Joaquín Migeot is an early career postdoc and neuroscientist passionate about studying brain health disparities in diverse populations from Latin America. Motivated by witnessing firsthand how inequality crushes the life aspirations of disadvantaged people, he began researching vulnerable populations during his second year of psychology. Following his passion for improving the quality of life of underprivileged people through research with real social impact, Joaquín completed an MSc in Social Psychology and worked with neighbors in a low-income area of Santiago, Chile, to address community issues. Driven by his need to specialize in disparity research, Joaquín completed a Ph.D. in Social Neuroscience and Cognition, where he developed a novel framework to characterize the impact of social adversity on multiple body systems and brain health. He has published 10+ papers on related topics, including journals like Trends in Neurosciences and Alzheimer’s and Dementia. He has coordinated a research group on allostasis in Latin America in collaboration with regional leaders. He is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at BrainLat, studying the role of social bonding in the impact of negative social determinants of health on brain health, aging, and dementia. He also investigates the specificity of brain health drivers in the Latin American population through comparisons with high-income regions. He is also an ECR of the Multiparter consortium to expand dementia research in Latin America (ReDLat). At present, he is developing collaborative research at Trinity College Dublin in association with the Global Brain Health Institute, TILDA, and ReDLat members. With an unwavering commitment to doing research with societal impact, Dr. Migeot’s future aspirations are to channel his research findings into designing brain health-targeted interventions for the most vulnerable.
