Our Team
Oanh Meyer, Ph.D., M.A.S.
Dr. Meyer is Associate Professor of Neurology and the Principal Investigator for VIP. She received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from UC Davis and completed a postdoctoral fellowship there and at UCSF. Dr. Meyer’s research interests focus on social determinants of health as they affect underrepresented populations, in particular racial/ethnic minorities and older adults. She is currently examining neighborhood effects on health and she plans to continue this unique aspect of research.
Ladson Hinton, M.D.
Dr. Hinton is a geriatric psychiatrist. He has considerable experience and expertise in conducting research studies with Vietnamese in the U.S. and in Vietnam as well as recruiting and retaining ethnically diverse cohorts in longitudinal studies of cognitive functioning and decline.
Sarah Farias, Ph.D.
Dr. Farias is a neuropsychologist offering cognitive evaluations to adults with a wide variety of neurological conditions that can affect memory and other thinking abilities. She has special clinical interests and expertise in the cognitive changes associated with aging, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Danielle Harvey, Ph.D.
Dr. Harvey's research interests fall in the statistical challenges of analyzing high-dimensional data, particularly neuroimaging data. Her specific focus is the development of models and approaches that make use of the anatomy and underlying biology of disease processes.
The majority of her collaborative research falls in the area of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases and how neuroimaging can help identify individuals in the earliest stages of disease.
Rachel Whitmer, Ph.D.
Dr. Whitmer leads the Population Science of Brain Health Laboratory at UC Davis. She is Professor and Division Chief of Epidemiology at the Department of Public Health Sciences.
Her research focuses on using epidemiological methods to reduce inequities in brain aging; especially through study of dementia incidence, cognitive aging, and brain pathology in racial and ethnic minority groups, those with type 1 diabetes, and individuals living beyond age 90. Dr. Whitmer is Principal Investigator of four NIH-NIA funded cohort studies of brain aging.
Van Ta Park, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Ta Park is a Professor at UCSF, Department of Community Health Systems and the Site Principal Investigator at UCSF for VIP. Her primary research interest is to address issues related to racial and ethnic minority health and healthcare disparities, especially among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). Her research areas include mental health, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) caregiving, and precision health.
Alka Kanaya, M.D.
Dr. Kanaya is a general internist and epidemiologist who has focused her clinical research in the field of cardiovascular disease epidemiology, primarily in identifying behavioral, sociocultural and biological risk factors for individuals at highest risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
She is the Principal Investigator for the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study, an NIH-funded prospective cohort which aims to identify novel risk factors associated with subclinical atherosclerosis and diabetes in South Asians compared to the four ethnic groups in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
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Quyen Tiet, Ph.D.
Dr. Quyen Tiet is a Distinguished Professor at the California School of Professional Psychology at the Alliant International University, and a Researcher and Faculty member at the National Center for PTSD at the VA Palo Alto HCS. He is also a practicing psychologist, with research and clinical expertise in trauma, addiction, elderly care, and multicultural psychology, especially in the Vietnamese and Chinese populations.
Stephanie Nguyen
ARI Executive Director
Stephanie Nguyen has dedicated her career as the Executive Director of ARI to ensuring that the underserved and the low-income communities have access to resources and have the adequate support that will get them one step closer to self-sufficiency. Stephanie credits her life experiences from growing up in a low-income family household to her professional experience where she has built the drive and passion to continue to work in the community to bridge the gap between those less fortunate than her to resources that can help them become sufficient. Stephanie’s passion for the community and social justice includes serving in a leadership capacity for several organizations in Sacramento. Stephanie has served on the District Attorney’s Multi Cultural Council, California Exposition Cultural Advisory Council, Sheriffs Community Advisory Board and Vice Chair for the Council of Asian Pacific Islander Together for Advocacy and Leadership (CAPITAL). On February 2, 2017, Stephanie was unanimously appointed to serve as the Councilmember for the City of Elk Grove making her the first Asian American woman to serve as a Councilmember for the City of Elk Grove. On November 6, 2018 she was elected to continue her term for another four years.
Asian Resources, Inc. (ARI) is a non-profit community-based organization established in 1980 dedicated to providing multiple social services needed in our community, empowering everyone we serve to become a vital part of our changing, diverse society.
Quyen Vuong
ICAN Executive Director
Quyen Vuong is a Co-founder and Executive Director of ICAN. She serves on the Board of Directors and Advisors of many organizations, including Healthier Kids Foundation, San Jose Children’s Discovery Museum, Mission College AANAPISI Committee. In 1989, she received the Fulbright Fellowship to work in the Vietnamese refugee camps in Hong Kong, and later went on a fact-finding trip with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to monitor the safety and reintegration of returnees sent back to Vietnam.
In 2012, she was appointed by President Obama to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Vietnam Education Foundation, a US federal nonprofit agency with the mission to improve bilateral relationship between the two countries through educational exchange in STEMM fields.
She holds a BA in Economics from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Quyen received her Master of Social Work at San Jose State University with special focus on Mental Health and is currently working on becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Founded in 2000 by 3 Vietnamese refugees, ICAN’s mission has always been to raise the next generation of caring leaders. ICAN focuses on prevention/early intervention and community education/awareness on issues, especially controversial ones (e.g. mental health, child abuse, domestic violence).
UC Davis Community Advisory Board
From left to right: Dan Trương, Khanh Nguyễn, Anh Nguyễn, Đào Vũ, Trinh Vũ, Wanda Hoàng, Louise Ngo, Tuyn Nguyễn, Brent Lưu
UCSF Community Advisory Board
From left to right, top to bottom: Quyen Vuong, M.B.A., M.S.W., A.S.W., Minhtuan Nguyen, M.S.W., Van Lan Truong, Minh Ta, MSW, L.C.SW., B.C.D., Nhu-Diem Dang, M.S.W., L.C.S.W, Christine Nguyen, M.D., (not pictured).
