Culture, Brain Function and Cognition Come Together at Mass General's MUNDOS Program
Multicultural Neuropsychology Program Changes Outcomes for Latino Population
Yakeel Quiroz-Gaviria, PhD
Yakeel Quiroz-Gaviria, PhD
Neuropsychologist | Clinical Researcher
Director, Familial Dementia Neuroimaging Lab
Director, Multicultural Alzheimer's Prevention Program, MAPP
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director, Familial Dementia Neuroimaging Lab
Director, Multicultural Alzheimer's Prevention Program, MAPP
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
About Yakeel Quiroz-Gaviria, PhD
Dr. Quiroz is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Neuroimaging Researcher. Dr. Quiroz currently serves as the Director of the Familial Dementia Neuroimaging Lab, and the Multicultural Alzheimer's Prevention Program (MAPP). She is also the Co-Director of the MUNDOS Neuropsychological Service at the Psychology Assessment Center, a clinical service that offers specialized cognitive testing to Spanish-speaking patients.
Clinical Interests:
- Memory disorders
- Brain health
- Early onset dementia
- Alzheimer's disease
- Neuropsychological assessment of adults
- Neurodegenerative conditions
- Neuropsychiatric conditions (e.g., OCD, Depression)
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Spanish
Medical Education
- MA, Boston University
- PHD, Boston University
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna Behavioral Health
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare - ACD
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Behavioral Health
- United Behavioral Health - MGH
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Research
Dr. Quiroz is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology. She currently serves as Director of the Familial Dementia Neuroimaging Lab, and the Multicultural Alzheimer’s Prevention Program-MAPP. Her research is focused on the study of age-related cognitive and brain changes that may predispose individuals to develop dementia later in life. Understanding the pathophysiology of neurodegeneration and identifying biomarkers for early diagnosis of dementia, especially as measured by neuropsychology , biofluids and neuroimaging, are fundamental goals for her research. Her current studies use multimodal neuroimaging (e.g. PET, sMRI, fMRI, DTI) and integrate genetics, molecular and neuropsychological data to characterize some of the earliest changes associated with dementia risk.
Publications
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View my most recent publications at PubMed
Resistance to autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease in an APOE3 Christchurch homozygote: a case report. Nat Med. 2019 Nov;25(11):1680-1683. doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0611-3. Epub 2019 Nov 4. PubMed PMID: 31686034; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6898984.
Association Between Amyloid and Tau Accumulation in Young Adults With Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer Disease. JAMA Neurol. 2018 May 1;75(5):548-556. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.4907. PubMed PMID: 29435558; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5885174.