Astrid Suchy-Dicey is an epidemiologist focused on health disparities in neurodegenerative disease. Her research aims to improve methodology in analysis and interpretation of imaging, biomarkers, cognitive testing, and social determinants of Alzheimer’s and vascular diseases in American Indians, Alaska Natives, and other minoritized populations. She aims to develop understanding of both risk and resilience factors, and she leads multiple large, landmark population-based studies. She holds leadership positions in methods cores for research and mentoring centers at WSU, UW, and University of Miami.
At the UW ADRC, Dr. Suchy-Dicey is Co-Lead of the Data Management & Statistics Core and the 2021-2022 UW ADRC Development Project Leader of the project: Plasma phosphorylated tau protein and Alzheimer's disease in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study.
Research Interests
Epidemiology of chronic diseases related to aging; Complex systems of balance in human physiology; Health disparities in U.S. minority populations.
