2026 Workshop
The second session of El Taller was held March 10 – 12, 2026. It provided an overview of the Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) and associated Study of Latinos – Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (R01 AG075758), with a focus on the use of biomarkers and multi-omics for understanding Latino cognitive aging and ADRD.
Our 2026 Colibri Scholars were:
| Muhammad Ali | Washington University, St Louis |
| Eduardo Cabrero | University of Texas El Paso |
| Xiaing Li | University of Illinois Chicago |
| Kai Luo | Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Jianqiao Ma | University of Texas Houston |
| Andrea Rivas | University of Washington |
2025 Workshop
The inaugural session of El Taller was held March 16 – 19, 2025. It provided an overview of the Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) and three different NIH funded studies focused on cognitive aging: Study of Latinos – Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (R01 AG075758) , Measures of Cerebrovascular Injury and AD Atrophy in a Study of Latinos (RF1 AG054548), and Early and Lifecourse Socioeconomic Adversity and Dementia Risk in Hispanic/Latinos (RF1 AG077639).
Our 2025 Colibri Scholars were:
| Xinmei Huang | University of Washington |
| Julia Bauer | University of Illinois Chicago |
| Colette Brown | UC San Diego |
| Alein Haro-Ramos | UC Irvine |
| Shraddha Sapkota | UC Davis |
| Alvin Thomas | Washington University |
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