Kali S. Thomas is the Associate Director of Health Services Research in the Center for Equity in Aging at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Dr. Thomas' research focuses on identifying ways to improve the quality of life of older adults needing long-term services and supports (LTSS) through applied health services research. With funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institute on Aging, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and multiple foundations, she has led research projects examining the organization, delivery, and financing of LTSS to meet older adults' medical and non-medical needs. Dr. Thomas was at Brown University School of Public Health prior to her transition to Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. 

Terri Lewinson (she/her/hers) is an associate professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Her research focuses on the health experiences of people who have been housing marginalized—whether living in an extended-stay hotel, assisted-living facility, senior housing setting, or an affordable housing complex. Her housing-as-health work explores social determinants such as resident stress, renter mobility, eviction threat, and environmental conditions that lead to poor health outcomes. Dr. Lewinson’s practice area is medical social work. She is a Gerontological Society of America Fellow, Health and Aging Policy Fellow, Academy Health Fellow, and a John A. Hartford Faculty Scholar. She earned a B.A. in developmental psychology from the University of South Carolina and an M.S.W. and Ph.D. from the University of Georgia’s School of Social Work.

Faika Zanjani is a Professor in the Department of Gerontology and Associate Dean of Research at Virginia Commonwealth University, College of Health Professions. At VCU, in the Center of Inclusion, Inquiry, and Innovation (iCubed), Zanjani conducts research within the Health, Wellness, and Lifespan Aging Transdisciplinary Core: Richmond Health and Wellness Program, with a focus on brain health equity in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults. Her current work is aimed at reducing Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia risks, which initiated the creation of the Richmond Brian Health Initiative. Since arriving at VCU in 2016, Zanjani has mentored over 100 students on research through the iCubed Commonwealth Scholars Program and Gerontology, in addition to a lifetime of mentoring undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs, and faculty/staff. Zanjani’s research has been funded by federal agencies such as ACL, NIH, USDA, and Veteran’s Affairs.

 
Zanjani has a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies, with a concentration in Gerontology, from Pennsylvania State University, with postdoctoral training in Geriatric Psychiatry from the University of Pennsylvania. She also has had appointments as NIH/NIMH Predoctoral Fellow, APA Minority Health Fellow, NIH/NIMH Geriatric Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH BIRWCH Scholar, USDA Grant Awardee, NIH/NIDA K Awardee, Assistant Professor at University of Kentucky, and Associate Professor at University of Maryland. Zanjani has worked in geriatric/gerontology public health issues, particularly within the areas of health behavior change and health promotion/risk reduction to create community health interventions, within both urban and rural community applications. Her research covers the behavioral and public health spectrum, including examining process (change), predictors, outcomes, treatment, and community health promotion/risk reduction.