Kristen Jacklin, PHD

Kristen Jacklin, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health and the Director of the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team – Health Equity (MK-MDT) at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus. Dr. Jacklin is a medical anthropologist with over 25 years of experience conducting community-based participatory research (CBPR) with Indigenous and rural communities. Her research pursues scientific questions that support health equity and employ methods that disrupt traditional power relations. Her recent work in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias has incorporated translational aspects such as cultural adaptations of clinical tools for use with Indigenous populations and translating ethnographic data into culturally appropriate health promotion materials. Her methodological expertise includes CBPR, Indigenous methodologies, two-eyed seeing, qualitative and ethnographic methods, and highly integrative research designs. Dr. Jacklin currently leads three large multi-site studies on dementia in Indigenous and rural populations:

1.     The American Indigenous Cognitive Assessment Project (AMICA) (NIA R01AG074231), which seeks to create the first cognitive assessment designed for Indigenous populations in the US.

2.     Indigenous Cultural Understandings of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias-Research and Engagement (ICARE) (NIH-NIA R01AG062307) a multi-site community-based ethnographic research concerning Indigenous experiences and knowledge of dementia.

3.     Community Engaged Rural Dementia Research (CERDAR) (UMN AIRP) to develop a robust program of dementia research with rural populations in Minnesota.

Dr. Jacklin is the founder and current co-chair of the International Indigenous Dementia Research Network (IIDRN).

Complete list of publications available in My Bibliography https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/kristen.jacklin.1/bibliography/public/