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University Faculty, Partners, & Stakeholders

  • Executive Director - Linda Edelman, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
  • Evaluation Director- Jorie Butler, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor/ Psychology; Research Assistant Professor/ Geriatrics, School of Medicine
  • Project Coordinator – Sarah Scott, MS/ Gerontology, MBA
  • Co-Director/ Physicians Programs  - Mark Supiano, MD, Professor/ Geriatrics, School of Medicine
  • Co-Directors/Nursing Programs - Nanci McLeskey, DNP, MCG, MDiv, RN-BC, CHPN, FNGNA, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing; Larry Garrett, PhD, MPH, BSN, Lead Project Manager, HealthInsight; Michelle Carlson, SSW, CPHQ , Lead Project Manager/ Utah, HealthInsight
  • Co-Director/ Interdisciplinary and Community Programs; Curriculum Strand Leader/ Dementia Care - Kara Dassel, PhD, Associate Professor/ Gerontology, College of Nursing
  • Physicians Programs/ Learning Community Leader – Cherie Brunker, MD, Associate Professor/Geriatrics, School of Medicine; Medical Director/ Mission Health Systems
  • Curriculum Committee Leader/ Care Transitions, Communications & Health Literacy - Timothy Farrell, MD, AGSF, Assistant Professor/ Geriatrics, School of Medicine
  • Curriculum Committee Leader/ Caregiver Support - Rand Rupper, MD, MPH, Associate Professor/ Geriatrics, School of Medicine
  • Curriculum Committee Leader/ End-of-Life Care & Advance Care Planning - Shaida Talebreza-Brandon, MD, Assistant Professor/ Geriatrics, School of Medicine
  • Curriculum Committees Support (2016-2017):
    • Troy Christian Andersen, PhD, MSW, MS, LCSW, Associate Professor-Lecturer, College of Social Work
    • Valerie Flattes, PhD, Assistant Professor/Clinical, College of Nursing
    • D. James Ballard, PT, DPT, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Health
    • Sue Chase-Cantarini, DNP, Assistant Professor/ Clinical, College of Nursing
    • Norman Foster, MD, Director, Center for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging, and Research
    • Katherine Supiano, PhD, LCSW, Associate Professor, College of Nursing
    • Tina McNulty, PhD, OTE/L, Associate Professor, College of Health
    • Gail Towsley, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
    • Rebecca Wilson, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
    • Martin Freimer, MD, Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurosciences Center
    • Marilyn Luptak, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor, College of Social Work
  • Faculty Fellow – Charles Pitre Hoy-Ellis, PhD, MSW, College of Social Work; Kristin Hueftle, MD, Geriatrics, School of Medicine
  • Data Analyst – Jacqueline Telonidis, MS, School of Medicine
  • Graduate Assistant/ADRD & Community Programs — Landon Robert Moyers, RN, BSN, PMHNP-DNP Student

Contact Us

10 S. 2000 E.
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Phone: 801-587-8757

https://utahgwep.org/