Faculty
Core and affiliated faculty members at our Center include approximately 30 investigators whose expertise covers a range of topics pertinent to Alzheimer’s disease. Faculty members have appointments not only at the Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, but also at the Boston University School of Public Health, the Bedford VA Medical Center, and Northeastern University School of Nursing.
Director
Associate Directors
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Andrew E. Budson
Associate Director of the BU ADRC
ORE Core Leader -
Jesse Mez
Associate Director, BU ADRC
Associate Professor of Neurology
Co-Director, Clinical Research, BU CTE Center
Leader, Clinical Core, BU ADRC
Investigator, BU CTE Center
Co-leader, Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Clinical Core
Faculty
- Michael Alosco Director, Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Clinical Core
Co-Director, Clinical Research, BU CTE Center
Associate Professor of Neurology, Chobanian & Avedisian SOM - Victor Alvarez Assistant Professor of Neurology
- Hugo Javier Aparicio Assistant Professor of Neurology
Boston University School of Medicine
Investigator, The Framingham Heart Study - Rhoda Au Digital Technology Leader
- Sanford Auerbach Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Director of Behavioral Neurology, and Director of Sleep Disorders Center, at Boston Medical Center
- Robert Cantu Professor of Neurosurgery at BUSM
- Alpaslan Dedeoglu Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Translational Neurotherapeutics Laboratory - Anita DeStefano Professor, Biostatistics
- Nancy Emerson Lombardo Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Neurology, Chobanian & Avedisian SOM and Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center
- Lindsay Farrer Co-Leader of Genetics and Profiling Molecular Profiling (GMP) Core
- Lee E. Goldstein Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, & Biomedical Engineering and Biomarker Core Co Leader
- Tsuneya Ikezu Professor, Departments of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and Neurology
- Gyungah Jun Co-Leader Genetics and Molecular Profiling Core
- Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Computer Science, Boston University;
Founding Member, Boston University Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences - Junghee Lee Assistant Professor of Neurology
Boston University School of Medicine - Alan Mandell Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
- Gustavo Mercier, MD, PhD, MBA Chief, Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine
Boston Medical Center - Jesse Mez Associate Director, BU ADRC
Associate Professor of Neurology
Co-Director, Clinical Research, BU CTE Center
Leader, Clinical Core, BU ADRC
Investigator, BU CTE Center
Co-leader, Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Clinical Core - Juliet Moncaster Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, BUSM
- Chris Nowinski CTE Education Specialist
- Maureen K. O’Connor, PsyD, ABPP-CN Leader of Research Education Component (REC)
- Wendy Qiu Biomarker Core Co-Leader
- Kathleen Rockland Research Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Chobanian & Avedisian SOM
- Karin Schon Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
- Paul R. Solomon Professor of Neurology
- Thor Stein, MD, PhD Director, Neuropathology Core, BU ADRC
Director, Molecular Research, BU CTE Center
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Science, BUSM
Neuropathologist, VA Boston Healthcare System - Robert Stern Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology; Director of Clinical Research, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center
- Yorghos Tripodis Data Core Leader
- Katherine Turk Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine & Co-Leader of the Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Core.
- Elizabeth A. Vassey Clinical Core Investigator, ADC Clinical Core
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Boston University Medical School - Jason Weller Instructor of Neurology, Sports Neurology
- Jennifer Weuve Associate Professor, Epidemiology, BU School of Public Health
- Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD BU ADC Development Program Advisor
Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and Nuerology - Weiming Xia Research Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Acting Associate Director of Research, Bedford Geriatric Research Education
Clinical Center, Bedford VA Medical Center