Southern Population Aging Research Center (SPARC)

Organization(s)

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

Center Personnel

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

Lead Admin: Jennifer Doiron

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 (Mieke Beth Thomeer McBride and Christine Mair)
  3. The Communication and Dissemination Core (Mieke Beth Thomeer McBride and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz)

Emerging Scholars