Establishing Mechanisms of Benefit to Reinforce the Alzheimer’s Care Experience AD/ADRD Roybal Center

EMBRACE Leadership Team

The EMBRACE leadership team bridges strengths across the University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Pennsylvania, and Drexel University, along with faculty mentors and an external advisory committee (members pending).

Executive Committee

Joseph Gaugler and Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi serve as the Center’s directors and helm its Administrative Core. Laura N. Gitlin and Nancy Hodgson co-lead EMBRACE’s Behavioral Intervention Development Core.

Portrait photo of Joseph Gaugler

Joseph Gaugler, PhD

Position title: EMBRACE Director

University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Portrait photo of Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi

Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN

Position title: EMBRACE Director

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Laura N. Gitlin, PhD

Position title: BIDC Co-Lead

Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions

Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN

Position title: BIDC Co-Lead

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Expert Mentors

We are also thrilled to have as part of EMBRACE multiple national experts who provide consultation and guidance to EMBRACE Investigators throughout the lifecycle of intervention development:

Heather Allore

Heather Allore, PhD

Yale School of Medicine

David Roth

David L. Roth, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Marie Boltz

Marie Boltz, PhD, GNP-BC

Penn State College of Nursing

Kimberly van Haitsma

Kimberly Van Haitsma, PhD

Penn State College of Nursing