Southern Population Aging Research Center (SPARC)

Organization(s)

University of Maryland, College Park
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Center website

Center Personnel

Center Directors: Katrina Walsemann, Christine A Mair, David F. Warner

Lead Admin: Jennifer Doiron

Contact Link

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Mission

SPARC’s mission is to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and provide the infrastructure necessary to improve population aging through innovative research and robust dissemination.

Cores

  1. Administrative and Research Support Core (Katrina Walsemann and Michael Rendall)
  2. The Program Development Core (David F. Warner and Christine Mair)
  3. The Communication and Dissemination Core (David F. Warner and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz)

Emerging Scholars