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Frank M. LaFerla

Chancellor’s Professor and DeanUC Irvine

Frank M. LaFerla,Ph.D.,is the dean of the UCI School of Biological Sciences.His research focuses on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Learning and MemoryAlzheimer's DiseaseMolecular BiologyNeurodegenerative disorders

Joshua Grill

Director of the Institute for Memory Impairments and Nerological Disorders at UCIUC Irvine

Joshua Grill directs a major Alzheimer's disease research institute helps lead the national strategy for AD clinical trial recruitment.

NeuroscienceClinical TrialsAlzheimer’s DiseaseNeurodegenerative disordersRecruitment and Retention

Aryn Gittis

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Aryn Gittis studies neural circuits in a multifunctional brain region that plays a role in the regulation of movement, learning, and reward.

Movement DisordersOptogeneticsNeuroscienceElectrophysiologyNeural Circuits

Jean Tsao

ProfessorMichigan State University

Jean Tsao has more than 20 years of experience studying the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, and its vector, the blacklegged tick

Invasive Species EcologyMedical EntomologyLyme DiseaseDisease EcologyConservation Medicine

Claudine Jurkovitz, M.D., MPH

Director of Clinical Research, Institute for Research on Equity and Community Health (iREACH)ChristianaCare

Dr. Claudine Jurkovitz is a nephrologist and a senior physician scientist.

Health Services ResearchChronic Disease EpidemiologyNephrologyElectronic Health Records

David Vaillancourt

Professor | ChairUniversity of Florida

David Vaillancourt’s studies how the brain regulates voluntary and involuntary movement with a specific focus on motor disorders.

Structural and Functional Imaging in Rodents and HumansRehabilitative, Surgical and Pharmacological Interventions for Motor DisordersCortical Oscillations that Underlie Voluntary and Involuntary MovementNeuroscience and the BrainProgression Markers of Parkinson’s Disease

Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Dr.PH

Sir Richard Doll ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University

Charles Hennekens is the first Sir Richard Doll Professor and senior academic advisor.

Cardiovascular DiseaseStrengths and Limitations of Descriptive and Analytic StudiesPrevention and Treatment of Chronic and Acute DiseasesPreventive and Internal MedicineEpidemiology