Matthew is an epidemiologist in the UCSF School of Nursing and data manager for the CARING Lab. They have collaborated on several studies including work with dementia, inclusive care, and housing for LGBTQ older adults. Matthew co-authored the 2021 updated report for the California Department of Public Health, titled "Alzheimer's disease and related dementias facts and figures in California: Current status and future projections." They received an MPH from UC Berkeley. 

Dr. Lei Chen is a postdoctoral scholar at the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. She is a trans-disciplinary and cross-cultural researcher whose research focuses on Long-term services and supports, immigrants' access to healthcare, migrant workforce, aging and health policy, aging and technology, and cross-cultural study.

Dr. Suzanna Martinez' research centers on identifying determinants of health among ethnically underserved populations to help inform and contribute to intervention practices. As a Latina investigator, her long-term professional goal is to conduct research that makes an impact on reducing health disparities among vulnerable groups. She has expertise in the area of energy balance, specifically nutrition, physical activity and sleep, with a particular focus of the impact of food insecurity in college students and throughout the life course. Her research is informed by health behavior theory and the social ecological framework, and she has extensive experience in multivariate statistics and qualitative research methods. 

Kattia Vargas, a seasoned professional, earned her B.A. in general Psychology from UC Berkeley. She previously held key roles in two departments at UCSF as a clinical research coordinator: the Institute of Global Health Sciences (IGHS) and the Department of Medicine at ZSFG. Her expertise has been pivotal in evaluating interventions aimed at reducing birth inequities in one study and understanding the impact of healthy eating and nutrition support services on the well-being of individuals with Type 2 Diabetes in another. She is currently working as a Project Policy Analyst in the Institute for Health & Aging at UCSF in different projects with Dr. Jarmin Yeh. Her research has allowed her to refine her skills in English-Spanish cross-cultural research, qualitative data analysis, and recruitment. Her unwavering passion lies in improving access to culturally competent healthcare and health equity for underrepresented communities, including people of color, immigrants, and those from low-income backgrounds. This passion is deeply rooted in her personal journey as a Latina immigrant, a non-native English speaker, and from a low-income family.