Aging & Neurodegenerative Diseases

As our population ages, more and more families are affected by memory and neurodegenerative disorders. At the Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences, the research team members include specialists from neurology, geriatric psychiatry, neuropsychology, nursing, clinical social work and speech-language pathology. With scientists and clinicians working side by side, the care team can swiftly bring medical advances to patients. Meanwhile, researchers gain insights that can only come directly from patients and caregivers.

Useful keywords: Aging, Alzheimer, Memory, Parkinson, …

Meet some of our leading researchers:

Researcher	Research Focus	Keywords	Lab / Short Bio
Alyssa Aguirre	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease • Caregiver Mental Health • Aging and Clinical Social Work • Community Engagement Research Technology & Drugs Development • Artificial Intelligence and Identifying Caregiver Needs • Outcomes Research	Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders / Patient centered outcomes / Geriatric Mental Health / Caregiver Support / Interprofessional Teams / Artificial Intelligence	COPE Lab
Audrey Duarte	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Cognitive Neuroscience • Memory & Aging • Neuroimaging • Sleep	Cognitive Aging / Episodic Memory / EEG / fMRI	Duarte Lab
Bonnie Scott	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Clinical neuropsychology • Motivation and goal-directed behavior • Cognitive control and intraindividual variability • Resilience and normal cognitive aging • Neuropsychiatric sequelae of movement disorders • Neurosurgical candidacy evaluations • Social determinants of health Technology & Drugs Development • Clinical and translational neuroscience • Neurophysiological biomarkers and neuromodulation • Neurocognitive biomarkers and technotherapy • Community outreach and engagement in health disparity populations • Cross-cultural and ecological validation of psychometric tools	Aging / Alzheimer Disease & Related Disorders / Neuropsychology /
Corinne Jones	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Motor Learning • Movement Disorders • Neuromodulation • Speech Production Technology & Drugs Development • Wearable Sensors	Swallowing / Swallowing Disorders / Neuromodulation	Swallow Modulation Lab
Jared Benge	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Aging & Neurodegenerative Disorders. • Neuropsychology • Cognitive Disorders Technology & Drugs Development • Assistive Technologies Clinical Rehabilitation • Smartphone Memory Aides	Neuropsychology / Technology and Dementia / Statistics / Patient Centered Outcomes / Alzheimer Disease & Related Disorders / Movement Disorders	TechANS Lab
José del R. Millán, Ph.D.	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Motor Learning • Movement Disorders • Neuromodulation • Cognition & Communication • Spinal Cord Injury • Neurotrauma • Stroke • Imaging Technology & Drugs Development • Brain-Computer Interfaces • Wearable Technology and Robotics Clinical Rehabilitation • Neurorehabilitation	Neuroprosthetics / Brain-Machine Interfaces / Neural Engineering / Closed-Loop Neuromodulation/ Exoskeleton & Prosthetics / Rehabilitive and Surgical Robotics / Robot Learning / Human-Robot Interaction / Artificial Intelligence	CNBI Lab
Jun Wang, Ph.D.	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Cognition & Communication • Neurological Speech Disorders • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Technology & Drugs Development • Brain-Computer Interfaces • Assistive Speech Technologies	Speech Motor Control / Silent Speech Interface / MEG /	Speech Disorders and Technology Lab
Mbemba Jabbi	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Mood Disorders • Neurogenetics • Neurotranscriptomics • Neuroanatomy • Lifespan and Aging Technology & Drugs Development • Behavioral Phenotyping • Cellular Studies	Neurobiology of Diseases / Behavioral Genetics / Neuroinflammation / Afffective Functions/Dysfunctions / Mood Functions/Dysfunctions / Brain Imaging / Diagnostics / RNA-Sequencing	Laboratory of Affective Neurogenetics
Sam Racz	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Aging & Neurodegenerative Disorders • Schizophrenia • Stroke • Neuropsychiatric Disorders Technology & Drugs Development • Electrophysiology • Neuromodulation • Brain-Computer Interfaces • Artificial Intelligence	Neural Engineering / Excitation-Inhibition Ratio / Scale-free Neural Dynamics / Network physiology