23508-Wang, Sophia
Faculty

Sophia Wang, MD

Wesley P. Martin Scholar in Alzheimer’s Education

Address
GH 4800
PSYC
IN
Indianapolis, IN
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Bio

Alzheimer’s disease is the only disease among the top 10 causes of death in Americans that cannot be prevented, slowed, or cured. Given the rapid growth of the aging population, it is urgent that we create interventions which can prevent cognitive decline. My interests as a clinician-researcher is to better understand cognitive aging and to develop interventions which can prevent cognitive decline in older adults. My specific area of interest is to understand how acute medical and surgical events, such as hospitalization, can have long-term cognitive and functional effects in older adults. My goal is to design interventions which can prevent cognitive and functional decline in older adults during the hospitalization and post-hospitalization period.

Titles & Appointments

  • Wesley P. Martin Scholar in Alzheimer’s Education
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
  • Education
    2007 MD Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    2000 AB Harvard College
  • Research

    My main area of interest is to understand how acute medical and surgical events (such as hospitalization) can have long-term cognitive and functional effects in older adults. My goal is to design interventions which can prevent cognitive and functional decline in older adults during the hospitalization and post-hospitalization period. 

  • Awards
    Org:
    Desc: Outstanding Community Engagement Award
    Scope: School
    Date: 2023-09-01

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