Van Park

Dr. Van Ta Park is a Professor at UC San Francisco, School of Nursing, Department of Community Health Systems. She is trained in ethnogeriatrics, public health, health policy, and sociology and has extensive experience in community-based participatory research with Asian Americans, qualitative and quantitative methodologies, intervention development, study implementation, and program evaluation. Her primary research interest is to address issues related to racial and ethnic minority health and healthcare disparities, especially among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) populations. Her research areas include recruitment science, mental health and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) caregiving. Dr. Park is the founder and Contact MPI for the NIA-funded Collaborative Approach for AANHPI Research & Education (CARE), a large recruitment registry of 10,000+ AANHPI adults who have expressed interest in participating in potential Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, aging, and caregiving research. She is also a founding member of the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) Consortium.