Rachel Anne Whitmer PhD

Professor Rachel Whitmer is an epidemiologist with a passion for identifying modifiable risk factors for brain health and dementia in diverse populations which have previously been underrepresented in population-based research. She is a professor in the UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences and Chief of the Division of Epidemiology and Associate Director of the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center. 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.