Provides assistance to the OED faculty in conducting literature reviews,
developing instruments appropriate for educational research, implementing
research protocols, collecting and analyzing data and communicating the
results of the studies.
Cynthia C. Mercado obtained her MA in Social Gerontology from the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1997 and her BS in Medical
Technology at the University of the City of Manila, Philippines. A recipient
of the 2000 NIA-supported APA-MANIP fellowship in the 2nd Annual Summer
Institute in Aging, her interests include minority aging issues.
Prior to joining the OED, she worked at the Food and Nutrition Research
Institute in the Philippines, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development
Center and at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute wherein
she gained extensive laboratory research experience in the areas of
nutrition evaluation, biochemistry, molecular biology, endocrinology, and
statistical analysis.