Center Staff
Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Director of the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging
de Tornyay Endowed Professor in Aging
Adjunct Professor, UW School of Public Health
Heather Wicklein Sanchez
Manager
Paige Bartlett
Public Information Specialist
Executive Team Members
Oleg Zaslavsky, PhD, MHA, RN, FAAN
Aljoya Endowed Associate Professor in Aging, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics
Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics
Weichao Yuwen, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, Tacoma
Peg Heitkemper, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics
Adjunct Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health
Jean Tang PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, APRN
Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics
Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, ARNP, CNRN, AGACNP-BC, FAAN
Professor
Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, Office of Academic Personnel
Tiffany Liu, DNP-PHSL, BAPH, BSN, RN
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Undergraduate Program Director
Clinical Assistant Professor
Oleg Zaslavsky, PhD, MHA, RN, FAAN
Aljoya Endowed Associate Professor in Aging, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics
Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics
Weichao Yuwen, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, Tacoma
Peg Heitkemper, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics
Adjunct Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health
Jean Tang PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, APRN
Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics
Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, ARNP, CNRN, AGACNP-BC, FAAN
Professor
Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, Office of Academic Personnel
Tiffany Liu, DNP-PHSL, BAPH, BSN, RN
Undergraduate Program Director
Clinical Assistant Professor