementia Caregiving at the University of Minnesota.

James (Jim) Rudolph, MD, was a professor of medicine and health policy & practice at Brown University and directs the VA Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports. He was a clinician, researcher, and educator. He was an active clinician who works with interdisciplinary teams to identify at-risk patients, modify the risk, and provide medical care with a focus on function. He developed clinically innovative methods and programs to improve recovery after hospitalization. Driven by his clinical work, his research used the health system to develop and implement changes that improved the lives of older people. He also had a passion for training the next generation of aging researchers. Of his 200 scientific publications, most are with trainees.

Tina Sadarangani, PhD, RN, FAAN, is an NIH-funded assistant professor at NYU and a board-certified adult and geriatric nurse practitioner. Her research focuses on improving care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and supporting their families—especially immigrant families navigating complex healthcare systems. She developed CareMobi™, an award-winning app that helps caregivers coordinate care, and founded The Enlightened Caregiver, a social media movement empowering families to advocate for optimal care. Dr. Sadarangani is a national leader in advancing adult day centers as key partners in chronic disease management and nutrition programs for underserved older adults. Her collaborations with the National and California Associations of Adult Day Services have shown that integrating these centers into healthcare reduces unnecessary utilization and enhances person-centered care. Widely published and featured in major media outlets, she has been honored by Crain’s New York Business as a Notable Leader in Healthcare. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the Gerontological Society of America, and the New York Academy of Medicine.