Sarah Kaufman, MD, PhD

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. After graduation from residency, she will begin a research fellowship through the Memory and Aging Center, with joint mentorship in the Seeley and Kampmann laboratories.

Her ongoing research interests include understanding the mechanisms that underlie selective vulnerability in frontotemporal dementia and related neurodegenerative diseases.