
Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH
Dr. Flatt is an Assistant Professor in the Institute for Health & Aging, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. He is also a research scholar with the UCSF Center for Aging in Diverse Communities and the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care. His research program focuses on dementia risk and prevention with vulnerable populations, including older racial and ethnic minorities and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) adults.
Dr. Flatt is currently the principal investigator for a project on dementia care coordination workforce and training, and another pilot study examining risk and protective factors for dementia in LGBT older adults. He received his BS from the University of Florida College of Health and Human Performance, a MPH from the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, and a PhD in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health. He also completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Research and Dementia Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Center for Aging and Population Health.