NIHAN TEAM
Meet the NIHAN Team
Project Leadership Team
Ji Won Yoo, MD
Program Director
Assistant Professor, Internal & Geriatrics Medicine,
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
David Cappelli, DMD, PHD
IPE Program Lead
Professor & Chair
School of Dental Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-774-2622

MINSUN PARK, MHA, CRA
Project Manager
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
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
Susan S. VanBeuge, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Associate Professor in Residence
School of Nursing
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-895-4807
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
Brenna Renn, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-895-0569
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
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

Iulia Ioanitoaia-Chaudhry, MD
Geriatrics Site Director
VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System

Ronan Factora, MD, FACP, AGSF
216-444-8091

Krystal Krittle, 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
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
NIHAN Project Staff

Matheu Nazareno
Clinic Care & Outreach Coordinator
School of Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
(702) 366-6418

Kuri Kioka
Clinic Care & Outreach Coordinator
School of Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
(702) 671-5060

Brittany Barksdale
Student Assistant
Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas

Cameron Tabion
Student Assistant for Smart Home Technology Development Project, College of Engineering
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas

Cedric Men
Student Assistant for Smart-Home Technology Development Project, College of Engineering
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas