Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Jeannine S. Skinner

Biography

Dr. Jeannine Skinner, Assistant Professor of Gerontology and Psychological Sciences will always be remembered fondly by colleagues and students.Her recent publication is HIGH INTENSITY AEROBIC EXERCISE IMPROVES PERFORMANCE ON COMPUTER TESTS OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IN ADULTS WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT IN CLINICAL TRIALS.

Research Interest

Her research interests focus on the relationship between cardiovascular health and minority cognitive aging. She is also interested in the role of physical activity as a strategy to improve cardiovascular and brain health outcomes in older adult populations. Jeannine is passionate about engagement of minority populations in biomedical research and has worked on several research studies focused on minority health and aging, including the Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) and the Baltimore Study of Black Aging (BSBA). For both the MOTTEP and BSBA studies, Jeannine assisted with neuropsychological testing of middle-aged-and-older minority elders.