StARS Cores

The StARS leadership team features investigators from six leading institutions and organizations across the US: the University of Minnesota, Johns Hopkins University, Emory University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brown University, and the Alzheimer’s Association. The leadership team brings collaborative expertise in dementia care, public health, home and community-based data, health services and long-term care, integrated dementia care models, community-engaged scholarship, and various other areas.

Administrative and Dissemination Core/Multiple Principal Investigators

Joseph Gaugler, PhD

Quincy M. Samus, PhD

Regina A. Shih, PhD

Engagement Core Co-Leads

Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD

Sam Fazio, PhD

Research innovation Core Co-Leads

Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH

Katherine A. Ornstein, PhD

Data Core Co-Leads

Kali S. Thomas, PhD

Eric Jutkowitz, PhD

Health Equity Team Lead

Hae-Ra Han, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN

Health Equity Team Lead