OCEANS-TBI Study

Meet our Principal Investigator, Dr. Carlson!

Dr. Carlson is a Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (SPH), core faculty in the Center on Aging and Health at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and holds joint appointments in the Johns Hopkins SPH Department of Epidemiology, and in the School of Nursing’s Center on Innovative Care in Aging. Dr. Carlson focuses on identifying environmental, brain, and behavioral boosters of cognitive aging to reduce dementia risk. Through this work, she examines the intersection of cognition and physical function to define how physically, socially and cognitively enriching activity in daily life may be both enjoyable and beneficial to functional independence (www.carlsonlab.org).