CCAD Mentor

Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD Dr. Wolozin’s interests focus on the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. His work on Alzheimer’s disease examines the role of cholesterol in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease, and stems from his discovery in 2000 that subjects taking the cholesterol lowering medicines, termed statins, have a lower incidence of Alzheimer’s disease. […]

Karen Duff, PhD Dr. Karen Duff has worked on Alzheimer’s disease for more than 15 years, first creating transgenic mouse models of the disease, then testing therapeutic approaches to treating the disease in the mouse models. Lately, her lab has started looking at other neurodegenerative diseases including Tauopathies and Parkinson’s disease.Dr. Duff’s work on AD