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Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, MBBS, MA, PhD, is an assistant professor and health economist at the University of Memphis School of Public Health in Tennessee. Dr. Bhattacharyya considers himself a physician gerontologist interested in studying health from a biopsychosocial perspective to improve the quality of life of older adults, especially those with dementia, living in the community and long-term care. Dr. Bhattacharyya received his master's degree in gerontology from Georgia State University and completed his PhD in aging sciences at the School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida. He also worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center at Utah State University. Kallol is particularly focused on the individualized care provided in long-term care, especially nursing homes, and the economics of long-term care, especially how regulatory oversight and resident choices in the nursing home market affect health outcomes. He is also interested in the risk factors and alternative therapeutic interventions for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. Kallol has been an active member of the Gerontological Society of America. He has several publications in well-known peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and many conference presentations. His first book with Springer was Rethinking the Aging Transition: Psychological, Health, and Social Principles to Guide Aging Well. His innovative research has won many awards in scholarly platforms, including the Gerontological Society of America, Southern Gerontological Society, etc. He is serving in the editorial teams of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, BMC Geriatrics, and PLOS ONE. Finally, Kallol has extensive clinical, leadership, and administrative experience working as a family physician in India before rejoining academia.

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