RCMAR Scientist – pilot project 1

Dr. Gomez is a Latina neurologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) who specializes in the care of patients with AD/ADRD. Dr. Ramirez Gomez leverages her deep knowledge of Latino populations to research the needs of Spanish language family dementia caregivers, with whom she often interacts with in the clinic. Her pilot project builds on her qualitative work on the unique needs of Spanish-speaking ADRD caregivers. She iteratively develops an app-based intervention for Spanish-speaking ADRD caregivers to facilitate peer chat, reduce stress, and other critical caregiver skills.

RCMAR Scientist – pilot project 2

Dr. Pham is Instructor in Psychiatry in the Depression Clinical and Research Program (DCRP) and affiliated scientist in the Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (CHOIR) at MGH. He has training in community engaged research and mind-body medicine, qualitative methods and emerging expertise in behavioral health. His pilot project takes advantage of his prior work in the Boston Black community and adapts Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to be delivered in the community by peer coaches, in a group format, to dyads of persons with dementia and their caregivers..