Van Ta Park., PhD, MPH

Professor | University of California, San Francisco | Community Health Systems, School of Nursing

Dr. Van Ta Park is a Professor at UC San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Community Health Systems. She is trained in ethnogeriatrics, public health, health policy, and sociology. Dr. Park has extensive experience in research with Asian Americans, qualitative and quantitative methodologies, intervention development, study implementation, and program evaluation. Her research focuses on improving health outcomes and access to care for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) populations. Her research areas include Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) caregiving, well-being, and precision health.

Dr. Park is the founder and Contact MPI for the NIA-funded Collaborative Approach for AANHPI Research & Education (CARE), a large recruitment registry of 10,000+ AANHPI adults who have expressed interest in participating in potential Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, aging, and caregiving research. She is also a founding member of the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) Consortium and the Koreans Invested in Making Caregivers Health Important (KIMCHI) project, which aims to help Korean Americans learn more about better healthcare decision making for themselves and for their families.