Dr. Cassandra Germain joined Friday Facts on July 28 to discuss North Carolina A&T State University’s Center of Excellence in Integrative Health Disparities & Equity Research and the Aging and Wellbeing Lab.
You can learn more about her and A&T State University’s Center of Excellence in Integrative Health Disparities & Equity Research as well as the Aging and Wellbeing Lab below.
Dr. Cassandra Germain is an educator and researcher in the health and behavioral sciences. She earned her PhD in Human Development from North Carolina State University. Her research focuses on identifying modifiable risk factors that are associated with cognitive change, dementia, and functional impairment in late life. Dr. Germain is also interested in behavioral interventions that promote health and emotional well-being in older adults and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. She was also a dementia caregiver for almost 10 years. She serves as the Co-director of the Center of Excellence in Integrative Health Disparities & Equity, as well as the Director of the Aging and Wellbeing Lab at North Carolina A&T State University.
Learn more at the following links:
- Center of Excellence in Integrative Health Disparities & Equity (CIHDER) https://www.ncat.edu/chhs/cihder/index.php
- Aging and Wellbeing Lab https://agingwellbeing.wixsite.com/site
- Follow lab: @agingwellbeing. https://www.instagram.com/agingwellbeing/
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