Dr. Kushalnagar at the Deaf Health Communication and Quality of Life Research Center received a grant from the National Institute on Aging. With this funding, the Center will conduct innovative cross-cultural translation of patient-reported cognitive abilities and concern scales in ASL and collect primary data from a large sample of deaf older adults who were born deaf or became deaf before 13 years old.

We need 300 older deaf adults who use ASL to participate in this project. If you are interested, please contact us at PROMISASL@gallaudet.edu. Thank you!

​Deaf Aging Research Team

Poorna Kushalnagar, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator/Director

Zachary Featherstone, D.O.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Deborah Nathanson, M.A.
Project Coordinator

Marina Fanshteyn
Deaf Adult Day Care
​Brooklyn, New York
​Community Partner

David Feldman, Ph.D.
Barry University
Miami, Florida
​Consultant

Lawrence Pick, Ph.D.
Gallaudet University
​Washington, D.C.
Consultant

Elizabeth Moore, Ph.D.
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.
​Community Partner

Gloria Nathanson, Au.D.
St. Catherine University
Minnesota
Community Partner

Marilyn Smith
California
​Community Partner