Pinar Ayata, PhD Linkedin X-twitter Google Dr. Ayata’s research focuses on the role that specialized microglia subpopulations play in mediating environmental effects on brain aging, with a specific focus on Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Microglia, the brain’s primary immune cells, have been implicated as the major causal cell type in AD. Based on recent data, indicating […]
Sandro Da Mesquita, PhD Linkedin X-twitter Google In his laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville, Florida, Sandro Da Mesquita, Ph.D., and his team are exploring the role of the meningeal lymphatic system in brain physiology, aging and degeneration. In previous studies, Dr. Da Mesquita and colleagues have provided remarkable
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Miranda Orr, PhD Linkedin X-twitter Google I am a neuroscientist with formal training in developmental neurobiology, biology of aging, Alzheimer’s disease and translational science. A primary goal of my research is to understand cellular and molecular processes driving neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment during the prodromal period associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. My program
Kaitlyn B. Casaletto, PhD Linkedin Twitter Facebook Google Kaitlin obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in 2015. She completed her clinical internship as part of the UCSF Clinical Psychology Training Program in the Department of Psychiatry, and her post-doctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center
Jeremy Strain, PhD Google After choosing a career in neuroscience my primary focus evolved into utilizing multimodality neuroimaging techniques to map patterns of disease progression. During my graduate training at the University of Texas at Dallas, I studied neuroimaging correlates of cognitive sequelea in former NFL athletes. Some of the work we produced were the
C.Y. Daniel Lee, PhD Linkedin Google I have had thorough and extensive training on understanding the molecular and cellular basis of pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases in my graduate and postdoctoral studies. I received my MS degree from Dr. Hsi-Yuan Yang’s laboratory at the National Taiwan University, studying the cellular reactions of astrocytes in response to
Kuan-Lin Huang, PhD Linkedin Google I am a computational biologist (Early Stage Investigator) that develops systematic approaches to investigate molecular drivers of human disease with diverse training. In college, I completed a High Honors 3-year molecular genetics research dissertation with Dr. Scott Holmes. In my Ph.D., I first conducted statistical genetics research of Alzheimer’s disease
Lisa McTeague, PhD Linkedin Google I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 10 years’ experience using brain imaging and brain stimulation to understand cognitive and emotional control. My research interests in the mechanisms of cognitive control began as an undergraduate at Harvard College. There
Lulu Y Chen, PhD Linkedin Twitter Google I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology in the UCI School of Medicine. Research in my lab is focused on the synaptic and neuronal mechanisms underlying basic cognitive processes implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders. This has entailed a multidisciplinary research program involving genetics, molecular
