Core Teams

The work of NDWS is carried out by five core teams under the direction of NDWS leadership. Core teams consist of co-investigators who are national experts in their fields and support staff who bring a wealth of complementary expertise.

Pilot Grants Core

In order to accelerate use of NDWS by the scientific community, the Pilot Grants Core will lead an annual national competition for external research projects using NDWS data. In addition to receiving direct funds, each project will receive support from NDWS to promote successful completion and dissemination.

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Laura M. Wagner, PhD, RN, GNP, FAAN

Professor of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco

Also Lead of the Survey Design Core
Laura Wagner is a geriatric nurse practitioner, professor of nursing at UCSF, Co-Investigator of the the NIA-funded AWARD (Advancing Workforce Analysis and Research for Dementia) Network, and associate director of research at the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center. She has more than 20 years of experience leading health services research in a variety of acute, long-term, and community-based care settings and is the PI of a current R01 (R01AG074227) focused on dementia care training in U.S. nursing homes.

Team Members

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Sue Anne Bell, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN

Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Michigan

Sue Anne Bell is a family nurse practitioner and nurse scientist. Trained as a health services researcher, her work focuses on developing policy-driven solutions to support the health and well-being of older adults during disasters and public health emergencies. She is the PI of an NIH RF1 (RF1AG083768) that seeks to understand how exposure to climate-related disasters affects mortality among older adults living with dementia.
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John Boscardin, PhD

Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

John Boscardin is director of the Statistical Laboratory for Aging Research at UCSF, which provides data management, analytic support, and methodological input to dozens of investigators. His areas of methodological expertise include analysis of longitudinal, repeated measures, and time to event data, treatment of missing data, Bayesian statistical modeling, and computational methods.
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Pamela Dudzik, MPP

Program Analyst, University of California, San Francisco

Pamela has extensive experience managing projects and grants in the areas of health care, disability, communications, education, and international development.
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Elizabeth White, PhD, APRN

Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University

Also a member of the Survey Design Core and Data Linkage Core
Elizabeth (Betsy) White is a geriatric primary care nurse practitioner with extensive clinical experience in nursing homes and community-based long-term care. Her research broadly focuses on understanding how frail medically-complex older adults receive health care, and how factors affecting the nursing and primary care workforces impact quality outcomes in long-term care. She has assisted in the construction of large data systems of nursing home electronic health records.