COVID-19 Research Network
The COVID-19 Coping Study Research Team has collaborated with over 12 institutions since the study piloted in March of 2020. Below, you can find the members of our Research Network!
Leah Abrams, Sloan Postdoctoral Fellow on Aging and Work at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University.
Research Interests: Aging, social epidemiology, health equity, work and retirement, mental health, health in all policies.
Research Interests: Aging, social epidemiology, health equity, work and retirement, mental health, health in all policies.
Elaina Baker, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Michigan.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Worry and social connections during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Research Interests: Family caregiving, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, late-life mental health.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Worry and social connections during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Research Interests: Family caregiving, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, late-life mental health.
Gabriela Bustamante, Postdoctoral Candidate at the University of Minnesota.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Access to parks/nature and mental health.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Access to parks/nature and mental health.
Melissa Cannon, Associate Professor of Gerontology at Western Oregon University
COVID-19 Research Topic: Environmental gerontology/neighborhoods and communities.
Research Interests: how our social and built environments affect us as we age, age-friendly communities and universities, and the importance of community and "third places" for older adults.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Environmental gerontology/neighborhoods and communities.
Research Interests: how our social and built environments affect us as we age, age-friendly communities and universities, and the importance of community and "third places" for older adults.
Ella Cohn-Schwartz, Faculty Member at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Israel sister study; analyzing cognitive health during the pandemic.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Israel sister study; analyzing cognitive health during the pandemic.
Haley Gallo, PhD Candidate at the University of Southern California, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Assessing perceptions of government responses to the pandemic.
Research Interests: Aging policy, long-term services and supports, age-friendly communities.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Assessing perceptions of government responses to the pandemic.
Research Interests: Aging policy, long-term services and supports, age-friendly communities.
Viveka Guzman, SPHeRE PhD scholar at the Division of Population Health in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.COVID-19 Research Topic: Engagement in parks/nature and physical/mental/social health and well-being.
Research Interests: Mental health and psychosocial well-being, Environmental health, Health geography, and Older people.
Research Interests: Mental health and psychosocial well-being, Environmental health, Health geography, and Older people.
Amanda Leggett,PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Worry and social connections during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Research Interests: Family caregiving, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, late-life mental health.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Worry and social connections during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Research Interests: Family caregiving, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, late-life mental health.
Gabriella Meltzer, PhD Candidate at The New York University's School of Global Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Comparing urban and rural perspectives with Carrie Henning-Smith. Also working on environmental gerontology/neighborhoods and communities paper with Melissa Cannon.
Research Interests: Environmental exposures; disasters; health disparities; life course.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Comparing urban and rural perspectives with Carrie Henning-Smith. Also working on environmental gerontology/neighborhoods and communities paper with Melissa Cannon.
Research Interests: Environmental exposures; disasters; health disparities; life course.
Lauren Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Emmanuel College.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Identity continuity and disruption since the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Research Interests: Lifespan development, identity, personality, and adaptation to stressful life events.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Identity continuity and disruption since the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Research Interests: Lifespan development, identity, personality, and adaptation to stressful life events.
Dr. Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher, PGY5 Resident, Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Canadian sister study, publication forthcoming in JAGS: Worries, Attitudes, and Mental Health of Older Adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian and US Perspectives.
Research Interests: Aging, Health equity, Delirium, and Language.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Canadian sister study, publication forthcoming in JAGS: Worries, Attitudes, and Mental Health of Older Adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian and US Perspectives.
Research Interests: Aging, Health equity, Delirium, and Language.
Carrie Henning-Smith, Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Comparing urban and rural perspectives.
Research Interests: Health equity, rural health, mental health and wellbeing.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Comparing urban and rural perspectives.
Research Interests: Health equity, rural health, mental health and wellbeing.
Tamara Statz, Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, FT, Minneapolis MN, leading a collaborative paper (in-progress) on grief and loss.
Research Interests: Death and dying, grief and loss, aging, dementia.
Research Interests: Death and dying, grief and loss, aging, dementia.
Yulya Truskinovsky, Assistant Professor of Economics at Wayne State University.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Assessing unequal caregiving burdens and transitions, impacts on mental health.
COVID-19 Research Topic: Assessing unequal caregiving burdens and transitions, impacts on mental health.
