Executive Committee

The Executive Committee meets every 2 months to discuss research initiatives and ideas for further collaboration and business decisions

Chair:

Lotta Granholm, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Director, Center on Aging
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Phone: (843) 297-0652
Fax: 843-792-0679
Email: granholm@musc.edu

Interests: Effects of thyroid hormones on brain development and aging; any age-related topic; Alzheimer's disease; other forms of dementia and Parkinson's disease

Executive Committee Members

Elaine Amella, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Professor

David Bachman, MD
Professor; Director, Division of Adult Adult Neurology, Co-Director Alzheimer’s Research & Clinical Programs, Director, Memory Disorder Clinic

Mona Buhusi, M.D., Ph.D
Assistant Professor

Esther Forti, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor; Former Director SC-GEC

David Garr, M.D.
Professor; Director, South Carolina AHEC

Vanessa Hinson, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Director, Movement Disorders Program

Mark Kindy, Ph.D.
Professor; Associate Provost for Research

Larry Middaugh, Ph.D
Professor Emeritus, Senior Mentor

Jacobo Mintzer, MD
Professor
Director, Division of Translational Research
Co-Director, Alzheimer’s Research & Clinical Programs

William Moran, M.D.
Professor
Director, General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Kumar Sambamurti, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, South Carolina Brain Bank

Jack Sanders, D.D.S.
Dean
College of Dental Medicine

Sarah Shrader, PharmD, BCPS, CDE
Assistant Professor
Dept of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences

Kathy Wiley, M.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Senior Mentor Program