The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Division of Cognitive & Motor Aging - Our Team at a Glance

Faculty

  Director:
Joe Verghese, MD, MS, FRCPI
Professor & Chief
Jeannette Small  Associate Director:
Jeannette R. Mahoney, PhD
Associate Professor
 

Anne F. Ambrose, MBBS
Professor

   
 Emma Ayers Headshot 

Emmeline Ayers, MPH
Principal Associate

   
Helena Small   Helena Blumen, PhD
Associate Director of the Jack and Pearl Resnick Gerontology Center
Associate Professor
   
 

Mirnova Ceïde, MD
Assistant Professor

   
 

Pierfilippo De Sanctis, PhD
Assistant Professor

   
 

Claudene George, MD
Associate Professor

   
 Sanish Sathyan HS  Sanish Sathyan, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
   
 

Cuiling Wang, PhD
Associate Professor

   

Fellows

 Marnina Stimmel HS 

Marnina Stimmel, PhD
Neuropsychology Fellow 

 Oshadi Jayakody HS 

Oshadi Jayakody, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Staff

 Donna Brandon  Donna Brandon
DCMA Administrator
 
 Mairim Melecio-Vazquez  HS 

Mairim Melecio-Vazquez
Research Coordinator

 Dristi Adhikari  Dristi Adhikari
Data Manager
 

Research Assistants

 Celeste Nsubayi HS 

Celeste Nsubayi
5-Cog Study

 Dachel Sanchez-Castellanos HS 

Dachel Sanchez-Castellanos
Trajectory of Brain, Gait and Cognitive Decline – LonGenity & NICE-AD Study

Daniel Schlehofer HS  Daniel Schlehofer
Trajectory of Brain, Gait and Cognitive Decline – LonGenity & MCR Consortium Study
 Carmen Urizar 

Carmen Urizar
NICE-AD study

 Lital Twizer  Lital Twizer
VSI Study

 

 

Letter from the Chief 

New Developments

Verghese Gait Video Geriatrician Joe Verghese explains how subtle changes in gait can identify which patients are at risk for frailty – with the goal of preventing falls and mental decline. Dr. Verghese is chief of geriatrics at Einstein and Montefiore Medical Center and a professor of neurology and of medicine at Einstein. This edition of Einstein On, a research and medicine podcast, is hosted by Paul Moniz, managing director of communications and marketing at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Watch full interview