Dr. Keith E. Whitfield, Ph.D.
Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Wayne State University
Research & Expertise:
An expert on aging among African Americans, Dr. Whitfield has published 200 articles, books and book chapters on cognition, health, and individual development and aging. He has held appointments as a professor in the Duke University Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, as a research professor in the Department of Geriatric Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, and as a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. He was also the co-director of the Center on Biobehavioral Health Disparities Research at Duke University.
Dr. Whitfield has participated in a number of committees for the National Academies of Sciences and Medicine, and has served on several study sections for the National Institutes of Health. He is currently the provost and chief academic officer at Wayne State University, and a longtime member of the advisory board of Wayne State Institute on Gerontology.
Education & Training:
B.A., College of Santa Fe 1984
M.A., Texas Technical University 1987
Ph.D., Texas Technical University 1989