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Scientist Highlight: Travonia Brown-Hughes (JH AD)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Travonia Brown-Hughes, PhD, who became a Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (JH AD) RCMAR Scientist in 2018. Dr. Brown-Hughes’ research interests are grounded in the study of aging, care transitions, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care. She has been active in the development and facilitation of…
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Scientist Highlight: Priscilla Vásquez Guevara (SD RCMAR)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Priscilla Vásquez Guevara, PhD, who became a San Diego Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (SD RCMAR) Center in 2018. Her research focuses on physical activity, cardiovascular health, and brain health in underrepresented populations, namely in middle-aged and older Latina/o adults. Dr. Vásquez Guevara has experience in community-based…
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Scientist Highlight: Miguel Arce Rentería (CIRAD)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Miguel Arce Rentería, PhD, who became a Columbia Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Alzheimer’s Disease Disparities (CIRAD) RCMAR Scientist in 2018. His research investigates the sociocultural and environmental determinants of disparities in cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). His current focus has been on determining factors of…
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Scientist Highlight: Mario Gil (UTRGV)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Mario Gil, PhD, who became a Rio Grande Valley Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (UTRGV) RCMAR Scientist in 2019. Dr. Gil uses animal models and a systems neuroscience approach to investigate the interaction between neural pathways that regulate and/or influence behavior, cognition, and motivation. Learn more…
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Scientist Highlight: Miriam Evans (CCADMR)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Miriam Evans EdD, MEd, MCHES, who became a Carolina Center on Alzheimer’s Disease and Minority Research (CCADMR) RCMAR Scientist in 2018. Dr. Evans is an assistant professor of Health Education in the Department of Health Sciences at South Carolina State University. Her research interests include children’s environmental health; community…
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Scientist Highlight: Danielle L. Beatty Moody (MCCFAD)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Danielle L. Beatty Moody, PhD, who became a Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) RCMAR Scientist in 2018. Dr. Beatty Moody is Director of The Social Determinants of Health Inequities Lab (SoDHI). The SoDHI Lab seeks to identify and ameliorate pathophysiological linkages of psychosocial and environmental…
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Scientist Highlight: Silvia H. Barcellos (USC RCMAR)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights we feature Silvia H. Barcellos, PhD, who became a Minority Aging and Health Economics Research Center (USC RCMAR) Scientist in 2012. Dr. Barcellos’ RCMAR pilot project was Health Insurance and Financial Risk Among Diverse Elderly Populations. Her research interests span labor economics, development economics, and health economics. Read Dr. Barcellos’ full bio. Learn more…
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Scientist Highlight: Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins (CICADA)
In this week’s Scientist Highlights, we feature Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins, PhD, who became a Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (CICADA) RCMAR Scientist in 2018. Dr. Jenkins, who is two-time award winner national journalist examines the influence of race, racism, and psychosocial stress within medicine. Dr. Jenkins leads research studies that analyze how stress…
