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Phone: (409) 747-8316
Fax: (409) 772-5272
Physical Address:
RSH 6.128
Mailing Address:
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-1150

Sadaf Milani, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology

About Me

Sadaf Milani, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Milani received a Master of Public Health and PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Florida. She also completed an NIA T32 postdoctoral fellowship on health of older minorities at the UTMB Sealy Center on Aging.

Dr. Milani studies sex/gender differences in life course pathways for cognitive decline, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease. Her recent work is focused on pain and pain medication as potentially modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia. She is a Fellow of the Sealy Center on Aging and the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Women’s Health.

Affiliations

  • UTMB Sealy Center on Aging
  • UTMB Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health

Education

  • T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health of Older Minorities, University of Texas Medical Branch, 2020
  • PhD, Epidemiology, University of Florida, 2018
  • MPH, Epidemiology, University of Florida, 2015
  • BS, Biology, University of Florida, 2013

    Research

    Areas of Interest

    • Epidemiology of aging
    • Cognition, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease
    • Health disparities, minority health, and gender disparities
    • Pain and prescription opioid use
    • Mental health

    Publications

    Phone: (409) 747-8316
    Fax: (409) 772-5272
    Physical Address:
    RSH 6.128
    Mailing Address:
    301 University Boulevard
    Galveston, TX 77555-1150

    General Requests: (409) 772-1128
    Applicants: (409) 747-7584