Members
Our core members manage the research facilities and services of the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease or base their research here.
View individual profiles of our core center members with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more via the links below.
Grant, Ian M
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology) and Neurology (Hospital Neurology)
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Florane and Jerome Rosenstone Fellow in Cognitive Neurology
Jamshidi, Pouya
Assistant Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology)
Lapins, Allison E
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology)
Mather, Molly A
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry)
Mesulam, M Marsel
Professor of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology) and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
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neural networks, functional imaging, dementia, cerebral cortex, cholinergic pathways
Morhardt, Darby J
Research Professor of Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease and Preventive Medicine (Public Health Practice)
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Darby Morhardt, PhD, LCSW is Associate Professor in the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease and Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of... [more]
Nassan, Malik
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry) and Neurology (Behavioral Neurology)
Ovsiew, Fred
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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I see patients with depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric disorders and provide treatment with psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy as appropriate for the individual patient. I specialize in neuropsy... [more]
Reed, Deborah A
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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I have been interested in community mental health and have published in the field of rural psychiatry. I am currently interested in cognitive disorders and associated psychiatric syndromes in my work... [more]
Vassar, Robert J
Professor of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology) and Cell and Developmental Biology
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Our research focuses on molecular and cellular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. In particular, we investigate the beta-secretase enzyme BACE1, which initiates the production of the beta-amyloid pept... [more]