Melinda C. Power is an Assistant Professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health (SPH) at the George Washington University. Her research focuses on identifying and understanding the causes and correlates of cognitive change and dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease dementia, in older adults. Before joining the Milken Institute SPH in 2015, she completed post-doctoral training at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and obtained her Sc.D. (Doctor of Science) from the Harvard School of Public Health.