Walter R. Boot, PhD, is the Irving Sherwood Wright Professor in Geriatrics II and Professor of Psychology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is one of five principal investigators of the multidisciplinary Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE), an award-winning center funded by the National Institute on Aging that focuses on ensuring older adults can fully benefit from technology. He also serves as Co-Director of the ENHANCE (Enhancing Neurocognitive Health, Abilities, Networks, & Community Engagement) Center, which is supported by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. ENHANCE focuses on how technology can support older adults with cognitive impairments. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).

Clara Berridge is a social gerontologist and Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work. For fifteen years, she has studied the ethical and policy implications of data and information technologies used in care, from remote monitoring systems to social companions. Her intervention research engages people living with dementia in decision making about how these technologies should be used in their care to reduce risks to values such as privacy and autonomy. Dr. Berridge’s work raises the profile of older adults’ diverse interests in AI discourse and has been cited in Nature, The Guardian, The Atlantic, New York Times, BBC Radio, and technical publications. She holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the University of California Berkeley and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research at Brown University.

Dr. Kat Britt is an Assistant Professor in Gerontological Nursing at the University of Iowa College of Nursing, a 2024 Butler Williams Scholar, a 2021-2023 Psychology/Mental Health Jonas Scholar, a Geriatric Nursing editorial board member, and serves as the GSA ESPO Vice-Chair Elect and as a Board Member of her local Iowa Chapter Alzheimer’s Association. She completed a T32 postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, obtained her PhD from The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, and her Master’s in informatics from The University of Texas at Tyler. Her research focuses on protective lifestyle factors and cognitive care planning to inform nonpharmacological interventions for persons living with dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and their care partners to slow decline.

Dr. Felipe A. Jain, MD, is Director of Healthy Aging Studies in the Depression Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and faculty of the Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Health Sciences and Technology program. His research focuses on guided imagery and mindfulness skills for the treatment of depression in family caregivers, and biomarkers that may be used to personalize treatment. Dr. Jain’s work has demonstrated reductions in stress, depression and suicidal ideation in family caregivers of people living with dementia after 4 weeks of mentalizing imagery therapy. Along with studying the therapeutic benefits of this approach, Dr. Jain studies how it impacts functional brain activation and digital phenotypes of behavior and mental health. Dr. Jain developed the CareDoc mobile smartphone platform, a high-throughput, customizable precision psychiatry platform capable of delivery psychotherapeutic information, obtaining ecological momentary assessments, and monitoring passive behavioral data

Dr. Roque's research examines cognitive aging, focusing on visual attention and its links to factors like age, sleep, and pollution exposure. Using mobile assessments and passive sensing, he explores cognition in daily life, aiming to apply findings to real-world contexts and improve understanding across the lifespan.

Laura A. Rice, PhD, MPT, ATP is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Her research focuses on the management of secondary impairments associated with physical disabilities and increasing quality of life and community participation. She is a RESNA-certified Assistive Technology Professional and director of the Illini Wheelchair and Scooter clinic. She received her PhD in Rehabilitation Science and Technology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010 and a M.S. in Physical Therapy and B.S. in Health Sciences from Duquesne University in 2004 and 2003 respectively.