Organizers

Claudia Rebola
Assistant Professor
School of Industrial Design
College of Architecture
Georgia Tech

Brian Jones
Director
Aware Home Research Initiative
Interactive Media Technology Center
Georgia Tech

Jon Sanford
Director
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA)
Assistant Professor
College of Architecture
Georgia Tech

Steering Committee

Cathie Berger
Director of the Area Agency on Aging (AAA
Atlanta Regional Commission

Karen Harvell
Program Manager Georgia NORC Initiative
Jewish Family & Career Services

Ted Johnson
M.D., M.P.H.Atlanta Site Director
Birmingham/Atlanta GRECC Atlanta
VA Medical Center

Wendy Rogers
Professor
School of Psychology
Georgia Tech

The initiative operates in the joint effort of faculty and staff from the Georgia Institute of Technology, including academic units and research centers, Georgia Southern University and Industry partners. Interdisciplinary Collaborators:

Academic partners: educational institutions
Clinical partners: health care providers, caregivers
R&D partners: clinicians, designers, engineers, computer scientists, social scientists
Industry partners: aging service providers, community developers, design practitioners, technology developers,
Public sector partners: Area Agency on Aging (ARC); Division of Aging Services

The following list highlights the support and commitment in the initiative activities:

Academic Institutions

Georgia Tech participating members:

College of Engineering

Michelle LaPlaca, Biomedical Engineering (DETECT)

College of Computing

Gregory Abowd, Director Aware Home, Health Systems Institute, Professor, School of Interactive Computing
Mark Braunstein, MD-Home Health Technology Entrepreneur, College of Computing
Elizabeth Mynatt, Director, GVU Center
Ed Price, Interactive Media Technology Center, Co-director Aware Home Research Initiative

College of Sciences

Wendy Rogers, Director Human Factors and Aging Lab, Professor, School of Psychology
Arthur (Dan) Fisk, Professor of Psychology, co-Director Human Factors and Aging Lab

College of Architecture

Abir Mullick, Director and Professor, Industrial Design
Catherine Ross, CQGRD Director and Harry West Chair

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Ali Mazalek, Assistant Professor LCC / Digital Media

Emory participating members:

Ted Johnson, MD

Georgia Southern University participating members:

Dr. Maggie Davis, Ph D, MSN, RN-Assistant Professor Nursing
Dr. Phyllis Isley, Department of Business and Economic Research