Sara J. Czaja, PhD
Sara J. Czaja, PhD
ProfessorPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Industrial Engineering
Scientific Director of the Center on Aging at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Director of the Center on Research and Education for Aging and Technology Enhancement
University of Miami
MDOM- Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
1695 NW 9th Ave, Miami, FL 33136
Phone: 305-355-9068
Email: SCzaja@med.miami.edu
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Sara J. Czaja is a Leonard M. Miller Professor of the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Miami. She is also the Scientific Director of the Center on Aging at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Director of the Center on Research and Education for Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE). CREATE is funded by the National Institute on Aging and involves collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Florida State University and is focused on older adults and their interactions with technology systems in work, healthcare, and everyday living domains.
Dr. Czaja has extensive experience in aging research and a long commitment to developing strategies to improve the quality of life for older adults. Her research interests include: aging and cognition, aging and healthcare informatics, caregiving, older workers, human-computer interaction, training, and functional assessment. She has received extensive funding from the National Institutes of Health as well as other federal agencies and foundations for her research. Dr. Czaja is very well published in the field of aging and has written numerous book chapters and scientific articles. She recently co-authored a book with other members of the CREATE team concerning the design of technology systems for older adult populations and a book on training older adults. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Gerontological Society of America. In addition, she is the current president of Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging) of the American Psychological Association. She is also a member of the National Academy of Science/National Research Council Board on Human Systems Integration and is serving on an Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Healthy Cognitive Aging and an IOM Committee on Family Caregiving for Older Adults.
