Perspectives on the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study
Investigators and Collaborators in the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study
Director
Merrill F. Elias, PhD, MPH
Emeritus Professor of Psychology;
Emeritus Cooperating Professor
Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering
University of Maine
Orono, Maine, USA
Co-Director
Michael A. Robbins, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Director, MSLS
Associate Research Professor and
Cooperating Associate Research Professor
Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering;
Acting Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services,
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Maine
Orono, Maine, USA
Associate Director
Fayeza Ahmed, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Maine
Orono, Maine, USA
Active Investigators
Walter P. Abhayaratna, DrPH, FRACP, FACC
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
College of Medicine, Biology and Environment
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Olivia Bogucki, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Adam Davey, PhD
Chief Statistician, MSLS
Professor of Behavioral Health and Nutrition
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware, USA
and
Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Maine
Orono, Maine, USA
Benjamin Gunther, PhD
In House Statistician
Maine Syracuse Longitudinal Study
Department of Psychology
University of Maine
Orono, ME USA
Susan P. Elias, MS, PhD
Data Archivist Consultant to MSLS
Staff Scientist
Vector-borne Disease Laboratory
Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Scarborough, Maine, 04074, USA
Amanda L. Goodall, MAT
Publications Archivist, MSLS
Research Associate Scientist in Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Maine
Orono, Maine, 04660 USA
Emily Haigh, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology and
Director of Training in Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Maine
Orono, Maine, USA
Rebecca MacAulay, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Maine
Orono, Maine, USA
Alexandra Wade, PhD
Research Scientist in Health Sciences
School of Health Sciences
Affiliate for Exercise Research and Nutrition and Activity
School of Health Science
University of South Australia
Adelaide, South Australia
Student Investigators
Angel Boeve, BA
Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Maine
Orono, Maine, USA
Amy Halpin, MS
Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Maine,
Orono, Maine, USA
Taylor McMillan, BA
Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Maine,
Orono, Maine, USA
Christina Reale, BA
Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Maine
Orono, Maine, USA
Emeritus Investigators and Collaborators
Ala’a Al Kerwi, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator, Epidemiology and Public Health Research Unit (EPHRU)
Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)
Department of Population Health (DoPH)
Luxembourg
Gunnar H. Anderson, MD
Specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Slocum-Dickson Medical Group
Hartford, New York, USA
Christopher J. Bates, PhD (deceased)
Leader, Dunn Nutrition Unit
Head of the Micronutrient Status Research Group
MRC Nutrition Research
RC Elsie Widdowson Laboratory (MRC EWL)
University of Cambridge,
Cambridge, England, UK
Susanne Brennan (deceased)
Director of Data Collection, MSLS
Endocrine Unit
SUNY Health Sciences Center
Syracuse, New York, USA
Marc Budge, BScMed, MBBS, FRACP
Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine
Monash University School of Medicine
Melbourne, Australia
Georgina E. Crichton, PhD
Kensington Park Medical Practice;
Clinical Psychologist
University of Adelaide,
Adelaide, South Australia
Gregory A. Dore, PhD (deceased)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Epidemiology Section
Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Penelope K. Elias, PhD (Retired)
Associate Research Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Maine
Orono, Maine, USA
Aki Hamagami, PhD
Advanced Statistician III
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Carole Johnston, BSc
Research Assistant and Laboratory Manager
Department of Pharmacology
University of Oxford,
Oxford, England, UK
Kathleen C. Light, PhD
Research Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
School of Medicine
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
John J. McArdle, PhD (retired)
Department of Psychology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Zsuzsanna Nagy, MD, DPhil
Senior Lecturer in The Institute of Inflammation and Ageing
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, England, UK
Clyde A. Pentz, III, PhD (deceased)
Adjunct Faculty
Lecturer
University of California at Long Beach
Long Beach, California, USA
Thomas Pierce, PhD.
Professor of Psychology
Radford University
Radford, Virginia, USA
Helga Refsum, MD, PhD
Professor Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
Department of Nutrition
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Norman A. Schultz, Jr, PhD (deceased)
Co-Investigator, MSLS
Associate Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Stephen L. Seliger, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Baltimore Medical Center Veterans Administration
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
A. David Smith, DPhil, FMedSci
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology
Founder and Director, OPTIMA Project to Investigate Memory and Aging
Founder and Director, MRC Anatomic Neuropharmacology Unit
University of Oxford
Oxford, England, UK
David H.P. Streeten, MB, DPhil, FRCP (deceased)
First Co-Investigator, MSLS
Professor of Medicine
SUNY Health Sciences Center
Syracuse, New York, USA
Shari R. Waldstein, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Medicine, & Gerontology
University of Maryland, Baltimore County and
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Nancy C. Waugh, PhD (deceased)
Lecturer
Department of Psychology
University of Oxford
Oxford, England, UK
Rachael T. (Torres) Whitney, PhD
Research Scientist
University of Michigan
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of General Medicine
1500 E Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
W. Gibson Wood, III, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
and
Director, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Program
GRECC Education/Evaluation Director
Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Special Recognition of Individuals who Facilitated Collaborative Studies
Peter A. Rand, MD, Maine Medical Center, facilitating early MSLS studies of angina pectoris at Maine Medical Center
Steven J. Scheinman, MD, formerly Executive Vice President and Dean; State University of New York, Upstate Medical University (SUNY, NY), facilitating collaborative investigations at SUNY.