
Collette Goode
Collette coordinates the Brain Health Assessment study, led by Dr. Kate Possin, which aims to develop a set of cognitive tests to detect mild neurocognitive disorders in older adults of varying medical, cultural and educational backgrounds. She also works closely with primary clinics implementing the Brain Health Assessment in their practice and with Dr. Kate Possin and Dr. Alissa Bernstein Sideman to identify the facilitators and barriers to cognitive assessment in primary care. Collette also coordinates the Consortium for Detecting Cognitive Impairment Including Dementia (DetectCID). Collette is interested in improving the early detection of cognitive impairment and supporting primary care providers in caring for patients with neurocognitive disorders.
Collette received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Robert Clark Honors College, University of Oregon. She completed her undergraduate honors thesis in the Washbourne Lab, analyzing how gut microbiota control synaptic protein distribution in the developing zebrafish brain and the correlation between disrupted synapse formation and behavioral deficits in zebrafish. She published this work in 2021. She joined the Memory and Aging Center in 2019.