Dr. Milani is an Epidemiologist whose work focuses on disparities among older adults in the United States and Mexico. Dr. Milani’s current research is focused on gender differences in pain and the association of pain with cognitive impairment. Her current research uses data from diverse, population-based, cohorts of aging, including the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (H-EPESE), and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Dr. Milani is also a Building Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Scholar.

Medical/Professional School:

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, PhD, 2018

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, MPH, 2015

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, BS, 2013

Honors:

Research Education Component Scholar, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, University of Texas Medical Branch, 2021

Fellow, Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, 2021

Travel Award, National Institute on Aging Research Centers Collaborative Network Workshop “Life Course Perspectives on Aging”, 2020

Scholarship, Science of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias for Social Scientists program, funded by the National Institute on Aging through the University of Southern California’s Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, 2020

Excellence in Research for Health Disparities, 23rd Annual Forum on Aging, Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, 2019

Best Poster Presentation, American College of Epidemiology, 2019

Scholarship, Advanced Psychometrics Methods in Cognitive Aging Research Workshop, 2019