Our Team
Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director of the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging
Professor and The Aljoya Endowed Professor in Aging
Adjunct Professor, UW School of Public Health
Investigator, UW Health Promotion Research Center

Heather Wicklein Sanchez
Manager

Paige Bartlett
Public Information Specialist
Executive Team Members
Barbara Cochrane, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Professor; Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing
The de Tornyay Endowed Professor for Healthy Aging
Director, School of Nursing Academic-Practice Partnerships
Peg Heitkemper, PhD, RN, FAAN
Chair, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics
The Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Chair in Nursing
Director, Center for Research on Management of Sleep Disturbances
Affiliate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine
Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health

Tatiana Sadak, PhD, PMHNP, RN
Associate Professor
ANCC Certified in Adult Older Adult Psychiatry Dementia, Neurodegenerative Disorders and Palliative Care Specialty
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar
National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Scholar and Fellow
Alzheimer’s Association Snohomish County Advisory Board Member
State of WA Dementia Action Collaborative, Health and Medical Committee Member

Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, ARNP, CNRN, AGACNP-BC, FAAN
Joanne Montgomery Endowed Professor
Graduate Program Director
Core Faculty, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
Affiliate Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, School of Medicine
Jillian Pintye, RN, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor