Faculty

Dr. Ayse Malatyali is a Jonas Scholar with a research priority in cognitive aging. She focuses primarily on risk and protective processes of cognitive decline in the continuum of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) among underserved older adults. Her additional areas of research include healthcare utilization and end-of-life care among persons living with dementia and dementia caregiving. Malatyali has a substantive clinical and administrative background as a Registered Nurse/Case Manager prior to her academic appointment.

Education

• PhD, Florida Atlantic University
• MSN, Florida Atlantic University
• MBA, Florida Atlantic University
• BSN, University of Istanbul

Selected Editorial Activities

• Reviewer, Frontiers in Public Health
• Reviewer, Geriatric Nursing

Selected Awards & Honors

• Nursing Excellence in Scholarship, Sigma International Honor Society of Nursing, Theta Epsilon Chapter, 2023
• Assistant Professor Mentoring Program Award, University of Central Florida Office of Research
• Jonas Scholarship, Excellence in Nursing Leadership and Veterans Healthcare, Jonas Philanthropies-AACN

Selected Professional Activities

• Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART)
• Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
• Past Chair, Aging/Gerontology Research Interest and Implementation Group (RIIG), Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS)

Additional Languages

• Turkish