Elena Tsoy, PhD

Assistant Professor
Fields of Interest

Elena Tsoy, PhD, is a clinical neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center and the Global Brain Health Institute. She specializes in the early detection and diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases in medically, economically, or educationally disadvantaged populations. Her work focuses on multicultural neuropsychology, social determinants of health, and addressing healthcare disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Dr. Tsoy earned her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She completed her predoctoral internship in clinical psychology at Tewksbury State Hospital and pursued advanced training through a postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at the UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center.

Through her clinical practice and research, Dr. Tsoy aims to develop and implement scalable cognitive and clinical assessment tools to support early detection and precise monitoring of neurogenerative disorders. She directs several NIH- and foundation-funded programs that develop and validate novel cognitive assessment tools tailored to different cultural and linguistic communities. Her work addresses the unique challenges faced by these populations, with the overarching goal of advancing dementia prevention and care and laying the groundwork for diagnostic and therapeutic practices that benefit all older adults.

Publications

The landscape of dementia research, diagnosis, treatment, and care in Latin America.

Suemoto CK, Custodio N, Aguilar D, Avila-Funes JA, Baez S, Bagnati PM, Barnes LL, Brucki SMD, Calandri IL, Caramelli P, Cornejo-Olivas M, Derio CD, Ferreira ST, García AM, Grinberg LT, Ibanez AM, Isasi R, Josephy-Hernández SE, Porras ML, Llibre-Guerra JJ, Llibre-Rodriguez JJ, Lourenco MV, Meza BMM, Migeot J, Miranda JJ, Miranda-Castillo C, Mummery CJ, Parodi JF, Castro NP, Contreras RMS, Santamaría-García H, Slachevsky A, Souza-Talarico JN, Surace EI, Takada LT, Tsoy E, Pilalumbo MU, Zimmer ER, Fontana IC, Mahinrad S, Snyder HM, Carrillo MC

Tablet-based Cognitive Assessment Tool (TabCAT) in a multisite study of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Njamnshi WY, Chiotis K, Tsoy E, Blazhenets G, Maiti P, Zhang J, Allen IE, Rocha S, Shankar RP, Amuiri A, Lawson M, Aisen P, Beckett L, Eloyan A, Hammers DB, Kirby K, Koeppe R, Kukull WA, Toga AW, Atri A, Clark D, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Grant I, Honig LS, Johnson ECB, Jones DT, Masdeu J, Mendez MF, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Rogalski E, Salloway S, Sha SJ, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Womack K, Kramer JH, Touroutoglou A, Brickhouse MJ, Jack CR, Vemuri P, Taurone A, Thangarajah M, Nudelman K, Carrillo MC, Dickerson BC, Apostolova LG, Possin KL, Rabinovici GD, La Joie R, LEADS Consortium

Blood-based Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in a behavioral neurology clinic: Real-world implementation, clinical utility, and diagnostic performance.

Prufer Q C Araujo I, Ellingson T, Schwartz NU, Dietz CD, Tammewar G, Deniz K, Eslami-Amirabadi M, Breithaupt AG, Rosenberg M, Bui NM, Gonzalez Y, La Joie R, Ljubenkov PA, Possin KL, Rojas JC, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Wang Y, Staffaroni AM, Stephens ML, Tsoy E, Windon CC, Boxer AL, Rabinovici GD, Miller BL, VandeVrede L

Identifying sex- and gender-specific endocrinological, lifestyle, psychosocial, and socio-cultural targets for Alzheimer's disease prevention in Africans: The Female Brain Health and Endocrine Research in Africa (FemBER-Africa) project.

Udeh-Momoh CT, Aliwa B, Atwoli L, Blackmon K, Bosire E, Gitau S, Kaleli H, Kamanda C, Khakali L, Maina R, Mativo P, Mbugua S, Merali Z, Muchungi K, Njogu N, Nyankira D, Okech V, Ondieki A, Onyancha C, Onyango SO, Shah J, Shah S, Smith C, Sokhi D, Waa S, Gregory S, Hill-Jarrett TG, Kafetsouli D, Mielke MM, Muniz-Terrera G, Solomon A, Thesen T, Tsoy E, Yasoda-Mohan A, Yokoyama JS, Watermeyer TJ

Development and validation of the TabCAT-EXAMINER: A tablet-based executive functioning battery for research and clinical trials.

Sanderson-Cimino M, Possin KL, Mungas DM, Paolillo EW, Asken BM, Tsoy E, Jarrott S, Cobigo Y, Saloner R, Casaletto KB, Considine C, Fields JA, Molden J, Rascovsky K, Weintraub S, Wong B, Heuer HW, Forsberg LK, Rojas JC, VandeVrede L, Ljubenkov P, Rabinovici GD, Gorno-Tempini ML, Seeley WW, Miller BL, Boeve BF, Rosen HJ, Boxer AL, Rankin KP, Kramer JH, Staffaroni AM

Gaps in biomedical research in frontotemporal dementia: A call for diversity and disparities focused research.

Nuytemans K, Franzen S, Broce IJ, Caramelli P, Ellajosyula R, Finger E, Gupta V, Gupta V, Illán-Gala I, Loi SM, Morhardt D, Pijnenburg Y, Rascovsky K, Williams MM, Yokoyama JS, Acosta-Uribe J, Akinyemi R, Alladi S, Ayele BA, Ayhan Y, Bourdage R, Castro-Suarez S, de Souza LC, Dacks P, de Boer SCM, de Leon J, Dodge S, Grasso S, Ghoshal N, Kamath V, Kumfor F, Matias-Guiu JA, Narme P, Nielsen TR, Okhuevbie D, Piña-Escudero S, Ruiz-Garcia R, Ryan B, Scarioni M, Slachevsky A, Suarez-Gonzalez A, Tee BL, Tsoy E, Ulugut H, Onyike CU, Babulal GM, ISTAART Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Disorders PIA, ISTAART Diversity and Disparities PIA

Molecular neuroimaging in dominantly inherited versus sporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Iaccarino L, Llibre-Guerra JJ, McDade E, Edwards L, Gordon B, Benzinger T, Hassenstab J, Kramer JH, Li Y, Miller BL, Miller Z, Morris JC, Mundada N, Perrin RJ, Rosen HJ, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Strom A, Tsoy E, Wang G, Xiong C, Allegri R, Chrem P, Vazquez S, Berman SB, Chhatwal J, Masters CL, Farlow MR, Jucker M, Levin J, Salloway S, Fox NC, Day GS, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, La Joie R, Bateman R, Rabinovici GD

Longitudinal clinical, cognitive and biomarker profiles in dominantly inherited versus sporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Llibre-Guerra JJ, Iaccarino L, Coble D, Edwards L, Li Y, McDade E, Strom A, Gordon B, Mundada N, Schindler SE, Tsoy E, Ma Y, Lu R, Fagan AM, Benzinger TLS, Soleimani-Meigooni D, Aschenbrenner AJ, Miller Z, Wang G, Kramer JH, Hassenstab J, Rosen HJ, Morris JC, Miller BL, Xiong C, Perrin RJ, Allegri R, Chrem P, Surace E, Berman SB, Chhatwal J, Masters CL, Farlow MR, Jucker M, Levin J, Fox NC, Day G, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD, Bateman R

Gaps in clinical research in frontotemporal dementia: A call for diversity and disparities-focused research.

Franzen S, Nuytemans K, Bourdage R, Caramelli P, Ellajosyula R, Finger E, Illán-Gala I, Loi SM, Morhardt D, Pijnenburg Y, Rascovsky K, Williams MM, Yokoyama JS, Alladi S, Ayhan Y, Broce I, Castro-Suarez S, Coleman K, de Souza LC, Dacks PA, de Boer SCM, de Leon J, Dodge S, Grasso S, Gupta V, Gupta V, Ghoshal N, Kamath V, Kumfor F, Matias-Guiu JA, Narme P, Nielsen TR, Okhuevbie D, Piña-Escudero SD, Garcia RR, Scarioni M, Slachevsky A, Suarez-Gonzalez A, Tee BL, Tsoy E, Ulugut H, Babulal GM, Onyike CU, ISTAART FTD PIA and ISTAART Diversity and Disparities PIA