Gladys E. Maestre, MD, PhD

Biography

Gladys Maestre, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Resources Center for Minority Aging Research and a Professor of Neuroscience at the UTRGV School of Medicine.

Dr. Maestre previously served as visiting professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the G.H. Sergievsky Center in Columbia University. Dr. Maestre received a Doctor of Medicine degree from University of Zulia. She received both her Masters in Genetic Epidemiology and her PhD in pathobiology from Columbia University. She recently completed her Masters of Arts in Neuroarchitecture from Iuav University of Venice.

Dr. Maestre is a neuroscientist who has worked with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias for more than 20 years. She is the PI of the Maracaibo Aging Study, a unique community-based cohort of individuals who have undergone in-depth assessments for cognitive, neuroimaging, and cardiovascular traits since 1997. As PI on several NIA and Fogarty International Center funded grants, her research has explored cultural, educational, and genetic risks for Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline, as well as cognitive function and health among minorities and ethnically diverse populations across the life span.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Director of Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research

• Shall be directly accountable to the Division Chief of Neuroscience.

• Shall be responsible for the Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research.

• Shall hold regular meetings of the Center faculty to present pertinent information and to discuss issues that may include, among others, Center or SOM policies, educational, research and service programs, long-range objectives, and current problems.

• Shall recruit and recommend to the Division Chief the appointment of faculty and other personnel.

• Shall be responsible for the Center's role in carrying out the programs that are the responsibility of SOM faculty.

• Shall be responsible for the implementation of all UTRGV and SOM policies and regulations applicable to the Center.

• Shall prepare the Center budget to be submitted to the Division Chief annually including recommendations for compensation of both faculty and non-faculty personnel.

• Shall be responsible for the budgetary control of the Center in collaboration with the division chief.

• Shall recommend faculty appointments, promotions, and tenure to the Division Chief and pertinent UTRGV SOM committee for review and processing.

• Shall organize the Center in a way that best serves the needs of the Center and SOM and provide for appropriate interaction with Center faculty and between its faculty and leadership.

• Shall be responsible for the career development and mentoring of faculty members in the Center.