Elizabeth Zelinski, PhD
Advisor for KL2 and Research Success Teams
SC CTSI Role
At SC CTSI, Dr. Zelinski is the F-series and K-series fellowship proposal consultant. Her many years of as NIH reviewer for F- and K-series grants enables her to review and critique Mentored Career Development in Clinical and Translational Science (MCD-CTS/KL2) Scholars and other K-series grant (i.e., K08, K23, K99/R01) submissions prior to NIH submission.
Contact Information
zelinski@usc.edu
213-550-5694
Professional Background
Dr. Zelinski is the Rita and Edward Polusky Chair in Education and Aging as well as Professor of Gerontology and Psychology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. Dr. Zelinski has a joint appointment in the Psychology Department. Dr. Zelinski is the principal investigator of the Long Beach Longitudinal Study. This study evaluates cognition, memory and language comprehension in older adults as well as the relationship between peoples’ perceptions of their memory ability and their actual performance, and how these change as people grow old.
Her other research interests have an interdisciplinary focus, including collaborations with sociologists, epidemiologists, psychologists and engineering faculty. She has been the co-mentor of the recipient of a K99/R00 fellowship from the National Institute on Aging. Prior to coming to USC Gerontology, she graduated summa cum laude from Pace University and received her graduate degrees in psychology, with a specialization in aging, from the University of Southern California. She was a F32 postdoctoral fellow at Claremont Graduate University.
Interests
Elizabeth enjoys listening to classic rock, modern (20th century+) opera, bread making, cooking, and gardening.