Principal Investigator
Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD
Dr. Okonkwo is a Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. He received his PhD from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and completed his postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He joined the Wisconsin ADRC in 2011. Dr. Okonkwo’s research focuses on clarifying how alterations in the brain and other biomolecules place some cognitively-normal individuals on a pernicious trajectory that culminates in probable Alzheimer’s disease. In this context, Dr. Okonkwo is particularly interested in discovering new knowledge concerning the modulation of the link between brain changes and cognitive decline by both modifiable and non-modifiable factors. Overlaid on this research agenda are investigations of health accessibility, and how such accessibility exacerbates or ameliorates the impact of biomarkers on clinical phenotypes.
Staff
Lab Managers
Alyssa Pandos
Credentials: BS
Position title: Assistant Program Manager
Email:
aapandos
Scientists
Sara Fernandes-Taylor
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Scientist III
Email:
sfernandes
Jacqueline Pontes Monteiro
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Scientist III
Email:
pontesmont
Researchers
Honorary Fellows
Research Staff
Hannatu Amaza
Credentials: MA
Position title: ADNI Engagement Core Program Manager
Email:
hamaza
Monica Bruce
Credentials: MA
Position title: Clinical Research Coordinator II
Email:
mybruce
Matt Glittenberg
Credentials: BS
Position title: Research Data Scientist II
Email:
mpglitten
Isabella Hoang
Credentials: BS
Position title: Lead ADNI Community Research Navigator
Email:
ihoang
Fabiola Magaña
Credentials: BSN
Position title: ADNI Community Research Navigator
Email:
fmagana
Mae McCarty
Credentials: MPH
Position title: CLARiTI Access Core Program Manager
Email:
mdmccarty2
Lisa Renier Thomas
Credentials: MS
Position title: ADNI Community Research Navigator
Email:
lcthomas
Eva Schulte
Credentials: BS
Position title: CLARiTI Community Research Navigator
Email:
eschulte
Students
Graduate Students
Gabriella Mamlouk
Credentials: BS
Position title: Graduate Research Assistant
Email:
mamlouk
Undergraduate Students
Former Trainees
Rodrigo Almeida, MD
Alec Czaplicki, BSc
Amanda Ellis
Mercy Gago, MS
Joseph Janz, BSc
Natali Koeva, BA
Jordan Larson, BSc
Brandon Mergen, BSc
John Omelina, BSc
Ben Rackovan, BSc
Rachel Rol, BSc
Allison Rust, BSc
Jingxin Wang, MD
Kristen Younan, BSc
Xiaofang Zhong, BSc