Gerardo Moreno, MD, MSHS

Dr. Gerardo Moreno is an Associate Professor In-Residence in the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is a bi-lingual researcher (Spanish-English) conducting research on vulnerable populations, particularly aging-related issues for Latinos with chronic conditions. Dr. Moreno is a recipient of a Paul Beeson Paul Beeson Career Development Award, is a former Fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at UCLA. He received his medical degree from UCLA, completed a residency at the University of California, San Francisco, and received a Master of Science in Health Services in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Cohort

2009-11

Projects

• 2009-2011 Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-related Research (Diversity Supplement), “Analysis utilizing data from a unique NIA-funded, community-based, randomized trial – Caminemos – of an interdisciplinary behavioral intervention aimed at increasing walking among sedentary older Latinos.” Dr. Moreno’s diversity supplement project examined the relationships between biological markers of health, physical activity levels, and functional status for sedentary older Latinos. Though physical activity is related to physical function, morbidity, and mortality among older adults, relatively little is known about the biological mechanisms by which increased physical activity may improve health. Studies have found a relationship between physical activity and biological markers of health in non-Latino elderly cohorts, but this was not clearly known for older Latinos.