Directors and Advisors

ICARUS Directors

Dr. Sheryl Zimmerman, Co-Director, ICARUS
Professor and Director of Aging Research, School of Social Work
Co-Director, Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
325 Pittsboro Room 548 CB#3550
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550
Telephone: 919-962-6417
Fax: 919-966-1634
Email: Sheryl_zimmerman@unc.edu

Dr. Jan Busby-Whitehead, Co-Director, ICARUS
Professor and Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine
Director, Center for Aging and Health, School of Medicine
School of Medicine
262 MacNider CB# 7550
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7550
Telephone: 919-966-5945
Fax: 919-962-9795
Email: jan_busby-whitehead@med.unc.edu

Dr. Mary H. Palmer, Co-Director, ICARUS
Helen W. & Thomas L.Umphlet Distinguished Professor in Aging
School of Nursing
533 Carrington Hall CB# 7460
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460
Telephone: 919-966-7204
Fax: 919-843-9900
Email: mhpalmer@email.unc.edu

 

Advisory Board

Dr. Patricia J. Byrns, Associate Dean
for Research and Faculty Development
School of Medicine

Dr. Timothy S. Carey, Director
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

Dr. Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Professor
Health Policy & Administration, School of Public Health
Associate Director, Aging and Diversity/UNC Institute on Aging

Dr. Eugenia Eng, Professor
Health Behavior & Health Education

Dr. Mark Fraser, Associate Dean for Research
School of Social Work

Dr. Sandy Funk, Associate Dean for Research
School of Nursing

Dr. Victor Marshall, Director
Institute on Aging

Ms. Jacqueline Resnick, Director
The Office of Research Development

Dr. Tony Waldrop, Vice Chancellor
Research and Economic Development