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Whitmer Lab

Leveraging population science and epidemiology to inform brain health and lower risk of cognitive impairment and dementia

Professor Rachel Whitmer

Rachel Whitmer

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.

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