Sara J. Czaja, PhD, is the Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Medicine and Professor of Gerontology, the Director of the Center on Aging and Behavioral Research and the Center for the Study and Support of Caregivers in the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is the PI of the NIA funded Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) and the Co-Director of the ENHANCE (Enhancing Neurocognitive Health, Abilities, Networks, & Community Engagement) Center, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. She has extensive experience in both theoretical and applied research, and coordination and leadership of multi-site collaborations. Her research interests include aging and cognition, aging and technology, caregiving, behavioral intervention research, and functional assessment. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Gerontological Society of America.

Dr. Kelly McConnell is an Attending Psychologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her research examines rates of distress and the evaluation and implementation of psychological interventions to reduce distress in older adults with cancer and their caregivers. She also evaluates interventions to promote advance care planning in patients with advanced cancer. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and foundations. She is a Fellow of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society.