Director

Dr. Denise C. Park

University Distinguished Chair and Regents Research Scholar

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  • fax: 972-883-3250
  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Post Docs

Dr. Joshua O. Goh

Postdoctoral Fellow

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 405 N Mathews Ave.
  • Urbana, Illinois 61801

Dr. Kristen Kennedy

Postdoctoral Fellow

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  • fax: 972-883-3250
  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Dr. Jennifer Lodi-Smith

Postdoctoral Fellow

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  • fax: 972-883-3250
  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Dr. Karen Rodrigue

Postdoctoral Fellow

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Lab Administration

Paula Abercrombie

Assistant Director

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Blair Flicker

Laboratory and Research Manager

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

April Norambuena

Administrative Assistant

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  • fax: 972-883-3281
  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Grad Students

Gérard Bischof

Graduate Student

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  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Chih-Mao Huang

Graduate Student

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  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Mitch Meltzer

Graduate Student

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  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Jenny Rieck

Graduate Student

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  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Lab Personnel

Bela Bhatia

Research Assistant (Scanning)

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Andy Hebrank

Laboratory and Research Manager

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Prasanna Tamil

Research Assistant

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  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Erin Wooden

Research Assistant (DLBS)

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Synapse Personnel

Whitley Aamodt

Research Assistant (Synapse)

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Carol Bardoff

Research Assistant (Synapse)

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Katie Berglund

Research Assistant (Synapse)

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Michael Blackwell

Digital Photography Instructor (Synapse)

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Jan Gebhard

Research Assistant (Synapse)

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Michelle Sauerbrei

Assistant Quilting Instructor (Synapse)

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235

Marcia Wood

Quilting Instructor (Synapse)

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  • email:
  • Center for Vital Longevity
  • 2200 W Mockingbird Ln
  • Dallas, TX 75235