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Researchers

Throughout the world, many women are working toward a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Included here are the profiles of the passionate and dedicated women who put their intellect, energy, and resources toward ending this most challenging disease ... every day. We are grateful and honored to have worked with this extraordinary group of researchers.
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CARMELA R. ABRAHAM, PH.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine,<br>Boston University School of Medicine
BEVERLY L. DAVIDSON, PH.D.
Director of The Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Arthur V. Meigs Chair in Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
KAREN DUFF, PH.D.
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Department of Psychiatry, Taub Institute at Columbia University/ NYSPI, New York
ANA GRICIUC, PH.D.
Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School<br>Assistant in Neuroscience, Massachusetts General Hospital
NANCY IP, PH.D.
The Morningside Professor of Life Science<br>Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience<br>Director of the Center for Stem Cell Research<br>The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
DORA M. KOVACS, PH.D.
Neurobiology of Disease Laboratory<br>Genetics and Aging Research Unit<br>Massachusetts General Hospital
CYNTHIA A. LEMERE, PH.D.
Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital<br>Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
EVA-MARIA MANDELKOW, M.D., PH.D.
Principal Investigator, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
MAIKEN NEDERAARD, M.D., D.M.SC.
Frank P. Smith Professor of Neurosurgery Co-Director,<br>Center for Translational Neuromedicine University of Rochester<br>Professor of Glial Cell Biology University of Copenhagen
ALEXANDRA C. NEWTON, PH.D.
Professor of Pharmacology<br>University of California, San Diego
BETH STEVENS, PH.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology<br>Harvard Medical School<br>Boston Children's Hospital<br>Member, Broad Institute
GIUSEPPINA TESCO, M.D., PH.D.
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine
LI-HUEI TSAI, PH.D.
Director, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory<br>Lead Investigator, MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative<br>Picower Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Associate Director of the Glenn Labs for Aging Research at MIT<br>Associate Member, Broad Institute
WILMA WASCO, PH.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School,<br>Associate in Genetics at Massachusetts General Hospital.