NIHAN TEAM
Meet the NIHAN Team
Project Leadership Team
Ji Won Yoo, MD
Program Director
Associate Professor, Internal & Geriatrics Medicine,
Kirk Kerkorian
School of Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-671-5060
Maryam Tabrizi
Education Director
Associate Professor, Dental Medicine
School of Dental Medicine,
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
702-774-2572
mary.tabrizi@unlv.edu
Leland Rockstraw, PHD, rn, fnap
IPE Project Lead
Professor-in-Residence;
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
DeepPlan 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
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
Ati Hakimi, MD
Geriatrician & Partner Site Director
Volunteer in Medicine of Southern Nevada,
Vegas Direct Primary Care
702-967-0530
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
Ian Choe, MD
Lead Physician, Digital Health Subdivision, OptumCare
Nevada, United Healthgroup
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
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
Ruth Lopez, CRA
Financial & Administrative Assistant
Kirk Kerkorian
School of Medicine
University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
(702) 272-0621