Laboratory of Aging and Neurodegeneration

Former Graduate Students

Dr. Tamar Demby:

(Ph.D. 2021), Thesis: The APOE4 mouse as a model of chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairments and senescence.

Dr. Nahdia Jones:

(Ph.D. 2021), Thesis: The Effects of Diet Induced Obesity on CNS Function of APOE Mice. Upon Graduation: Post-doctoral fellow, Columbia University.

Dr. Amanda DiBattista:

(Ph.D. 2015), Thesis: Effects of Alzheimer's disease genetic risk factor APOE4 on the normal brain. Upon Graduation: Research program analyst at the National Institute on Aging.

Dr. Gus Rodriguez:

(Ph.D. 2014), Thesis: Human APOE4 affects microglial reactivity and spatial cognition in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease risk. Upon Graduation: Post-doctoral fellow, Columbia University.

Dr. Teal Burrell:

(Ph.D. 2014), Thesis: A novel role for Fyn in ApoER2 regulation. Upon Graduation: Free-lance science writer.

Dr. Sonya B. Dumanis:

(Ph.D. 2013), Thesis: Using APOE genotype to identify new biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease risk. Upon Graduation: Post-Doctoral Humboldt fellow, Molecular Cardivascular Research, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine.

Dr. S. Sakura Minami:

(Ph.D. 2010), Thesis: The role of Fyn in the pathogenic processes of Alzheimer's disease. Upon Graduation: Post-doctoral fellow, Gladstone Institute for Neurological Disease, UCSF.

Dr. Ana Pocivavsek:

(Ph.D. 2009), Thesis: Microglial LRP1 modulates JNK activation: A signaling cascade that also regulates apolipoprotein E levels. Upon Graduation: Post-doctoral fellow, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland.

Dr. Cassandra Cartagena:

(Ph.D. 2008), Thesis: Cholesterol 24S-hydroxylase: Involvement in brain injury and disease. Upon Graduation: Post-doctoral fellow, Neuroimmunological Disease Research Lab, NINDS (NIH).