USC Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (USC AD/ADRD RCMAR)
USC Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (USC AD/ADRD RCMAR) was established through funding from the National Institutes of Health and aims to increase the number, diversity and academic success of junior faculty focusing their research on the health and economic wellbeing of minority elderly populations. It is part of a network of NIH-funded Alzheimer’s disease-focused Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (AD-RCMAR).
Program Leadership
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Julie Zissimopoulos, PhD
Professor, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Co-Director, Aging and Cognition Program, USC Schaeffer Center
Co-Director, CeASES ADRD and AD-RCMAR
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Jennifer A. Ailshire, PhD
Fellow, USC Schaeffer Center
Assistant Professor, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
2014-2015 RCMAR Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center
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Emma Aguila, PhD
Senior Fellow, USC Schaeffer Center
Associate Professor, USC Price School of Public Policy -
Briana Taylor
Senior Program Administrator, Research Training Program, USC Schaeffer Center
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About USC Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (USC AD/ADRD RCMAR)
Applying to be a USC AD/ADRD RCMAR Scientist
USC’s Minority Aging Research Center Secures $3.6M for Alzheimer’s Research
Researchers study the health and economics issues associated with cognitive decline and dementia, and particularly the inequitable burden of Alzheimer’s.
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2023/2024 USC AD/ADRD RCMAR Scientists
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Jevay Grooms, PhD
2023 – 2024 USC AD/ADRD RCMAR Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center
Co-Director, ATRIL
Co-Director, Center for Equitable Economy and Sustainable Society
Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Howard University
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Sidra Haye, PhD
2023 – 2024 USC AD/ADRD RCMAR Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, USC Schaeffer Center
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Miesha Williams
2022-2024 RCMAR Scientist, USC Schaeffer
Associate Professor of Economics, Spelman College
USC AD/ADRD RCMAR Distinguished Visiting Fellow
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Maria Casanova, PhD
2024 USC AD/ADRD RCMAR Visiting Fellow
Assistant Professor of Economics, Cal State Fullerton