Faculty

Research Interests

Studies of aging and chronic diseases; cardiovascular disease and its risk factors; physical and cognitive functioning in the elderly; dementia including Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia; chronic disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1999

MA Zoology, Southern Illinois University, 1981

BS Biology, Loyola University (Chicago), 1975

In the News

Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis investigates causes of dementia
The Daily, 11/03/2015

Washington Study Finds Links between Race/Ethnicity, Cultural Factors, and Cognition
ASPPH Friday Letter, 10/08/2015

Study Finds Links Between Race/Ethnicity, Cultural Factors and Cognition
SPH News, 10/06/2015

More EMS Providers at Scene, Better Heart Attack Survival
Resuscitation, 03/26/2015

UW Work Contributes To Largest International Study of Alzheimer's Genes
UW Today, 10/28/2013

Racial, Geographic Differences in End-of-Life Kidney Care
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 04/21/2013