Shellie-Anne Levy, PhD

Dr. Levy leads The Brain Health Equity and Dementia Prevention Lab: https://levy.chp.phhp.ufl.edu/. Her research program focuses on studying cognitive aging in older adults with MCI and neurodegenerative disorders (i.e., Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders). Broadly, her research goals are to better understand the health, psychosocial disparities, and resiliency factors that influence the onset, diagnosis, and treatment of these disorders in at-risk and understudied populations. Her work has spanned 1) examining behavioral/lifestyle interventions for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) that will improve functional outcomes in individuals at risk for progression to dementia, 2) elucidating barriers to participation in behavioral intervention research for MCI amongst minoritized communities, and 3) examining vascular-related factors, cardiometabolic health conditions, and disparate cognitive aging outcomes in diverse populations. She has received funding from federal and non-profit organizations to support her work. She is also supported by the Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory and The McKnight Brain Institute.