Professor Rachel Whitmer
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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 Co-Director of the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center.