The Academy of Lifelong Learning has gathered some of the top experts in their fields to provide their insights and to answer your questions.
Featured Experts

Lisa Berlin, PhD, MS
Lisa Berlin is the Alison L. Richman Professor of Children and Families at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Her research focuses on early child-parent attachment as well as program... Read More

Nicole Brandt, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, BCPP, FASCP
Nicole Brandt is a professor in the Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research and executive director of the Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging at the University of Mar... Read More
Wilbur Chen, MD, MS, FACP, FIDSA
Wilbur Chen is a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, director of the Travel Medicine Practice, and chief of the Adult Clinical Studies section at the Center for ... Read More

Chris D’Adamo, PhD
Chris D’Adamo is a medical research scientist with expertise in the synergistic effects of healthy lifestyle, environmental exposures, and genetics on human health and wellness. His research,... Read More

Matthew Frieman, PhD
Matthew Frieman, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, has an overall research goal of creating therapeutic interventions for virus... Read More

Robert C. Gallo, MD
Robert Gallo, an eminent scientist who is co-founder and director of the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), became world famous in 1984 when... Read More

Michael Greenberger, JD
Michael Greenberger, JD, is the founder and director of the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security (CHHS) and a professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey Sc... Read More

Diane Hoffmann, JD, MS
Diane Hoffmann is the Jacob A. France Professor of Health Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and director of the law school’s Law and Health Care Program. She ... Read More

J. Howard Kucher, DPA, MBA
J. Howard “Jim” Kucher is an associate professor of social innovation at the University of Maryland Graduate School, where he directs the groundbreaking Master of Science in Health and ... Read More

Richard Manski, DDS, MBA, PhD
Richard Manski is a professor and chair of Dental Public Health (DPH) at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. As DPH chair, he manages and provides oversight for a team of faculty and st... Read More
Diane Martin, PhD
Diane Martin is a leader, educator, and scholar practitioner who has dedicated her career to developing impactful academic and non-academic activities in support of our rapidly aging population.&nb... Read More

Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD
Margaret “Peg” McCarthy is the James & Carolyn Frenkil Endowed Dean’s Professor, and professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Maryland School... Read More

Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, MDE, BCPS, CPE
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, MDE, BCPS, CPE, is professor and executive director, Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care, in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the ... Read More

Michelle Pearce, PhD
Michelle Pearce is a professor at the University of Maryland Graduate School and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Ce... Read More

Barbara Resnick, PhD, FN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
Barbara Resnick obtained her BSN from the University of Connecticut, her MSN from the University of Pennsylvania, and her PhD from the University of Maryland. She is currently a professor, associat... Read More

Virginia Rowthorn, JD, LLM
Virginia Rowthorn is the assistant vice president for global engagement at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and executive director of the Center for Global Engagement (CGE). She also is ... Read More

Stuart Weston, PhD
Stuart Weston, PhD, is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, working in the lab of Matthew Frieman, PhD, since November 2016. The lab has a researc... Read More
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