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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