January 19, 2021
Brittany Duggar, Ph.D.
Dr. Brittany Dugger is a trained neuropathologist/neuroanatomist. She is currently an Assistant Professor of the Departments of Pathobiology and Laboratory Medicine at University of California, Davis. She earned her BS in microbiology/Health and Humanities from Michigan State University and her PhD in Neurobiology of Disease from Mayo Clinic Graduate School. She completed a postdoc in Neuropathology at Banner Sun Health Research Institute. Her research focuses on understanding the heterogeneity within neurodegenerative diseases and the interaction of peripheral changes to aging and neurodegenerative diseases.
October 20, 2020
Jill Goldstein, Ph.D.
Dr. Jill Goldstein is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Executive Director of the Innovation Center on Sex Differences in Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She earned her AB in psychological anthropology from Brown University, and her MPH, M. Phil, and Ph.D. in Epidemiology in Psychiatry from Columbia University. She completed a postdoc in Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School. She is a clinical neuroscientist and expert in understanding sex differences in health and diseases associated with the central nervous system.
October 13, 2020
Darren Gitelman, M.D.
Dr. Darren Gitelman received his M.D. degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed the Internal Medicine residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City and was later chief resident of Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Currently, Dr. Gitelman is the senior medical director of the Advocate Medical Center, professor of Neurology at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, and adjunct associate professor of Neurology and Radiology at Northwestern University, all located in Chicago, Illinois. His primary area of expertise is neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
September 29, 2020
Debra L. Cherry, Ph.D.
Dr. Debra Cherry is a clinical psychologist and the Executive Vice President of Alzheimer’s Los Angeles, a community-based non-profit dedicated to supporting people living with dementia and their caregivers. Dr. Cherry earned her Bachelor of Arts from Brooklyn College of the City, University of New York, and her master's degree and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Southern California. Additionally, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Geriatric Psychology at the Neuropsychiatric Institute of UCLA. Her work has focused on improving dementia health care as well as its access to underserved communities.
September 8, 2020
Nate Bergman, D.O., MBA
Dr. Nate Bergman is the Chief Scientific Wellness Officer of the Kemper Center for Cognitive Health & Wellness. He earned his DO from Kansas City University, where he also obtained his board certification in Internal Medicine. He completed a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine with emphasis on optimizing the aging brain and body at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.
August 11, 2020
Gagan Wig, Ph.D.
Dr. Gagan Wig is an Associate Professor in the Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas, and in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Wig earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of British Columbia and his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Dartmouth College. He did postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis with the Human Connectome Project.
July 7, 2020
Carlos Barrero, M.D.
Dr. Carlos Barrero is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Temple University School of Pharmacy and an active member of the Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research. He received his medical degree from Universidad de Caldas, in Manizales, Colombia. Later, he completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Temple University School of Medicine in the laboratories of Dr. Salim Merali.
March 17, 2020
Oanh Le Meyer, Ph.D., M.A.S.
Dr. Oanh Le Meyer received her Ph.D. in social psychology and her Masters in Advanced Study in Clinical Research at the University of California Davis where she is also currently serving as an Assistant Adjunct Professor. She studies cognitive and mental health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities and older adults from the population level as well as at the individual level. Her current research interests include dementia caregiving and mental health, social determinants of cognitive decline associated with dementia, and geographic disparities in mental health for older adults.
