Imaging

People who primarily work with neuroimaging techniques or in the imaging core.

Adam Staffaroni, PhD

Associate Professor

Dr. Staffaroni is a clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. His research focuses on improving early detection, prognosis, and monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases through a combination of clinical tests, neuroimaging, and blood-based biomarkers. He leads studies of remote digital data collection in frontotemporal dementia using smartphone assessments and sensor technologies.

Amy Wolf

Imaging Core Manager

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Amy is the imaging core manager for the Memory and Aging Center.

Malu Mandelli, PhD

Associate Adjunct Professor

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Maria Luisa Mandelli, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, where she leads the imaging program of the language team (ALBA Lab).

Renaud La Joie, PhD

Assistant Professor

Renaud La Joie, PhD, is the Edward and Pearl Fein Endowed Professor in Precision Care for Memory Disorders at UCSF. He is a neuroscientist and neuroimaging expert whose research focuses on understanding the mechanisms that drive Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. Using advanced brain imaging techniques, fluid biomarkers, and neuropsychological measures, Dr. La Joie seeks to unravel the drivers of clinical heterogeneity in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.

Yann Cobigo

Imaging Core Specialist

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Gil Rabinovici, MD

Professor

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Gil Rabinovici, MD, is a professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology and holds the Edward and Pearl Fein Distinguished Professorship in Memory and Aging. He is a behavioral neurologist at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center (Fein MAC), 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.

Suzee Lee, MD

Professor

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Suzee Lee, MD, is a professor of neurology and a behavioral neurologist at the Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center within the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. She serves as the director of the Dementia Imaging Genetics Lab and the Visiting Scholars Program. In these roles, she advances research on neurodegenerative diseases and mentors emerging leaders in the field.

Howie Rosen, MD

Professor

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Dr. Rosen is a behavioral neurologist and holds the Dorothy Kirsten French Foundation Endowed Professorship for Parkinsonian and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders. He received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine, trained in internal medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and subsequently completed a neurology residency at UCSF. After residency, Dr. Rosen pursued fellowship training in brain imaging at the Washington University School of Medicine, and then returned to UCSF to join the team at the Memory and Aging Center (MAC) in 1999.