Aging
One of the strengths of our Neuroscience Consortium is the focus on studying brain health throughout the lifespan. To complement the faculty studying development, UC Davis has a large number of laboratories studying how the brain changes during aging and how that process is altered in disease. Research in this area is supported by 39 faculty members from 14 departments and 9 centers. These faculty utilize a wide range of approaches, across all of the levels of analysis and have an impressive number of interdisciplinary collaborations to further their research in this area, as well as several targeted graduate and postdoctoral T32 training programs. Research on this topic is anchored by basic, translational and clinical research at the Center for Neuroscience, the Center for Mind and Brain, the Center for Regenerative Cures and the Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Our faculty have several large-scale collaborations within this area, including the UC Davis Conte Center, which is funded by NIMH.
Faculty studying aging
| Bradley Ander, Ph.D., M.B.A. | RNA and blood transcriptomes of stroke, brain injury and neurodisorders and effects of DNA variation |
| Karen L. Bales, Ph.D. | Behavioral neuroscience of social bonds |
| David Bissig, M.D., Ph.D. | Alzheimer's disease; dementia |
| Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Ph.D. | Affective neuroscience |
| Shelley A. Blozis, Ph.D. | Development of statistical methods for clustered, repeated measures and longitudinal psychological health data |
| Marie E. Burns, Ph.D. | Photoreceptor physiology and degeneration, neuroinflammation in the retina |
| Michelle Chan, Ph.D. | Neuropsychology, dementia, movement disorders and epilepsy |
| Gino Cortopassi, Ph.D. | Pharmacological amelioration of neurodegeneration (mitochondrial and Shc strategies) |
| Robert Cudmore, Ph.D. | Effects of experience, disease and aging on the structure and function of the brain |
| Charles S. DeCarli, M.D. | Advanced imaging tools, cognitive aging and dementia |
| Brittany N. Dugger, Ph.D. | Neuropathology, neurodegenerative diseases, digital pathology, disease heterogeneity, health equity |
| Sarah Tomaszewski Farias, Ph.D. | Cognitive aging and dementia; early disease detection; life-course risk and protective factors; and behavioral interventions to delay cognitive and functional loss |
| Fernanda Ferreira, Ph.D. | Investigating how humans use language in real time and in cooperation with other cognitive systems |
| Danielle Harvey, Ph.D. | Statistical analysis of complex correlated data; neuroimaging; longitudinal studies |
| Ladson Hinton, M.D. | Geriatric psychiatry |
| Lee-Way Jin, M.D. Ph.D. | Neuropathology; autism; Alzheimer's disease |
| Wilsaan M. Joiner, Ph.D. | Sensorimotor integration, motor learning/control, and clinical applications. |
| Helen Kales, M.D. | Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia |
| Pamela J. Lein, Ph.D. | Impacts of environmental stressors on the developing and aging brain |
| Allan Martin, M.D. Ph.D., F.R.C.S.C. | Spine imaging and surgery |
| A. Kimberley McAllister, Ph.D. | Synapse formation and plasticity; neuroimmune contributions to development and disease |
| Lee M. Miller, Ph.D, | Auditory neuroscience and speech recognition |
| John H. Morrison, Ph.D. | Neurobiology of aging and neurodegenerative disorders; cortical structure and function |
| Karl D. Murray, Ph.D. | Brain development |
| Manuel F. Navedo, Ph.D. | Mechanisms controlling vascular function in health and disease |
| Christine Wu Nordahl, Ph.D. | Neuroimaging to study brain development in autism across the life span. |
| Beth Ober, Ph.D. | Biological, cognitive, health and mental health life phases: adulthood and aging |
| John M. Olichney, M.D. | Alzheimer's disease; dementia |
| Carolynn Patten, Ph.D., P.T., F.A.P.T.A. | Neural basis of human movement; investigating human motor control and learning from a perspective of neuromechanics |
| Charan Ranganath, Ph.D. | Neural basis and functional organization of human learning and memory |
| Gregg Recanzone, Ph.D. | Role of the cerebral cortex in the perception of auditory signals and age-related hearing loss |
| Frank R. Sharp, M.D. | Gene expression of blood in patients with stroke, Alzheimers, autism and Tourette syndrome |
| Tamara Swaab, Ph.D. | Cognitive and neural architectures of language processing across the lifespan |
| Ameer Taha, Ph.D. | Role of lipids and lipid-like environmental toxins in brain disorders |
| Jiandi Wan, Ph.D. | Neurovascular coupling |
| Jane-Ling Wang, Ph.D. | Functional data analysis, survival analysis, brain functional connectivity, and deep learning |
| Alyssa Weakley, Ph.D. | Novel technology-based approaches to support cognition, daily function, and quality of life |
| Andrew Yonelinas, Ph.D. | Memory, perception and amnesia |
| Min Zhao, M.D., Ph.D. | Bioelectricity/bioelectronics-guided cell migration and growth in wound healing and regeneration |