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About the RCMAR Scientists

The RCMAR Program supports and celebrates the RCMAR Scientists and their research. Each RCMAR Center funds and provides mentorship for a small number of early career behavior and social scientists each year. On this page, you will find information about currently funded RCMAR Scientists. To learn more about current and former RCMAR Scientists and see publication information, visit our database.

Meet the Current RCMAR Scientists

Ashraf Abugroun
MBBS, MPH

Customizing clinical guidelines for personalized treatments & studying factors that promote healthy aging.

Jennifer Adrissi
MD, MSCR

Developing community-partnered interventions to improve access to Parkinson’s disease research opportunities in the Black community.

Cole Allick
PhD, MHA

Dr. Allick is passionate about working with Indigenous Elders on aging related research.

Dalmina Arias
OTD, OTR/L

Culturally adapting integrated primary care & occupational therapy to preserve function & prevent cognitive decline

Debaleena Chattopadhyay

PhD

Enabling continual digital inclusion of older adults with multilevel sociotechnical interventions

Michelle Chen
PhD

Yiqun Chen
PhD

Health Economist, Applied Microeconomist

Janet Chu
MD, MPH, MA

Focuses on social & structural determinants that drive & perpetuate cancer disparities in diverse populations.

Sean Darling-Hammond
BA, JD, PhD

Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young
PhD, MPH

I study how the US immigration systems influences the health of immigrants and their communities

Natalia Giraldo-Santiago
PhD, LCSW

Dumichel Harley
MS, PhD

I focus on dementia and gerontology, aiming to provide greater dementia resources for disadvantaged communities!

Kelechi Ibe-Lamberts
PhD

Community-engaged work focused on refugee and immigrant health throughout the life course and through a transnational lens.

Chinwe Ibeh
BA, MS, MD

Brad Kamitaki
MD

Jennifer H. Kwok
PhD

Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne
BS, MS, PhD

Improving HIV health services delivery for transgender & gender expansive individuals across the lifespan

Helen Ovsepyan
PhD, JD, MPH

John Pamplin II
BS, MPH, PhD

Structural drivers of racial inequities in mental health & cognitive aging

Yaolin Pei
PhD

Alexander Mattia Presciutti
PhD, MSCS

Alex’s research is focused on improving cardiac arrest and critical care survivorship

Kendra Ray
BS, MPH, PhD

Explores a music-based app’s feasibility to improve access to interventions in underserved communities.

Juliette Roddy
PhD

The feasibility and economics of early screening for cognitive impairment in an urban Native populations.

Jessica Saniguq Ullrich
PhD, MSW

Engaged in Alaska Native kinship care research focused on intergenerational wellbeing in Southeast Alaska.

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Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson
DrPH, MS

End-of-life care planning for people living with dementia & their caregivers in rural areas

Melissa Vera
PhD

Dr. Vera’s research focuses on the intersections of Indigenous and planetary health using Indigenous methodologies.

Charles Windon
MD

Focus on better understanding disparities in AD/ADRD through biomarker characterization of diverse populations

Sophia Zamudio-Hass
DrPH, MSc

Improving HIV health services delivery for transgender & gender expansive individuals across the lifespan