Tara Ellingson

Tara Ellingson
Clinical Research Coordinator
Fields of Interest

Tara is a clinical research coordinator working with Lawren VandeVrede, MD, PhD, at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, part of the Weill Institute for Neurosciences. She supports clinical research focused on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, helping coordinate studies aimed at improving the diagnosis, understanding, and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. She works closely with research participants, their families, and the study team to ensure the successful conduct of clinical research.

Tara earned a Bachelor of Science in biopsychology, with a minor in statistics, from UC Santa Barbara.

Publications

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