Neuropsychology

Jorge Archila is an Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator at the Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center in the Department of Neurology at the University of San Francisco, California. He has a BS degree in psychology and a BA degree in psychopedagogy. He is a Bilingual Certified Specialist in Psychometry.

Jorge moved from Guatemala in 2011 and began working in psychometry, administering psychological test batteries in English and Spanish in a neuropsychological private practice in San Francisco.

Kaitlin Casaletto, PhD, is a board-certified neuropsychologist, scientist-practitioner, and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center.

Aaron Colverson is a Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology, with a focus on neuropsychology. He graduated from Berklee College of Music with a BM degree in Professional Music focusing on jazz violin performance, after which he moved to Nairobi, Kenya, for two years, embedding himself in East African musical traditions and cultures. He received a fellowship to study music and prosocial interaction in Alzheimer’s disease and endeavors to build cross-disciplinary competency between ethnomusicology and neuropsychology in the context of gerontology.

Shubir Dutt, PhD, is an assistant professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences and a licensed clinical neuropsychologist at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center. Dr. Dutt specializes in the assessment and care of patients with cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), frontotemporal lobar degeneration spectrum disorders (FTLD), and other neurodegenerative conditions.

Laura Fenton is a predoctoral fellow in the UC San Francisco Clinical Psychology Training Program, where she works in Dr. Kaitlin Casaletto’s lab. Her research focuses on understanding how modifiable lifestyle factors, such as physical activity and sleep, can promote brain health during aging. Prior to joining UCSF, she received her BA degree in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Tanisha Hill-Jarrett, PhD, is a neuropsychologist and assistant professor of neurology at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, part of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. Her research focuses on how adverse social exposures, such as psychosocial stressors, structural discrimination, and inequitable access to opportunities, impact cognitive aging and increase risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Joel Kramer, PsyD, is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and professor of neuropsychology in the Department of Neurology at UCSF. He serves as the Director of the Neuropsychology Program at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center and holds the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Endowed Professorship.

Ezra Mauer, PhD, is a neuropsychology fellow at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center and the UCSF Dyslexia Center. He is also a member of the ALBA Language Neurobiology Lab. Dr. Mauer earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from UC Berkeley.