Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD, is a Senior Scientific Advisor at the National Institute on Aging's Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology, and is a cardiovascular pathologist trained at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Correa-de-Araujo has extensive experience in aging-related research and policy issues, including disabilities, multimorbidity, medication management, ethnogeriatrics, evidence-based clinical practice, and older women's health. She has served in diverse positions in several components of the U.S. She obtained her medical degree from the Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Brazil; her Master's Degree in Human Pathology and her PhD in Morphology and Cell Biology from the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine (Ribeirao Preto), Brazil; and, a special training on Evidence-Based Clinical Practice from McMaster University, Canada. Dr. Correa-de-Araujo has numerous scientific publications including chapters in medical books on various topics.

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