Dr. Rivera Mindt’s current funding portfolio as a PI/MPI totals ~$200 million, and is supported by the NIH/NIA, the Alzheimer’s Association, and Genentech. She has built and sustained a scientifically rigorous, productive, and novel independent program of research through a team science approach and by successfully competing for extramural funding for 20+ years. Since 2019, she has also developed new, highly fruitful collaborations with leading scientists from all over the country. Moving forward, Dr. Rivera Mindt is excited to further build her research program and portfolio within the field to: advance healthy cognitive aging across populations; accelerate the inclusion of under-studied research populations in aging and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) research; train the next generation of scientists; and inform public health policy through data-driven approaches.