Stanford Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Who we are

Monther Abu-Remaileh, PhD
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and (by courtesy) of Genetics
Principal investigator, developmental project 1.1

Ehsan Adeli, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health and Population Sciences)
By Courtesy, Computer Science and Biomedical Data Science
REC Scholar 1.1
Clinical Core

Nima Aghaeepour, PhD
Associate Professor (Research) of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine (Adult MSD), of Pediatrics (Neonatology) and (by courtesy) of Biomedical Data Sciences
Data Management & Statistics Core

Amal Al-Rajhi
Assistant clinical research coordinator
Biomarker Core

Henry Alva Alva, BA
Community Outreach and Research Coordinator
OREC

David Anders, PhD
Radiochemist
Imaging Core

Katrin Andreasson, MD
Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Biomarker Cores

J. Wesson Ashford, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor (Affiliated), Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Clinical Core  

Euan Ashley, MD, PhD
Geneticist
Biomarker Core Associate Leader
Biomarker Core

Nusha Askari, PhD
Executive Director
Administrative Core

John Barry, MD
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and (by courtesy) of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Clinical Core

Ami Bhatt, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology) and of Genetics
Clinical Core

Helen Bronte-Stewart MD MSE, FAAN, FANA
John E. Cahill Family Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences and (by courtesy) Neurosurgery
Princiipal investigator, developmental project 4.1

Nicole Caceres, BA
Clinical research coordinator associate
Clinical Core

Sofia Camille De Torres, MS
Clinical Research Coordinator Associate
Clinical Core

Nayeli Cerpas-Bernal, MPH
Profesional de Investigación en Equidad y Salud con Enfoque Comunitario

Divya Channappa, MS
Project coordinator
Biomarker Core

Steven Z. Chao MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated)
Clinical Core

Wei-ting Chen, PhD
Executive Director, Office of Community Engagement
Community Engagement & Partnerships Specialist
Outreach Recruitment & Engagement Core

Maria Inmaculada Cobos Sillero MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Neuropathology Core

Cecilia Covenas, MD
Behavioral Neurology Fellow
Clinical Core

Jamie Cramer, BS, MS
Administrative associate
Administrative Core

Catherine Duarte, PhD, MSc
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Adminsitrative Core

Guido Davidzon, MD, SM
Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology
Imaging Core

J. Kaci Fairchild, PhD, ABPP
Clinical Professor (Affiliated) of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Research Education Component, Administrative Core

Igor Feinstein, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Principal investigator, developmental project 3.2

Matthew Fitzgerald, PhD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
Head & Neck Surgery
OHNS
Clinical Core

Andrew Gentles, PhD
Assistant Professor, Depts of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics Research) and Biomedical Data Sciences
Principal investigator, developmental project 2.1

Larissa Gomez, BS
Clinical research coordinator associate
Clinical Core

Michael Greicius, MD, MPH
Iqbal Farrukh and Asad Jamal Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences and (by courtesy) of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Imaging Core

Zihuai He, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research) of Neurology & Neurological Sciences and of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics Research)
Data Management & Statistics Core

Alesha Heath, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
REC Scholar 3.1

Victor W. Henderson, MD, MS
Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health and of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Administrative and Clinical Cores

Elizabeth E. Hoyte, BS
Communications Manager
Administrative Core

Ramy Hussein, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Radiology
REC Scholar 2.1

Janet Hwang, MS
Database administrator
Data Management & Statistics Core

Samantha Ivezich, MS
Neuropathology coordinator
Neuropathology Core

Harini Iyer, PhD
Postdoctoral scholar, Developmental Biology
Principal investigator, developmental project 2.2

Julia Kaltschmidt, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Principal investigator, developmental project 4.2

Mable Lam, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery
REC Scholar 4.1

Tracy Lam-Hine, DrPH, MBA
Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
REC Scholar 5.1

Caleb Lareau, PhD
Instructor, Department of Pathology
Principal investigator, developmental project 3.3

VanKee Lin, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Public Mental Health & Population Sciences
Clinical Core

Frank M. Longo, MD, PhD
George E. and Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine and Professor (by courtesy) of Neurosurgery
Administrative Core

Daisy Ma, BS
Clinical research coordinator associate
Clinical Core

Grace Ma
Financial Administrator
Administrative Core

Laura MacKenzie, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator Associate
LB-Spark
Clinical Core

April May, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow,  Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
REC Scholar 4.2

Windy McNerney, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor (affil), Stanford Psychiatry

T’Lesa Meadowcroft, BS
Clinical research coordinator associate
Clinical Core

Elizabeth Mormino, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research) of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Imaging Core

Heather E. Moss, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Principal investigator, developmental project 1.2
Clinical Core

Jessica Ng, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Core

Jeff Nirschl, MD, PhD
Neuropathology fellow and post-doctoral researcher, Department of Pathology
REC Scholar 3.2

Claudia Padula, PhD
Instructor (Affiliated) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Outreach Recruitment & Engagement Core, Co-Investigator

Nicolas Medina Penaranda, BS
Clinical research coordinator associate, Brain donation coordinator
Clinical and Neuropathology Cores

Kathleen Poston, MD, MS
Edward F. and Irene Thiel Pimley Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences and (by courtesy) of Neurosurgery
Research Education Component and Clinical Core

Keerthana Raghuraman
Assistant clinical research coordinator
Biomarker Core

Veronica Ramirez, BS
Scientific research project manager
Clinical Core

Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa, PhD
Instructor, Epidemiology & Population Health
Outreach Recruitment & Engagement Core

Allyson C. Rosen, PhD, ABPP-CN
Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated) of Psychiatry& Behavioral Sciences, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Clinical Core

Birgitt Schüle, MD
Associate Professor (Research) of Pathology
Neuropathology Core
Co-Investigator

Kamila Sedov
Life Science Research Professional
Neuropathology Core

Sharon Sha, MD, MS
Clinical Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Clinical Core

Holly Tabor, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Primary Care & Population Health
By Courtesy, Pediatrics (Stanford Center of Biomedical Ethics) and Epidemiology
Principal investigator, Developmental project 4.5 
Outreach Recruitment & Engagement Core

Ryan Gerald Taylor, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Core

Lu Tian, ScD
Professor of Biomedical Data Science and (by courtesy) of Statistics
Data Management & Statistics Core

Andy Tsai, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
REC Scholar 5.2

Tammy Tran, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Psychology
REC Scholar 1.2

Hannes Vogel, MD
Professor of Pathology and of Pediatrics (Pediatric Genetics) and (by courtesy) of Neurosurgery and of Comparative Medicine
Neuropathology Core

Hillary Vossler
Research assistant
Imaging Core

Jenny Wang, MS
Clinical Research Coordinator Associate
Clinical Core

Samantha Ward, BS
Veteran Outreach Coordinator
OREC

Skylar Weiss
Research Assistant
Imaging Core

Edward N. Wilson, PhD
Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Biomarker Core

Joe Winer, PhD
Instructor, Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
REC Scholar 2.2
Clinical Core

Christina Wyss-Coray, RN
Clinical nurse coordinator
Clinical Core

Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD
D.H. Chen Professor II of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Administrative and Biomarker Cores

Jerome Yesavage, MD
Jared and Mae Tinklenberg Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and (by courtesy) of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, VA Palo Alto Medical Center
Administrative Core

Serena Yeung, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and (by courtesy) of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering
Data Management & Statistics Core

Kyan Younes, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Clinical Core

Maya V. Yutsis, PhD, ABPP-CN
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Clinical Core

Faria Zafar, MS
Life Science Research Professional
Neuropathology Core

Gregory Zaharchuck, MD, PhD
Professor of Radiology (Neuroimaging and Neurointervention)
Imaging Core

Michael M Zeineh, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology (Neuroimaging and Neurointervention)
Imaging Core

James Zou, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science
By Courtesy, of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Data Management & Statistics Core

Brad Zuchero, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Developmental project 4.3