
Mick Schommer
Web Producer
UCLA Simulation Center
700 Westwood Plaza
Room 1218
Los Angeles, CA 90095
About
Dr. Keith Vossel is the Michael M. Minchin, Jr., President, J.D. French Alzheimer’s Foundation Endowed Chair and Professor of Neurology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He leads a comprehensive Center incorporating outreach and engagement to diverse communities, electronic health records, social determinants of health, neuroimaging, neurophysiology, genetics, preclinical and clinical trials, and clinical care to develop new therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and achieve equity in recognition and care of dementia.
Education and Degree(s)
- B.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
- M.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, and University of Memphis, TN
- M.D., University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN (Highest Honors) Internship, Medicine, Harvard Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Publications
Falgàs N, Walsh CW, Yack L, Simon AJ, Kramer JH, Rosen H, Rabinovici G, Miller B, Spina S, Seeley WW, Ranasinghe K, Vossel K, Neylan TC, Grinberg LT. Alzheimer's Disease phenotypes show different sleep architecture. Alzheimer’s and Dementia 2023 Feb 7. doi: 10.1002/alz.12963.
Hwang K, Vaknalli R, Addo-Osafo K, Vicente M, Vossel K. Tauopathy and Epilepsy Comorbidities and Underlying Mechanisms. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2022, 14:903973. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.903973.
Honors and Awards
- 2023
- Outstanding Health Care Innovator, Los Angeles Business Journal
- 2011
- Paul B. Beeson Career Development Award in Aging Research (K23), NIH/NIA, American Federation for Aging Research, and John A. Hartford Foundation Distinguished Research Scholar Award, John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation