Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
My clinical research focuses on increasing our understanding of why some people develop Alzheimer's disease and others do not. Specifically, establishing the role of vascular and inflammatory dysfunction as mediators of Alzheimer’s disease risk using various statistical methods including survival analysis, machine-learning modeling and standard regression and mediation analyses on longitudinal, clinical and biomarker data. One of my research goals is understanding the contribution of vascular integrity, platelets, innate immunity, and their interaction, to increased AD risk that is reflected in changes in AD markers (PET, CSF and blood). Also, to what extent established AD risk factors influence those associations including genetic (ApoE4, polygenic risk scores), psychiatric (stress, anxiety, and depression), cardiometabolic (diabetes, hypertension), psychosocial (loneliness, social vulnerability), and behavioral (impaired sleep). Additionally, identifying pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions leading to a reduction in AD risk by modulating vascular and inflammatory processes.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
PhD from Autonomous University of Madrid
Fellowship, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Department of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine, Division of Brain Aging
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2022 May 03; 11(9):e023918
Frontiers in aging neuroscience. 2021; 13:773984
Journal of Alzheimer's disease. 2022 Dec; 85(2):837-850
Alzheimer's & dementia. 2022 Jun; 18(6):1248-1259
Journal of affective disorders. 2021 Jun 24; 293:429-434
Journal of affective disorders. 2021 Mar 09; 286:275-281
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2024 Aug 06; 13(15):e034079
Brain, behavior & immunity. 2024 Aug; 120:248-255