Health Promotion Research Center

Leading the Effort to Create a Preference Tool for Older Adults With Dementia 

This is a collaborative multi-disciplinary research effort that involves faculty and staff from several academic institutions, and medical centers.

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Principal Investigator

Anne M. Turner (she/her), MD, MLIS, MPH, FACMI
UW Health Promotion Research Center
School of Public Health, Department of Health Systems and Population Health
School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education

Co-Investigators

Annie Chen (she/her), MSIS, PhD
DMAR Co-Investigator
UW School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education

Kimiko Domoto-Reilly (she/her), MD, MMSc
DMAR Co-Investigator
UW Department of Neurology

Gina Kang (she/her), MD, MPH, MHS
DMAR Co-Investigator
UW Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology

Rashmi Sharma (she/her), MD, MHS
DMAR Co-Investigator
UW Department of Medicine

Consultants

Soo Borson (she/her), MD  
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine 

George Demiris (he/him), PhD, FACMI 
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Lyndsey Miller (she/her), PhD, RN
Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing; Oregon Center for Aging & Technology

Dean Regier (he/him), MA, PhD
University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health; BC Cancer, Cancer Control Research

Current Staff

Jean O. Taylor (she/her), PhD
Research Scientist
UW Health Promotion Research Center

Caitlin Mayotte (she/her), MS
Research Coordinator
UW Health Promotion Research Center

Astoria Ho (she/her), MIMS
Research Coordinator
UW Health Promotion Research Center

Katherine López (she/her), BA
Research Coordinator
UW Health Promotion Research Center

Students

Claire Child (she/her), PT, DPT, MPH, PhD student (Rehabilitation Science)
UW School of Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Sarah Domai (she/her), BA, MPH student (Health Systems and Population Health)
HPRC Research Coordinator, Older Adult Health Promotion

Contributors

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Mary Grace Asirot (she/her), MPH
Research Coordinator
UW Health Promotion Research

Susan Botarelli (she/her) ARNP, FNP-BC, MPH-c
Research Coordinator
UW Health Promotion Research Center

Lee Burnside (he/him), MD, MBA

Miriana Duran (she/her), MD, MPH
Research Coordinator
UW Department of Health Systems and Population Health

Zoey Gray (she/her), BA
Student Volunteer
UW College of Engineering, Department of Human-Centered Design & Engineering

Emily Ishado (she/her), MSW, LICSW
Research Coordinator
UW Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics

Theresa Kehne (she/her), BA
Research Coordinator

Kenzie Lock (she/her), MPH
Communications Specialist
UW Department of Health Systems and Population Health

Gauri Nayak (she/her), BE, MS student
UW College of Engineering
Department of Human-Centered Design & Engineering

Wes O’Seadna (he/him)
Graphic and E-Learning Designer
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice

Katie Spears (she/her), MPH
MPH Thesis Student
Department of Health Systems and Population Health

Andrew Teng (he/him), MS, PhD
Research Assistant
UW School of Medicine
Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education

Stephen Thielke (he/him), MD, MSPH, MA
Professor
UW School of Medicine
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Cinthya Garcia (she/her), BA
HPRC Research Coordinator, Multiple Research Areas

Jillian Zhao (she/her), MS student
Graduate Research Assistant
UW School of Engineering
Department of Human-Centered Design and Engineering

The Decision-Making in Alzheimer’s Research (DMAR) project is made possible thanks to $4 million in funding (grant number R01-AG066957) from the National Institute on Aging.