Martine Elbejjani is a neuroepidemiologist and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the American University of Beirut (AUB). Her research focuses on identifying modifiable determinants of dementia and opportunities to sustain cognitive, brain, and mental health across the life course. She works on leading international aging studies to improve the understanding of brain and cognitive aging. Her research also focuses on advancing cognitive aging research in Lebanon and the MENA region, through the NIH-funded Late Life Learning, Cognition, and Aging Study (3LC; M-PI) and the Lebanon Study on Aging and Health (LSAHA).