Neil Charness, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator
nec4009@med.cornell.edu

Neil Charness, Ph.D.

Florida State University


Neil Charness, Ph.D., is a Sessional Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. He retired as a William G. Chase Professor of Psychology and a Florida State University Distinguished Research Professor in year 2024. His research focuses on human factors approaches to designing technology to support wellbeing for aging adults. Research topics include cognitive assessment and cognitive training, transportation safety and augmenting mobility for those with and without cognitive impairment, promoting adherence using personcentered technology, and supporting aging workers with technology systems. He has also investigated skill acquisition and expert performance across the adult lifespan.