Our research focuses on identifying effective strategies to prevent or delay cognitive aging, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, stroke, and other health outcomes in older adults. We are especially interested in understanding the lifecourse determinants of racial, ethnic, and other social inequalities in healthy aging. To address these research questions rigorously, our work emphasizes methods to strengthen causal inference in observational research.
NIA P01AG082653
Improving causal inference in Alzheimer's Disease prevention research on modifiable risk factors: the Triangulation of Innovative Methods to End AD (TIME-AD) project
Project period: Sept 2024 - Aug 2029
Role: Co-investigator, Analytics Core Co-Lead
NIA R01AG060942
Aging Eyes and Aging Brains in Studying Alzheimer’s Disease: Modern Ophthalmic Data Collection in the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT)
Project period: Sept 2024 - Aug2029
Role: Co-Investigator
NIA UH2AG083254
Leveraging the Electronic Health Record and Integrating Social and Biological Data to Expand Dementia Research in Understudied Populations in Los Angeles County
Project period: Sept 2023 - Aug 2025
Role: Co-Investigator
NIA R01AG074359
Historical social and environmental determinants of memory decline and dementia among U.S. older adults
Project period: Sep 2021 - May 2026
Role: Multiple Principal Investigator (with Dr. Joan Casey, University of Washington)
NIA R01AG052132
Lifecourse health, cerebral pathology and differences in dementia risk (KHANDLE Study)
Project period: Sept 2021 - May 2026
Role: Multiple Principal Investigator (with Dr. Rachel Whitmer, UC Davis; Dr. Paola Gilsanz, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research; and Dr. Maria Glymour, UC San Francisco)
California Department of Public Health
California Latino Brain Health Registry (CAL-BHR)
Project period: Apr 2020 - Jun 2027
Role: Co-investigator
Karen Toffler Charitable Trust
The purpose of this gift is to provide support for research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
Project period: 2018-present
Role: Principal Investigator