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The San Diego Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (AD-RCMAR)
A partnership between UC San Diego and San Diego State University
LEADERSHIP
Alison Moore, MD, MPH, FACP, AGSF Dr. Moore is a Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI) and Co-Lead of the Leadership and Administrative Core (LAC). She is a Professor and Chief of the Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology, and Palliative Care at UC San Diego. She directs the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging and the Center for Healthy Aging, holding the Larry L. Hillblom Chair in Geriatric Medicine. As a geriatrician, she specializes in primary and consultative care for older adults and her interests include healthy aging, gerontechnology, health equity, substance use with a focus on alcohol and cannabis, and aging with HIV. Dr. Moore has received career development awards including a Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Program from the John A. Hartford Foundation, and a K23 and K24 (and renewal) from NIAAA. She has been awarded research funding from foundations, the NIA, NIDA, and NIAAA. Dr. Moore is passionate about health equity, having served as the inaugural Vice Chair for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Department of Medicine and now the leader of the DEIA Task Force within the Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research (CLIN-STAR) Coordinating Center. She was honored with the UC San Diego Health Sciences Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Award in 2019. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Directors of the American Geriatrics Society and is currently its Treasurer.
John Elder, PhD, MPH Dr. Elder is a Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI) and Co-Lead of the Leadership and Administrative Core (LAC). He is a Distinguished Professor at SDSU’s School of Public Health and Co-Leader of the Investigator Development Core of USC’s NIMHD-funded Southern California Latino Health Network. The primary theme of his research is on the interaction of human behavior, the environment and health. He has been funded by NIH, CDC, PCORI and others for a wide range of community-based behavior change-related research in both chronic (obesity control, cardiovascular disease, tobacco use) and infectious diseases (malaria, COVID and dengue fever), with particular attention to the health problems of Latinos and Latin Americans. This funding has led to more than 450 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Elder founded the SDSU Institute for Behavioral and Community Health (IBACH) and led it for 26 years, during which time it became the largest extramurally funded research center in the entire 23-campus CSU system. He has been PI on numerous grants aimed at training Latino researchers. His extensive leadership experience includes teaching and mentoring diverse students and junior scholars. Twice recognized as a Distinguished Professor at SDSU, he received these awards in 2009 for research and in 2017 for teaching.
Paul Gilbert, PhD Dr. Gilbert is Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI) and Co-Lead of the Leadership and Administrative Core (LAC). He is a Senate Distinguished Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University. An NIH-funded researcher, the primary focus of his research is to examine neurocognitive, behavioral, and motor changes associated with aging and neurodegenerative diseases, with a particular focus on learning and memory. The neurodegenerative diseases studied in his lab include Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Gilbert has an extensive publication history in the fields of neuropsychology and cognitive/behavioral neuroscience. He serves as a core member of the SDSU-UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology and Co-Leader of the Neuropsychology Track. He is also known for his strong mentoring history in NIH-funded programs aimed at increasing diversity in science, including Advancing Diversity in Aging Research (ADAR), Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS), Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD), Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC), Career Opportunities in Research (COR), and Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research.
Jennifer Reichstadt, MSG Ms. Reichstadt is the Program Administrator for the SD AD-RCMAR. She is a gerontologist with extensive experience in program development, management, education, and research in aging. In the Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology, and Palliative Care, she is the Director of Geriatrics Education and Development. She also manages the San Diego/Imperial Geriatric Education Center, a HRSA-funded Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), which focuses on provider and patient education pertaining to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD) and age-friendly healthcare. Ms. Reichstadt collaborates with partners including SDSU, local Federally Qualified Health Centers, County leadership, and community service providers. She is also involved in the California Dementia Care Aware Initiative with other University of California campuses and actively participates in the San Diego County Alzheimer’s Project Initiative.