Adrienne Jaret, M.S.P.H.

Adrienne Jaret, M.S.P.H.

Weill Cornell Medicine


Adrienne Jaret, MSPH is the Assistant Director of CREATE and will work with the  Director and the Executive Working Group in managing all administrative aspects of the Center. She will work to expand the scope and breadth of CREATE nationally and internationally. Additionally, she is the Administrative Director of the Center on Aging and Behavioral Research (CABR) at Weill Cornell Medicine. Prior to her arrival in New York, she worked at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for over forty years where she had various administrative roles including serving as the Administrative Director of the Center on Aging.


Home screen of the CREATE website, including title and photo of an older couple sitting on the couch with a tablet

Joseph Sharit, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator
jsharit@miami.edu
(305) 2846472

Joseph Sharit, Ph.D.

Independent Consultant


Dr. Sharit is one of the principal investigators in the Center on Research and Education for Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE), which is funded by the National Institute on Aging, one of the National Institutes of Health. He was also a principal investigator in studies associated with the Patient Safety Center and the Ryder Trauma Center within the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Sharit was also associated with the Laboratory of ELearning and Multimedia Research, which is part of the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Miami Veterans Hospital System.


Sara J. Czaja, Ph.D.

Sara J. Czaja, Ph.D.

Weill Cornell Medicine


Sara J. Czaja Ph. D. is the Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Medicine, and the Director of the Center on Aging and Behavioral Research at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is also the CoDirector of the ENHANCE (Enhancing Neurocognitive Health, Abilities, Networks, & Community Engagement) Center, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. Her research focuses on the interface between older adults and technology systems, behavioral interventions to support aging adults and family caregivers, and novel methods of functional assessment. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Gerontological Society of America.


Neil Charness, Ph.D.

Neil Charness, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator
nec4009@med.cornell.edu

Neil Charness, Ph.D.

Weill Cornell Medicine


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.


Home screen of the CREATE website, including title and photo of an older couple sitting on the couch with a tablet

Walter R. Boot, Ph.D.

Walter R. Boot, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator
wab4001@med.cornell.edu

Walter R. Boot, Ph.D.

Weill Cornell Medicine


Walter R. Boot, Ph.D., is the Irving Sherwood Wright Professor in Geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine. In addition to being a principal investigator of CREATE, he is Co-Director of the ENHANCE (Enhancing Neurocognitive Health, Abilities, Networks, & Community Engagement) Center, with a focus on how technology can help support older adults living with cognitive impairment. His research interests include how technology-delivered interventions can improve the wellbeing and cognitive functioning of older adults, including through the use of novel virtual reality applications, and how technology can support adherence through tailored just-in-time reminder systems.


Wendy A. Rogers, Ph.D.

Wendy A. Rogers, Ph.D.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


Wendy A. Rogers, Ph.D., is Khan Professor of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  She is a Certified Human Factors Professional (BCPE #1539).  She is Director of the McKechnie Family LIFE Home and the Health Technology Education Program; Program Director of CHART (Collaborations in Health, Aging, Research, & Technology); and Director of the Human Factors and Aging Laboratory.  Her research focuses on advanced technology design to support the autonomy of older adults, with and without disabilities.  Her research includes robotics, smart-home technology, digital health, and wearables.  She explores the benefits of technology for cognitive health, physical health, and emotional health.


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