Directors

David Irwin MD

Co-Director, Associate Professor

He/Him

Lauren Massimo PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Co-Director, Associate Professor

She/Her

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

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

Daniel Ohm PhD

Research Associate

Anil Wadhwani MD, PhD

Instructor of Neurology and Postdoctoral Fellow

He/Him

Nadia Dehghani PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

She/Her

Ting Shen PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Melanie Matyi PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Barbara Spencer PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

She/Her

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

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Lauren Bracken

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Marianthi Hareras

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Cara Joyce MPH

Regulatory Project Manager

She/Her

Ashlyn O’Halloran

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Hamsi Radhakrishnan PhD

Neuroimaging Data Engineer

She/Her

Jordana Woodford MA, Ed.S

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Sharon Ash PhD

Research Specialist C

Samantha Dengel

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Quinn Hlava

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Julia Kwiecinski

Clinical Research Coordinator

Christopher Olm PhD

Neuroimaging Data Engineer

He/Him

Alexandra Tavani

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Emily Xie

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Mara Bloom

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Carmen Gonzalez-Recober

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Chigozie Ibe

Clinical Research Coordinator

He/Him

Jessica Legaspi MS

Clinical Research Project Manager

Anusha Patgiri

Clinical Research Coordinator

Sevila Temirova

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

Jesse Cohen MD

Brianna Morgan PHD, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN

Isabel Yannatos PhD

She/Her

Danielle Almstead

Yoon Duk Kim

Naomi Nevler MD

Alejandra Bahena

MaKayla Lowe MHS

She/Her

Sanjana Shellikeri PhD

She/Her

Additional Information

Penn BiND Lab

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Penn Digital Neuropathology Lab (DNPL)

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Directors

David Irwin MD

Lauren Massimo PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Corey McMillan PhD

Our Team

Faculty

Katheryn Cousins PhD

Jeffrey Phillips PhD

Allison Snyder MD

Jeffrey Maneval MD

Katya Rascovsky PhD

Sara Manning MD, MS

Emma Rhodes PhD

Operations and Management Staff

Lyles Clark PhD

Dahlia Kamel MS

Research Fellows and Trainees

Rory Boyle PhD

Daniel Ohm PhD

Anil Wadhwani MD, PhD

Nadia Dehghani PhD

Ting Shen PhD

Melanie Matyi PhD

Barbara Spencer PhD

Clinical Staff

Gillian Bradley MA, BSN, RN

Laynie Dratch ScM, CGC

Katherine Lietz MSW, LSW

Graduate Students

Mohammed Saqib

Lasya Sreepada

Hao Xu

Research Staff

Cayla Andrews MS

Lauren Bracken

Marianthi Hareras

Cara Joyce MPH

Ashlyn O’Halloran

Hamsi Radhakrishnan PhD

Jordana Woodford MA, Ed.S

Sharon Ash PhD

Samantha Dengel

Quinn Hlava

Julia Kwiecinski

Christopher Olm PhD

Alexandra Tavani

Emily Xie

Mara Bloom

Carmen Gonzalez-Recober

Chigozie Ibe

Jessica Legaspi MS

Anusha Patgiri

Sevila Temirova

Administration

Daneel Douglas

Meaghan Sharp

Brian Nelson BS

Leila Pearlman

Alumni

Galit Agmon PhD

Jesse Cohen MD

Brianna Morgan PHD, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN

Isabel Yannatos PhD

Danielle Almstead

Yoon Duk Kim

Naomi Nevler MD

Alejandra Bahena

MaKayla Lowe MHS

Sanjana Shellikeri PhD

Additional Information

Penn BiND Lab

Penn Digital Neuropathology Lab (DNPL)

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