Neuroimaging

Celina graduated from the University of San Diego with a BA degree in Behavioral Neuroscience and a minor in Philosophy before she obtained her MS degree in Neuroimaging and Informatics from the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine.

Nilgoun Bahar, SLP, PhD, is a postdoctoral research scholar in the ALBA Lab at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, where she works primarily on the Dyslexia Project. She earned her PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Oxford’s Brain, Speech, and Language Lab and holds a clinical master’s degree in speech-language pathology from the University of Toronto. She completed her clinical residency at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto.

Morgan is a clinical research coordinator in the Rosen Lab who works on the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), Longitudinal Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Study (LEADS) and UCSF Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) studies.

Ganna Blazhenets, PhD, is an associate professional researcher at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, part of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. With a background in physics and neuroimaging, Dr. Blazhenets uses advanced brain imaging and analytical methods to study the biological processes underlying neurodegenerative diseases. Her research aims to identify factors that contribute to neurodegeneration and could ultimately improve early diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis for people living with these conditions.

Miranda was born and raised in Palo Alto, California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in May 2020 with a bachelor of arts degree in molecular and cell biology. At the Memory and Aging Center, she is working as a clinical research coordinator in the Rabinovici Lab to help coordinate studies examining the utility of innovative neuroimaging techniques and other biomarkers for the improved diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

Karly Cody is an assistant researcher at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, part of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, where she works in the lab of Kaitlin Casaletto, PhD. She earned her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin under the mentorship of Sterling Johnson, PhD, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University with Elizabeth Mormino, PhD.

Shubir Dutt, PhD, is an assistant professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences and a licensed clinical neuropsychologist at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center. Dr. Dutt specializes in the assessment and care of patients with cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), frontotemporal lobar degeneration spectrum disorders (FTLD), and other neurodegenerative conditions.

Kristen joined the Selective Vulnerability Research Laboratory led by Dr. William Seeley in January 2022 as a research associate. She assists with neuroimaging data management and analysis. She received her BA degree in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis where she volunteered in the Cognitive Control and Psychopathology Lab.

Corrina Fonseca, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher in the Rabinovici Lab at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, part of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. Dr. Fonseca uses advanced brain imaging and clinical data to study Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative conditions.