Teresa Wu graduated from Stanford University with a BA degree in human biology in 2010. At Stanford, Teresa did research in molecular neurobiology and completed an honors thesis studying the genetic mechanisms underlying neuron development. During her undergraduate years, she volunteered as a health educator addressing the issues of teen relationship abuse and spent time in rural Japan working with children suffering from emotional disturbances.

Teresa joined the Memory and Aging Center in June 2010. She is the research coordinator for the study, Frontotemporal Dementia: Genes, Images and Emotions. This observational study aims to better characterize neurodegenerative diseases such as frontotemporal dementia with the goal of developing better diagnostic tools for the diseases.

When she has the chance, Teresa enjoys horseback riding in fresh morning air and hiking under the stars in the peace of night.