Elisa F. Ogawa, PhD

Health Science Specialist
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Elisa F Ogawa, PhD is an exercise physiologist with expertise in prescribing exercise to older adults. During her graduate work, Dr. Ogawa developed an interest in how exercise can not only improve mobility performance but also improve cognition among older adults. For her dissertation, she developed a program that combined physical and cognitive training and examined the impact of an 8-week intervention on cognition and mobility among older adults at risk for falling. She is currently receiving her post-doctoral training at New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (NE-GRECC), VA Boston Healthcare System. In addition, as an exercise physiologist, Ogawa is providing clinical care to aging Veterans through the Boston Gerofit program, an exercise program for older Veterans. Her research goal is to develop a personalized rehabilitation program that considers Veterans’ mobility and cognition. Her recent work is focusing on the understanding of the interrelationship between mobility and cognition in older adults to identify which component of mobility or cognition needs to be targeted for personalized rehabilitative training.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• Perspectives on Mentoring Rehabilitation Researchers Who Identify as Members of Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022
  10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

• 6th Annual Women in Rehabilitation Science Symposium - Peaks-Valleys of the Early Career Researcher

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022
  4:45 PM – 6:00 PM