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

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
  • Bertrand “Russ” Huber Director, 3-D Imaging, BU CTE Center
    Assistant Professor of Neurology, BUSM
    Director of PTSD Brain Bank
  • Tsuneya Ikezu Professor, Departments of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and Neurology
  • Gyungah Jun Co-Leader Genetics and Molecular Profiling Core
  • Ron Killiany Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurology, Radiology, and Environmental Health
  • 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
  • Peter J. Morin Assistant Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine; Director, Bedford Site, New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
  • 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