UCSF’s innovative, collaborative approach to patient care, research and education spans disciplines across the life sciences, making it a world leader in scientific discovery and its translation to improving health.
Claudio graduated from Harvard University in May 2022 with a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology and a secondary focus in Global Health and Health Policy. During college, he had the opportunity to conduct research under the guidance of Professor Richard Losick, exploring the complexities of chronic microbial infections for his senior research thesis.
Amie Wallman-Jones joined the UCSF Clinical Affective Neuroscience Lab (CAN) Lab at the Memory and Aging Center in February 2023. She previously received her PhD degree from the University of Bern in Switzerland. Her graduate work assessed how physical activity influences interoceptive processing, where she used a multi-method approach to reveal the active ingredients driving this relationship.
A graduate of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health with a specialized focus in Epidemiology of Chronic Disease, Alex is deeply committed to enhancing healthcare literacy and fostering inclusivity and diversity within healthcare, particularly among underserved and vulnerable communities.
In his free time, he enjoy running around Lake Merritt in Oakland, listening to music, and hiking/camping.
Tanisha Hill-Jarrett, PhD, is a neuropsychologist and an assistant professor of neurology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. Her research applies intersectionality theory to understand how psychosocial stressors and structural racism and sexism impact Black women’s cognitive aging and confer risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).
