Our Team

Janice F. Bell, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.N.
Family Caregiving Institute Director
Associate Dean for Research, Director for the Doctoral Program and Professor,
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Ladson Hinton, M.D.
Family Caregiving Institute Associate Director for Research
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine
Director, Latino Aging Research Resource Center (UC Davis RCMAR)
Director, Education Core, Alzheimer's Disease Center

Heather M. Young, Ph.D., RN, F.A.A.N., F.G.S.A.
Family Caregiving Institute Associate Director for Strategic Partnerships
Professor and Dean Emerita, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Jennifer Mongoven
Associate Director of Operations

Debra Bakerjian, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., F.A.A.N., F.A.A.N.P., F.G.S.A.
Clinical Professor

Julie T. Bidwell, Ph.D., RN
Assistant Professor in the Family Caregiving Institute

Rebecca Sue Boxer, M.D., M.S.
Division Chief Geriatrics, Division of Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine

Alex Fauer, Ph.D., RN, O.C.N.
Assistant Professor

Lorena Garcia, M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Professor, UC Davis School of Medicine

Helen Kales, M.D.
Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department,
UC Davis School of Medicine

Victoria F. Keeton, Ph.D., R.N., C.P.N.P., C.N.S.
Assistant Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis

Oanh Meyer, Ph.D., M.A.S.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center

Everlyne Ogugu, Ph.D., RN
Heather M. Young Postdoctoral Fellow

Anna Satake, Ph.D., M.S.N., G.C.N.S., R.N.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis

Bronwyn Fields, Ph.D., M.P.H., B.Ed.
Faculty Affiliate, Family Caregiving Institute; Associate Professor Emerita,
California State University, Sacramento School of Nursing

Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Faculty Affiliate, Family Caregiving Institute; Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science,
Emerita, Stanford University

Orly Tonkikh, Ph.D., RN
Faculty Affiliate, Family Caregiving Institute; Assistant Professor, Haifa University

Robin Whitney, Ph.D., RN
Faculty Affiliate, Family Caregiving Institute; Assistant Professor in the Valley Foundation School of Nursing,
San Jose State University