People

Tanya Jain, BA

Staff Research Associate

Sabrina Jarrott

Technical Project Manager

Sabrina (Erlhoff) Jarrott manages the development and implementation of the TabCAT software platform. TabCAT is a technologically and scientifically robust system for the administration of novel cognitive and behavioral assessment measures aimed at advancing early detection and monitoring of neurocognitive disorders developed by Dr. Kate Possin.

Shireen Javandel

Assistant Director for Operations and Impact, GBHI

Shireen provides oversight for resource allocation, risk mitigation, budgeting, and logistics for the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. She works closely with the Department of Neurology and other groups to optimize the administration of the program within UCSF.

Taylor Johnson

Staff Research Associate

Taylor joined the Yokoyama Lab at the Memory and Aging Center from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where he studied both microbiology and enology. Taylor also helps manage the Biospecimens Core. Prior to his start at UCSF, Taylor worked as a Research Assistant at Cal Poly in cell culture utilizing various commercial probiotics and Vibrio parahaemolyticus to understand human intestinal epithelial and immune cell relationships upon probiotic and pathogenic challenge.

Regina Juarez

Field Research Supervisor

Regina is a member of the ALBA Language Neurobiology Laboratory at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center.

Youjin Jung, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Youjin is a postdoctoral fellow in the Dementia Imaging Genetics Lab run by Dr. Suzee Lee.

Sweata Kafle

Clinical Research Coordinator

Aimee Kao, MD, PhD

John Douglas French Foundation Endowed Professor

Aimee Kao, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco and the John Douglas French Foundation Endowed Professor. She leads an NIH-supported Tau Center Without Walls and directs the UCSF Tau Consortium Human Fibroblast Bank. Dr.

Samhita Katteri

Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator

Samhita graduated from UC Berkeley in May 2022 with a degree in cognitive science. During college, she worked in the Cognitive Development & Learning Lab with Dr. Ny Vasil and Dr. Alison Gopnik researching the development of causal reasoning in children. She completed her undergraduate thesis in the Gopnik Lab, exploring the relationship between Generic Language and Causal Stability in adults.

Sarah Kaufman, MD, PhD

Behavioral Neurology Clinical Fellow

Sarah Kaufman received her undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cell Biology, with a focus in Neuroscience from the University of California, Berkeley. She completed her MD/PhD degrees through Washington University in St. Louis MSTP. Her graduate research focused on tau aggregation and tau strain biology in the laboratory of Marc Diamond. After completing her dual degree she began Neurology residency at the University of California, San Francisco.

Niall Kavanagh

Communications Officer, GBHI

Niall Kavanagh is a communications officer with the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI). Based at UCSF, he is responsible for developing and sharing the stories and messages of GBHI and the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health.

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