Winston, Charisse
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience
r. Winston’s lab focuses on advancing the field of biofluid-based extracellular vesicles as biomarkers for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related dementias while addressing brain health inequities that exist amongst underserved patient groups.
Yassine, Hussein
We study how APOE4 increases the risk of AD through cell, animal and imaging models and in human clinical trials.
Zhao, Zhen
Assistant Professor of Physiology & Neuroscience
I received my Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Southern California (USC) in 2009, continued my journey at USC as a postdoctoral fellow in 2010, and was promoted to tenure-track assistant professor at in 2017. My scientific training and research expertise covers neurosciences and immunology, as I was mentored by several renowned mentors in these fields, particularly Dr Berislav Zlokovic on blood-brain barrier and neurodegenerative diseases. Currently, my main research objective is to explore the genetic, molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, understand the crosstalk between the cell types of the brain and explore new approaches to restore the functional crosstalk for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
