Alex Posis is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Posis’s research interests include identifying social determinants and modifiable factors of brain health and cognitive aging. His long-term goals include studying these topics among Filipino Americans and other groups who have been historically underrepresented in this area of research. Prior to joining Dr. Rachel Whitmer’s lab, he earned his BS in Neuroscience from the University of California, Santa Cruz, MPH in Epidemiology from San Diego State University, and PhD in Public Health (Epidemiology) from the Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health at San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego.