The team consists of faculty and trainees from neurology, neuropsychology, and geriatric psychiatry and has close collaboration with neuropathology and neuroradiology.
Brown students play an important role in the research program.
We are currently conducting a number of placebo-controlled trials studying the prevention of and early intervention for memory loss. Diseases of interest include Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and late-life depression. This disease causes hypoperfusion in deep brain regions, which can lead to cognitive impairment, depression and gait instability. Memory disorders will be a major public health problem as the population ages. Our studies are designed to prevent disability and improve quality of life for older people.