Category: News

  • Scientist Highilght: Halima Amjad (JHAD)

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    Scientist Highilght: Halima Amjad (JHAD)

    In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Halima Amjad, MD, MPH, who became a Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (JHAD) RCMAR Scientist in 2019. Dr. Halima Amjad is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include geriatric medicine and geriatric…

  • Scientist Highlight: Monica Diaz (ARMS)

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    Scientist Highlight: Monica Diaz (ARMS)

    In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Monica Diaz, MD, who became a San Diego Resource Center for advancing Alzheimer’s Research in Minority Seniors (ARMS) RCMAR Scientist in 2019. Dr. Diaz is a post-doctoral fellow at University of California, San Diego who is board certified in Neurology and specializes in neurological complications of HIV and neuroimmunology.…

  • Scientist Highlight: Diana Hernandez (CIRAD)

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    Scientist Highlight: Diana Hernandez (CIRAD)

    In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we congratulate Diana Hernandez, PhD, on being awarded tenure. Dr. Hernandez became RCMAR Scientist in 2019 at the Columbia Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Alzheimer’s Disease Disparities (CIRAD AD RCMAR). Her work focuses on community-oriented research examining the intersections between the built environment, poverty/equity and health. She also serves as the…

  • Scientist Highlight: Marcio A. Almeida (UTRGV)

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    Scientist Highlight: Marcio A. Almeida (UTRGV)

    In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Marcio A. Almeida, PhD, who became a RCMAR scientist in 2019 at the Rio Grande Valley Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (UTRGV AD RCMAR). Dr. Almeida is an Assistant Professor of Research in the Department of Human Genetics and South Texas Diabetes & Obesity Institute at…

  • Scientist Highlight: Nicole Davis (CCADMR)

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    Scientist Highlight: Nicole Davis (CCADMR)

    In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Nicole Davis, PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, GNP-BC, who became a Carolina Center on Alzheimer’s Disease and Minority Research (CCADMR) RCMAR scientist in 2018. Dr. Davis is an Assistant Professor of Nursing and the AGNP and MSN-Education Program Coordinator. She is a board-certified Adult and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner with expertise in…

  • Stewardship of Health and the connection to the stewardship of the land

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    Stewardship of Health and the connection to the stewardship of the land

    Recognizing historical injustices and the importance of promoting racial justice, the RCMAR Coordinating Center at UCLA has acknowledged that our offices are on traditional lands of the Gabrielino-Tongva peoples. We have encouraged other RCMAR sites to appropriately recognize historic land rights, and we asked the Native Elders Resource Center (NERC) for a suggestion of how…