Dr. Monica Parker leads the Minority Engagement Core (MEC), one of six cores of the Emory Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Dr. Parker serves as Co-investigator on several NIH-funded projects. One of Atlanta’s top dementia care experts, she advocates and educates about Alzheimer’s, caregiving resources and the importance of research participation for the elimination of health disparities in persons of color. In this conversation Dr. Parker talks about brain health and healthy aging, options available today to those who want to take a proactive approach and how to navigate them. Dr. Parker also talks about the importance of research studies on individual, societal and scientific level and how participating in the research study can help gain additional resources and self-awareness that results in better long-term health. Tune in to learn more! This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit https://bit.ly/EmoryLM
Dr. Monica Parker, is a graduate of Fisk University and The University of Nebraska Medical Center. She joined the Emory School of Medicine faculty in 1995. She has transitioned roles as a geriatric, primary care provider to that of clinical research investigator. She now leads the Minority Engagement Core (MEC), one of six cores of the Emory Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Dr. Parker serves as Co-investigator on several NIH-funded projects. One of Atlanta’s top dementia care experts, she advocates and educates about Alzheimer’s, caregiving resources and the importance of research participation for the elimination of health disparities in persons of color. She has co-authored several peer reviewed articles on the differences in neurocognitive disorders between African and European Americans, African American caregiving needs, and research participation for African Americans with colleagues at the Mayo Clinic, Oregon Health Sciences University, Ohio State University and Emory University.
She is active in several civic and professional organizations, most notably, she was appointed the inaugural Health and Human Services Facet Director of The Links Incorporated (2010-2014). She serves on several Boards to include AGRHODES Nursing and Rehab, Georgia Alzheimer’s Association Board of Governors, The Health Outcomes Task force for the National Alzheimer’s Association, Georgia Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias State Task Force, Georgia Museum of Art (GMOA) and the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism for the State Bar of Georgia.
A recipient of several honors, she was “A Key to A Cure” Awardee by the Wesley Woods Foundation and Atlanta Magazine’s “Groundbreaker of the Year”. Castle- Connolly Associates named her one of Atlanta’s Top Doctors, in Family/Geriatric Medicine 2009-2013, as published in the Atlanta Magazine.
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