Chi Udeh-Momoh, PhD, MSc, FHEA
Translational Neuroscientist
We can reduce the scale and impact of dementia via multidisciplinary collaborative approaches towards equitable, accessible brain health promotion strategies aimed at prevention or improved quality of life outcomes for those living with dementia.
Current Work
Chi is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Prevention at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where she leads the Udeh-Momoh Lab for Global Brain Health Equity. At Aga Khan University in Kenya, she is co-director of the Imarisha Centre for Brain Health and Aging and leads the Genomics and Biomarker Core at the Brain and Mind Institute. Her work focuses on equitable approaches to dementia prediction, prevention and brain health research.
Personal Hero
Nothing is impossible for God!
Words of Strength
Innovative, Building relationships, Enthusiastic, Collaborative
Vision
The scale and impact of dementia may be reduced via multidisciplinary collaborative approaches towards equitable, accessible brain health promotion strategies aimed at prevention or improved quality of life outcomes for those living with dementia.
Strategy
As part of World Wide FINGERS - a global interdisciplinary network – Chi is developing a culturally sensitive, sustainable, multi-domain lifestyle dementia prevention strategy, expected to increase biomarker-access for prediction and diagnosis, reduce multi-morbidity and improve health outcomes.
Impact
As an Atlantic Fellow, Chi hopes to address significant gaps in biomarker/health-access inequalities in some of the world’s poorest regions via strategic biomarker-enriched Alzheimer's disease prevention studies in Africa that can be applied to other low-income-countries.
Motivation
Dementia prevalence in Sub-Saharan-Africa (SSA) is expected to increase up to 2000% by 2050. With incidence linked to presence of modifiable risk factors, brain health promotion strategies offer a promising solution for dementia risk-reduction here.
Education & Experience
Chi Udeh-Momoh is a translational neuroscientist whose research examines dementia prevention across diverse populations, with particular attention to equitable access to brain health research and biomarkers. She is based across Aga Khan University in Kenya and Wake Forest University School of Medicine in the United States, with affiliations at the University of Sheffield and Karolinska Institute.
She completed a PhD in Neuroscience and Neuroendocrinology at the University of Bristol’s MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity. In 2018, she initiated the AFRICA-FINGERS project, which develops culturally appropriate approaches to promoting healthy aging and reducing inequalities in brain health and biomarker access in African populations.
Chi is co-Lead of the World-Wide FINGERS Biomarker Consortium and co-founder of the Female Brain and Endocrine Research consortium. She also works with international partners to address gender and racial disparities in medical research and academia.
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