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Directors

David Irwin MD

David Irwin MD

Co-Director, Associate Professor

He/Him

Lauren Massimo PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Lauren Massimo PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Co-Director, Associate Professor

She/Her

Corey McMillan PhD

Corey McMillan PhD

Co-Director, Associate Professor

He/Him

Our Team

"Our center is dedicated to the care of individuals with Frontotemporal degeneration spectrum disorders. Understanding the basis for Frontotemporal degeneration will improve quality of life and lead to a cure for these conditions." 

~ Dr. Murray Grossman, Founder, Penn FTD Center

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Faculty

Katheryn Cousins PhD

Research Assistant Professor

She/Her

Jeffrey Phillips PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Allison Snyder MD

Assistant Professor

Jeffrey Maneval MD

Assistant Professor

Katya Rascovsky PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Sara Manning MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Emma Rhodes PhD

Neuropsychologist & Assistant Professor

Operations and Management Staff

Lyles Clark PhD

Assistant Director

They/Them

Dahlia Kamel MS

Clinical Research Program and Operations Lead

She/Her

Research Fellows and Trainees

Rory Boyle PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

He/Him

Melanie Matyi PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Barbara Spencer PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

She/Her

Nadia Dehghani PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

She/Her

Daniel Ohm PhD

Research Associate

Anil Wadhwani MD, PhD

Instructor of Neurology and Postdoctoral Fellow

He/Him

Sheina Emrani, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ting Shen PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Clinical Staff

Gillian Bradley MA, BSN, RN

Clinical Research Nurse

She/Her

Laynie Dratch ScM, CGC

Genetic Counselor

Katherine Lietz MSW, LSW

Social Worker

Graduate Students

Mohammed Saqib

Bioengineering PhD Student

He/Him

Lasya Sreepada

Bioengineering PhD Student

Hao Xu

Bioengineering PhD Student

Research Staff

Cayla Andrews MS

Cayla Andrews MS

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Lauren Bracken

Lauren Bracken

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Carmen Gonzalez-Recober

Carmen Gonzalez-Recober

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Chigozie Ibe

Chigozie Ibe

Clinical Research Coordinator

He/Him

Jessica Legaspi MS

Jessica Legaspi MS

Clinical Research Project Manager

Anusha Patgiri

Anusha Patgiri

Clinical Research Coordinator

Philip Sabatini

Philip Sabatini

Research Specialist

Winifred Trotman

Winifred Trotman

Laboratory Manager

Sharon Ash PhD

Sharon Ash PhD

Research Specialist C

Noah Capp

Noah Capp

Software Engineer

Marianthi Hareras

Marianthi Hareras

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Cara Joyce MPH

Cara Joyce MPH

Regulatory Project Manager

She/Her

Ashlyn O’Halloran

Ashlyn O’Halloran

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Parham Pouladvand

Parham Pouladvand

Research Specialist

Alexandra Tavani

Alexandra Tavani

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Jordana Woodford MA, Ed.S

Jordana Woodford MA, Ed.S

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Mara Bloom

Mara Bloom

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Samantha Dengel

Samantha Dengel

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Quinn Hlava

Quinn Hlava

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Julia Kwiecinski

Julia Kwiecinski

Clinical Research Coordinator

Christopher Olm PhD

Christopher Olm PhD

Neuroimaging Data Engineer

He/Him

Hamsi Radhakrishnan PhD

Hamsi Radhakrishnan PhD

Neuroimaging Data Engineer

She/Her

Eric Teunissen-Bermeo

Eric Teunissen-Bermeo

Software Engineer

Emily Xie

Emily Xie

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Administration

Daneel Douglas

Technical Support

Meaghan Sharp

Outreach Coordinator

She/Her

Brian Nelson BS

Data Management Systems

Leila Pearlman

Administrative Coordinator

Alumni

Galit Agmon PhD

Alejandra Bahena

MaKayla Lowe MHS

She/Her

Sanjana Shellikeri PhD

She/Her

Danielle Almstead

Jesse Cohen MD

Brianna Morgan PHD, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN

Sevila Temirova

She/Her

Sanaz Arezoumandan, MD

Yoon Duk Kim

Naomi Nevler MD

Isabel Yannatos PhD

She/Her

Additional Information

Penn BiND Lab

Penn Digital Neuropathology Lab (DNPL)

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