Wayne State University

Aim Higher

The Internal Advisory Board consists of key faculty and administrators at Wayne State from an array of departments corollary to gerontology. Members work to oversee the integration of the IOG into the university’s broader academic mission.

Terrance L. Albrecht, Ph.D.
Program Leader, Communication and Behavioral Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute

Linda Lewandowski
Asst. Dean, College of Nursing, Family, Community, & Mental Health

Andrea Sankar, Ph.D.
Chair, Anthropology

Lloyd Young, PharmD
Professor and Dean, Wayne State University
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences

Kendra Schwartz, M.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Department of Family Medicine

Robert Thomas, Ph.D.
College of Sciences

Phyllis Vroom, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Social Work (retired)