| Advancing the Boundaries of Health Equity Research
Vision: Advancing the boundaries of health equity research to create innovative interventions to support healthy aging in Indigenous and Rural populations.
The mission of the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team is to support an environment of Team Science to conduct community-based participatory action research on dementia in Indigenous and rural communities with the aim of achieving health equity.
Interdisciplinary Team Science to Address Rural and Indigenous Health Disparities
The origin of the name, Memory Keepers” Medical Discovery Team is significant. In many Indigenous cultures, respected adults and elders are responsible for preserving sacred medicine bundles, songs and stories. In this spirit, the research we undertake to preserve brain health will enable American Indian and rural communities to continue to benefit from the wisdom of their older adults and elders far into the future.
Interested in becoming an affiliate or working with us? Please email [email protected]
We are a proud member of the University of Minnesota Consortium on Aging.
We are focused on cognitive health and aging in rural and Indigenous communities.
Foundational research and innovative culturally relevant interventions to meet the challenges of health disparities among people living their lives far from the resources of urban population centers.
Meet our team of faculty investigators and researchers working to preserve brain health through collaborative, community-based participatory research.