ADTDS: 2022 Cohort

January 2022 saw the enrollment of our first four-member cohort, representing the departments of Pathology, Systems Biology, and Genetics and Genome Sciences, all within the CWRU School of Medicine. 

Through regular meetings and informal exchanges, this group is working in an interdisciplinary manner to support a robust and translational approach to Alzheimer's Disease research. 


 

Sarah Barker

Department:  Based in the Pathology Department, CWRU School of Medicine, as both an MD and PhD trainee 

Focus: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a leading environmental factor for Alzheimer's disease 

Mentor: Andrew Pieper, MD 

 

Undergraduate:

Bachelor of Arts, Neuroscience

Colorado College, Colorado


 

Leighanne Main

Department:  Based in the Genetics and Genome Sciences Department, CWRU School of Medicine, as a PhD trainee 

Focus: Genetic architecture of AD among the Amish in Ohio, with a focus on uncovering protective factors  

Mentor: Jonathan L. Haines, PhD

 

Undergraduate:

Bachelor of Science, Biology

Bachelor of Arts, Economics

Wittenberg University, Ohio


 

Emiko Miller

Department:  Based in the Pathology Department, CWRU School of Medicine, as a PhD trainee  

Focus:  The role of tau acetylation in mediating pathological neuronal primary cilia degeneration

Mentor: Andrew Pieper, MD 

 

Undergraduate:

Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Sciences / Minor in Neurosciences

Marquette University, Wisconsin 


 

Yousef Mustafa, MS

Department:  Based in the Systems Biology and Bioinformatics Department, CWRU School of Medicine, as a PhD trainee  

Focus:  Apply Genome-wide association studies and Transcriptome-wide association studies to determine biological mechanism of how genetic variants in monocytes influence AD

Mentor: William S. Bush, PhD

 

Graduate:

Master of Science, Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Case Western Reserve University, Ohio

Undergraduate:

Bachelor of Science, Biology and Chemistry

Baldwin Wallace University Ohio