 
  Cognitive Neurology Research Faculty
Research faculty in the Center for Cognitive Neurology are recognized leaders in the field.
 
            Mark A. Bernard, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: biofluid biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, racial and ethnic health disparities, sleep and circadian rhythms, and chemistry and chemical biology
Methodological skills: biomarker analysis, actigraphy, high-performance liquid chromatography, mass spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
 
            Allal Boutajangout, MHS, PhD
Research Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience
Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Neurology Biomarker Core
Lab Chief, Neurodegeneration and Drug Discovery Program, Center for Cognitive Neurology
Expertise: Alzheimer’s disease, prion diseases, frontotemporal dementia, traumatic brain injury, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Methodological skills: therapy and immunotherapy of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, identification of new biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders (Simoa and Lumipulse), small molecule and stem cell therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders in preclinical models, generation of transgenic mouse models, biochemistry techniques, molecular biology techniques, histopathology, and neuropathology
 
            Anthony Q. Briggs, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: Alzheimer’s disease, subjective cognitive decline, sleep health, psychosocial determinants of health, and racial and ethnic health disparities
Methodological skills: biomarker studies, qualitative analysis, and statistical analysis of longitudinal data
 
            Lindsey J. Gurin, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Rehabilitation Medicine
Expertise: brain injury and Alzheimer’s disease
 
            Sunnie Kenowsky, DVM
Clinical Instructor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, subjective cognitive decline, management of Alzheimer's disease, and enhancing care and functioning of people with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders
Methodological skills: psychometry, cognitive and behavioral markers of cognitive decline, individualized care management approaches, and clinical trials
 
            Karyn D. Marsh, PhD
Administrative Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Co-Director, Center of Excellence on Alzheimer’s Disease
Research Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: racial and ethnic health disparities, specifically focusing on the role of race, socioeconomic status, and other social determinants of health on cognitive decline
Methodological skills: qualitative analyses and statistical analysis of longitudinal data
 
            Arjun V. Masurkar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience
Expertise: Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders
Methodological skills: neurocognitive phenotyping, observational studies of normal versus pathologic aging, biomarkers, in vitro electrophysiology, in vivo imaging, optogenetics, and single-neuron computational modeling
 
            Joanna E. Pankiewicz, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Expertise: Alzheimer’s disease and prion diseases
Methodological skills: transgenic animal studies, cell culture research, cell transfection, proteomic protocols, ELISAs, histology, immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry, fluorescent and confocal microscopy, and aggregation assays and morphometric quantification
 
            Martin Sadowski, MD, PhD
Director, Fisher Center Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Program
Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Professor of Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's Disease, Department of Neurology
Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Psychiatry
Expertise: pathobiology of Alzheimer’s disease and prion diseases
Methodological skills: mouse models of ß-amyloidosis, tauopathies, and prionoses
 
            Joel Salinas, MD, MBA
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: psychosocial determinants of brain health, including cognitive resilience and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
Methodological skills: advanced neuroepidemiologic methods, statistical analysis of longitudinal data, and population health data science
 
            Henrieta Scholtzova, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: pathobiology of Alzheimer’s disease, innate immunity, immunomodulation, amyloid pathology, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia
Methodological skills: experimental neuropathological techniques, animal models (rodents and non-human primates), biomarker studies, and neuroimaging
 
            Evan T. Schulze, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: neuropsychology, psychological aspects of aging, cognitive and behavioral changes due to neurological conditions, dementia in all forms, brain health, and neuropsychological and quality of life outcomes
Methodological skills: neuropsychological assessment, psychological assessment and intervention, and clinical trials
 
            Thomas M. Wisniewski, MD
Associate Chair for Research, Department of Neurology
The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman Professor of New York University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Psychiatry
Expertise: Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, subjective cognitive decline, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, congophilic amyloid angiopathy, Alzheimer’s disease pathology in Down syndrome, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Methodological skills: experimental neuropathological techniques, as well as biochemical, molecular biological and proteomic approaches, using human tissue, animal models (rodents and non-human primates), cell culture models, and induced pluripotent stem cells