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Dr. Liara Rizzi received her PhD and MSc degrees in Medicine: Medical Sciences in Brazil. After her PhD, she started as a postdoctoral fellow at Unicamp, SP, Brazil. She joined the Grinberg Lab as a postdoctoral scholar in 2023. Since the beginning of her academic career, she has been working on biomarkers related to neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer's disease.
Tanisha Hill-Jarrett, PhD, is a neuropsychologist and an assistant professor of neurology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. Her research applies intersectionality theory to understand how psychosocial stressors and structural racism and sexism impact Black women’s cognitive aging and confer risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).
Youjin joined the Dementia Imaging Genetics Lab, led by Dr. Suzee Lee, in February 2024 as a Postdoctoral Scholar to investigate potential multimodal neuroimaging biomarkers for early detection and monitoring of frontotemporal dementia. Youjin received her bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Home Economics Education and a master’s degree in brain and cognitive engineering from Korea University in South Korea.
