Rapidly Progressive Dementia

People who primarily work on prion diseases and other rapidly progressive dementias.

Michael Geschwind, MD, PhD

Professor

Michael Geschwind, MD, PhD, is a professor of neurology at the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and a clinician-researcher at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center. Dr. Geschwind specializes in the evaluation, management, and treatment of rapidly progressive dementias, movement disorders, and neurogenetic conditions.

Hannah Robins, BA

Research Coordinator

Hannah graduated from Cornell University in May 2023 with dual degrees in Music and Biology with a concentration in Neurobiology and Behavior. After graduating, she spent a year and a half as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she worked with Huntington’s disease patients as part of The Rosas Lab. She is excited to be part of Dr.

Anup Sonti, MD

Behavioral Neurology Clinical Fellow

Anup Sonti, MD, is a clinical fellow at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, part of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. His research focuses on advancing precision medicine for neurodegenerative disorders through multimodal data integration. He combines whole-genome sequencing, neuropathology, neuroimaging, fluid biomarkers, and deep clinical phenotyping to identify the genetic and biological drivers of disease heterogeneity, improve disease classification, and characterize biomarkers of disease progression.