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Strategic priorities and future directions of the Csomay Center are guided by an interdisciplinary Leadership Team with representation from across the University of Iowa. The Csomay Center Leadership Team includes individuals from the College of Nursing, the College of Public Health, the Center for Advancement, the Tippie College of Business, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Law, the Carver College of Medicine, and the College of Dentistry.
![Harleah Buck](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Buck%2C%20Harleah.jpg?h=4e35f939&itok=xsMEh_b7)
Center Director
Harleah Buck, PhD, RN, FPCN, FAHA, FAAN
Dr. Leah Buck is the Sally Mathis Hartwig Professor of Gerontological Nursing and Director of the Barbara and Richard Csomay Center for Gerontological Nursing at the University of Iowa. Her signature program of research focuses on heart failure patient and informal caregiver dyads using non-pharmacologic interventions to improve treatment adherence. Her experience includes 14 funded studies totaling 12.5 million dollars, serving on five NIH review panels (most recently BMHO and NRCS), and as an external grant reviewer for universities and foundations.
Center Leadership Team Members
![Harleah Buck](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Buck%2C%20Harleah.jpg?h=4e35f939&itok=xsMEh_b7)
Harleah Buck, PhD, RN, FPCN, FAHA, FAAN
![Sato Ashida](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Ashida%2C%20Sato.jpg?h=ca70a709&itok=8erHAJoC)
Sato Ashida, PhD
![Dayna Ballantyne](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Ballantyne%2C%20Dayna.jpg?h=f93fef24&itok=CGHGlIHD)
Dayna Ballantyne, MSW
![Mercedes Bern-Klug](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Bern-Klug%2C%20Mercedes%20A.jpg?h=ab622562&itok=jf-0nfp2)
![Kathleen Buckwalter](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Buckwalter%2C%20Kitty%20B.jpg?h=b6684734&itok=e3wmDmgq)
![Ryan Carnahan](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2021-12/Carnahan%2C%20Ryan.jpg?h=837097c0&itok=dNL31saj)
Ryan Carnahan, PharmD, MS, BCPP
![Amy Colbert](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Colbert%2C%20Amy_0.jpg?h=abd50be4&itok=FUDLpdeq)
Amy Colbert, PhD
![Juliana de Souza-Talarico](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2022-02/NursingHead.003.jpg?h=412f9df3&itok=KiaoCvMO)
![Keela Herr](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Herr%2C%20Keela%20E.jpg?h=f8c987b2&itok=kpczwrdE)
Keela Herr, PhD, RN, AGSF, FGSA, FAAN
![Scott Larson](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2023-05/Scott%20Larson.jpg?h=bf372811&itok=rJeBcFfo)
Scott Larson, MD, FAAFP
![Wen Liu](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Liu%2C%20Wen.jpg?h=131170f0&itok=RehRDZFb)
![Kathryn Machovsky](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Machovsky%2C%20Kathryn.jpg?h=7189c1fe&itok=8lr3ilMU)
Kathryn Machovsky, EdD
![Leaonardo Marchini headshot.](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2023-12/Leonardo%20Marchini.png?h=1e66e246&itok=yVjiLN0i)
Leonardo Marchini, DDS, MSD, PhD
![Larry Newman](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Newman%2C%20Larry.jpg?h=bc808027&itok=nIHGlRH0)
Larry Newman, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC
![Nadia Sabbagh Steinberg](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2022-04/nadia_sabbagh.jpg?h=ab622562&itok=IuzuM2pG)
Nadia Sabbagh Steinberg, LMSW, PhD
![Leonard Sandler](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2021-12/Sandler%2C%20Leonard.jpg?h=ab622562&itok=A8-6f-mm)
![Shalome Tonelli](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2022-07/Tonelli_Shalome.jpg?h=ab622562&itok=_sXXdJP5)
Center Staff
![Jones Headshot](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-04/20230207_JENNIFER-JONES_109%20%28002%29%20-%20Copy_0.jpg?h=d07df597&itok=-1klP2hU)
Jennifer Jones, MHS-PH
![Susan Cui Headshot](/sites/csomaycenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2023-12/Susan%20Cui.jpg?h=d495079d&itok=6RU5iz1e)