Biography
Dr. Rote is an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean for Research in the Kent School of Social Work and Family Science at the University of Louisville. She completed her NIA T-32 postdoctoral training in minority health and aging with an emphasis on caregiving and aging in the Mexican-origin population at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Dr. Rote is a sociologist and gerontologist, and her research focuses on how social and cultural forces shape health patterns in mid- and late-life. Dr. Rote has co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and 10 book chapters and she has recieved funding from the National Institute on Aging (R03AG059107; NIA LRP 0925-0361). Some of her recent publications include: “Gender-Based Pathways to Cognitive Aging in the Mexican-Origin Population in the U.S.: The Significance of Work and Family” and “Caregiving Across Diverse Populations: New Evidence from the National Study of Caregiving (NSOC) and Hispanic EPESE (H-EPESE).”
Locally, Dr. Rote has partnered with the Alzheimer’s Association and the Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Aging (KIPDA) on her community-engaged research with dementia caregivers.
Degrees and Certifications
Florida State University, Tallahassee, , 2009-2012
Florida State University, Tallahassee, , 2007-2009
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, , -2007