Wassim Tarraf

General / Preventive / Lipids

Wayne State University

About

Wassim Tarraf works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Wayne State University.

Wassim Tarraf is a Professor at the Institute of Gerontology and in the Department of Healthcare Sciences at Wayne State University. He is a gerontologist, methodologist, health services researcher, and policy analyst whose work focuses on disparities in health, health behavior, and healthcare among race/ethnic minorities, with emphasis on cognitive aging and cardiovascular health. He serves as an affiliated investigator on the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) and director of analytics for the SOL-INCA Lab.

Research focus

Cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive functionHealth disparities in minority populationsSleep disorders and neurocognitive agingMinority aging and Alzheimer's disease riskStatistical methods in population health research

Impact

354 pubs · 4,256 cites · h-index 35

Training

PhD
Wayne State University
2010
MBA
Wayne State University
2002
BS
Lebanese American University
1999

Affiliations

Work Experience

Institute of Gerontology & Department of Healthcare Sciences, Wayne State University