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Research

Advancing knowledge in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders

Research

Integrating all aspects of modern neuroscience, patient care, research and innovation to improve the lives of individuals with neurodegenerative disorders

Initiatives

  • Clinical Database and Biorepository
  • Clinical trials
  • Basic & Translational Research
  • Physicians-Scientist collaborations
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Initiative

SUNY Upstate Translational Neuroscience Network

  • Goals: to cultivate a stronger sense of community within our faculty, to increase professional and social connections, to enhance a sense of purpose for the participants, and to promote personal fulfillment in the practice and research of medicine
  • Focus is on promoting collaborations and building successful intra and interinstitutional network
  • Commitment to improve brain health 

Our Strengths

  • Established cognitive and movement disorders clinics, genetic counseling
  • Robust supporting infrastructure for clinical service and clinical trials
  • Close clinical collaborations with Neurosurgery, Neuropsychology, Geriatrics, PT/OT/ST, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine
  • Electronic clinical database
  • In progress Clinical trials
  • Education: medical students and residents ‘presentations at the national and international meetings, accepted manuscript for publication and 3 manuscripts in preparation
  • Research: ongoing projects
  • ADRC Initiative planning: initial exploration for the center and initial discussions with NIH

Open Positions

  • Open positions: Faculty position at SUNY Upstate Medical University, Translational/Clinical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias, Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Empire Innovation

Research Programs

Monthly Seminars 

 

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