Alzheimer's Disease

Deepika Mathur, PhD, is a bioinformatics scientist at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, part of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. Her research uses computational and data-driven methods to better understand the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases. She is particularly interested in identifying biomarkers—measurable biological indicators of disease—and therapeutic targets that may improve the diagnosis, prediction, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

Gil Rabinovici, MD, is a professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology, where he holds the Edward and Pearl Fein Distinguished Professorship in Memory and Aging, and the UCSF Department of Radiology. He is a behavioral neurologist at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, where he cares for individuals with cognitive disorders. Dr. Rabinovici earned his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Ranjani Shankar is a clinical research coordinator at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, where she works in Dr. Gil Rabinovici’s In Vivo Molecular Neuroimaging Lab. She graduated from the University of California, San Diego, with a bachelor’s degree in cognitive science, specializing in clinical aspects of cognition, and a minor in psychology.

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.

Finn Talmon earned a Bachelor of Science degree in neurobiology, physiology, and behavior from the University of California, Davis, in June 2025.