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Meet the Researchers

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    Rachel Whitmer, Ph.D.

    Rachel Whitmer, Ph.D., is faculty in the departments of Public Health Sciences and Neurology and the co-director of the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC). Professor Whitmer uses large population-based studies to identify and try to remedy disparities in brain aging, focusing on dementia incidence and brain pathology.

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    Kristen George, Ph.D., M.P.H.

    Kristen M. George, Ph.D., M.P.H. is faculty in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Her research interests include cardiovascular health, cognitive aging, dementia and health disparities. Professor George’s work primarily focuses on how social determinants of health intersect with cardiovascular risk factors over the life course leading to disparities in dementia and cognitive aging.

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    Oanh Meyer, Ph.D., M.A.S.

    Oanh Meyer, Ph.D., M.A.S. is a social psychologist on the faculty of the Department of Neurology and the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Professor Meyer directs the Research Education Component at the ADRC and co-directs the Integrating Special Populations into Research (INSPIRE) Program at the UC Davis Clinical Translational Science Center. Her research interests include social determinants of cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and culturally appropriate dementia caregiving interventions.

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Staff
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    Casey Thanh-Hang Castro

    B.S. in Biological Sciences
    Program Manager

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    Tyler Scott Mcconnell

    B.S. in Biology
    Program Manager

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    Magaly Quinteros

    B.A. in Anthropology
    Project Policy Analyst 

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    Michelle Ernster

    M.S. in Health Education
    Health Educator

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    Mayra Diaz

    B.S. in Family and Consumer Sciences
    Health Educator

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    Maria Flores

    B.A. in Psychology
    Clinical Research Coordinator

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    Shalini Devi Raj

    Clinical Research Coordinator 

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    Jeannette Lopez

    Research Phlebotomist II

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    Tessa Hafenstein

    B.A. in Statistics and Economics
    Clinical Research Coordinator

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    Anika Mehra

    B.S. in Psychology
    Clinical Research Coordinator

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    Lyndsey Guerra

    B.S. in Human Development
    Clinical Research Coordinator

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    Itzel Vargas Sotelo

    B.A. in Anthropology
    Clinical Research Coordinator

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    Justin Salts

    B.S. in Human Biology
    Clinical Research Coordinator

Community Advisory Board
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    Akenese Agnes Luluga

    Member

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    Angelia Brye-Jones

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    Antonia Lopez

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    Barbara Jenkins

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    Barbara Marquez

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    Bonnie Rea

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    Flossie Crump

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    Jennifer Williams

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    Linda Stokes

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    Phyllis Williamson

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    Rebekah Alfaro

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    Tina Roberts

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