Category: Scientist Highlight

In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Carlos Irwin A. Oronce, MD, MPH, who became a CHIME RCMAR Scientist in 2021. Dr. Oronce’s work focuses on the role of the health system in improving population health, advancing health equity, and delivering better value in care. His research interests include: (1) examining health system and policy interventions…

In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Elissa Hamlat, PhD, who became a CADC RCMAR Scientist in 2021. Dr. Hamlat’s research focuses on the pubertal transition as a developmental period of risk for physical and mental health problems, particularly those associated with depression. At UCSF, she works primarily with Dr. Elissa Epel to better understand the…

In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Lan Ðoàn, PhD, MPH, who became a CICADA RCMAR Scientist in 2021. Dr. Ðoàn’s work is centered on the structural determinants of health and has focused on cardiovascular disease and psychosocial factors, including quality of life and depression, among Asian American older adults and how neighborhood deprivation modifies…

In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Luciana Mascarenhas Fonseca, PhD, who became an AD-NAD RCMAR Scientist in 2020. Dr. Fonseca’s RCMAR pilot project is “Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) findings associated with Intraindividual Cognitive Variability in Aging American Indians: insights on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD)”. The study is particularly novel as it is the…

In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Chih-ying “Cynthia” Li, PhD, OTR, who became a UTMB-Texas RCMAR Scientist in 2021. Dr. Li’s RCMAR pilot project is “Cognitive Demand and Occupation of Older Mexican Adults”. The focus of Dr. Li’s research has been on using advanced methodologies to look at rehabilitation outcomes, with an emphasis on…

In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Juan M Hincapie-Castillo, PharmD, MS, PhD, who became a UF-CAMPAS Scientist in 2020. Dr. Hincapie-Castillo’s RCMAR pilot project is “Evaluation of drug treatment for incident trigeminal neuralgia in Medicare-insured patients”. His research interests include 1) drug utilization and safety in pain management and psychotropic pharmacotherapy; 2) evaluation of…

In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Saruna Ghimire, PhD, who became an Asian-RCMAR Scientist in 2021. Dr. Ghimire’s RCMAR pilot project is “Exploring the associations between religious coping, resiliency, and social support and the physical and mental health of Bhutanese refugee older adults in Ohio”. Dr. Ghimire leverages her background in public health and…

In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Jonathan H. Chen, MD, PhD, who became a SAGE Scientist in 2021. Dr. Chen’s RCMAR pilot project is “Prediction of specialty diagnostic procedures for patients with cognitive impairment diseases using deep representation learning of electronic health records”. Dr. Chen leads a research group that seeks to empower individuals…