Dr Vance

Editor-in-Chief: David E. Vance

David E. Vance, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and is a Scientist in both the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Center for AIDS Researcher and has a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychology, working closely with the Edward R. Roybal Center for Translational Research in Aging and Mobility at UAB.  Dr. Vance received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at UAB and completed three years of a NIA postdoctoral fellowship at the Edward R. Roybal Center for Translational Research in Aging and Mobility studying cognitive aging, mobility, and cognitive remediation therapy.  His research programs focus on cognitive remediation therapy in older clinical populations, aging with HIV, spirituality, and structural equation modeling.  He has won numerous teaching awards and mentors numerous nursing and psychology doctoral students and faculty.  He has written over 110 peer-reviewed articles (76% are first authored) in addition to numerous book chapters, book reviews, etc.