NIHAN TEAM
Meet the NIHAN Team
Project Leadership Team
Ji Won Yoo, MD
Program Director
Assistant Professor, Internal & Geriatrics Medicine,
Kirk Kerkorian
School of Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-671-5060
Mahzarine Rohani, DDS
Dental Clinic Lead
Assistant Professor,
School of Dental Medicine,
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
Leland Rockstraw, PHD, rn, fnap
Professor-in-Residence; Director of the Clinical Simulation Center of
Las Vegas
School of Nursing
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
702-744-2151
MINSUN PARK, MHA, CRA
Project Manager
Kirk Kerkorian
School of Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-272-0826
JAY SHEN, PHD
NIHAN Evaluator
Professor & Associate Dean of School of Public Health
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
702-895-5830
Pearl Kim, PHD
Data & Evaluation Analyst
School of Public Health
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-895-5830
Kazem Taghva, PHD
Technology Project Advisor
Chair & Professor,
Computer Science,
College of Engineering,
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-895-0873
MinGon Kang, PHD
Smart Home Technology Development Project Lead
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science
College of Engineering
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-895-4884
Interprofessional Education (IPE) Training Committee
Jennifer Nash, PT, DPT, NCS, CEEAA, MSCS, CDP
Assistant Professor, Faculty-in-Residence
Department of Physical Therapy
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-895-1621
Cheryl Johnston, PhD, LMSW, ACHP-SW
Visiting Lecturer
Department of Social Work
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
702-895-2903
Jennifer Young, MPA
Director of Community Engagement
School of Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-895-1435
Brenna Renn, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-895-0569
Education & Clinical Training Committee
Max Gakh, JD, MPH
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
702-895-5420
jason Flatt, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health, Social & Behavioral Health
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
702-895-5586
David Byun, DO
Rural Site Director
William Bee Ririe Hospital
775-289-3612
Se Won Lee, MD
Program Director,
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Residency, Mountain View
Hospital, Las Vegas
702-962-9565
David Hewlett, PharmD, BCPS
Assistant Professor
Pharmacy Practice at Roseman University College of Pharmacy
Clinical Specialist in
Internal Medicine at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMCSN).
Gloria Mandel,MIR, MSN, APRN, NP-C
Independent Nurse Practitioner
702-630-9711
Takashi Yamashita, PhD, MPH, MA
Associate Professor
Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
Gerontology Ph.D. Program Faculty
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
410-455-5938
Ati Hakimi, MD
Geriatrician & Partner Site Director
Volunteer in Medicine of Southern Nevada,
Vegas Direct Primary Care
702-967-0530
ADRD Project Team
LeeAnn Mandarino, MA
ADRD Program Manager
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
702-483-6024
Kate ingalsby
ADRD Program Manager
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
702-483-6024
Verla Niebuhr
ADRD Program Manager
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
702-483-6024
Iulia Ioanitoaia-Chaudhry, MD
Geriatrics Site Director
VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System
Ronan Factora, MD, FACP, AGSF
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University
Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, Center for Geriatric Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
216-444-8091
Krystal Kittle, PHD
Postdoctoral Scholar
School of Public Health, Social & Behavioral Health,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
702-895-5586
Ian Choe, MD
Lead Physician, Digital Health Subdivision, OptumCare
Nevada, United Healthgroup
NIHAN Project Staff
Rachel Glaze, MA
Communications Specialist
Kirk Kerkorian
School of Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
(702) 272-0684
Marnie elsky, MA
Program Coordinator
Kirk Kerkorian
School of Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
(702) 202-4045
Ruth Lopez, CRA
Financial & Administrative Assistant
Kirk Kerkorian
School of Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
(702) 272-0621
Matheu Nazareno
VMSN Site Coordinator
Kirk Kerkorian
School of Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
(702) 366-6418
Cedric Men
Student Assistant for Smart-Home Technology Development Project, College of Engineering
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas