SGEC Staff and Partners
SGEC Core Faculty & Staff:

Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, PhD, ABPP
Director
School of Medicine Profile
E-mail: dolorest@stanford.edu

Nancy Morioka-Douglas, MD, MPH
Co-Director
School of Medicine Profile
E-mail: nmd@stanford.edu

Marita Grudzen, RT, MHS,
Deputy Director
E-mail: mgrudzen@stanford.edu

Nancy Hikoyeda, DrPH, MPH
Associate Director
E-mail: hikoyeda@stanford.edu

Kala Mehta, D.Sc., MPH
Program Evaluation Consultant
E-mail: kmehta23@stanford.edu

Gwen Yeo, PhD, AGSF
Director Emerita
School of Medicine Profile
E-mail: gwenyeo@stanford.edu

Melen R. McBride, Ph.D., R.N., GSAF
Associate Director Emerita
E-mail: mcbride@stanford.edu

Ann Blick Hamer, LCSW
Dementia Education Specialist
E-mail: abhamer@stanford.edu

Jack Downey
Media Coordinator
E-mail: jdowney@stanford.edu
SGEC Consultants and Ethnogeriatric Specialists
Silvia Austerlic
E-mail: sausterlic@hospicesantacruz.org
Linda Gerdner, PhD, RN, FAAN
E-mail: lgerdner@gmail.com
Rita Hargrave, MD
E-mail: ecarenet@yahoo.com
Ron Nakasone, PhD
E-mail: rynakasone@sbcglobal.net
Ethnogeriatric Specialists:
In addition to the ethnogeriatric specialists listed above, the SGEC works with partners throughout the U.S. and in other countries who share our focus in ethnogeriatrics. If viewers have specific needs in the field, they are welcome to contact SGEC at stanfordgec@stanford.edu to request referrals or assistance.