Professor of Epidemiology & Neuroscience (in the Sergievsky Center)
at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University
Academic Appointments & Work Experience
3/2018 – Present
Professor of Epidemiology and Neuroscience (in the Sergievsky Center and Neurology) at Columbia University Medical Center
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G. H. Sergievsky Center (Research Department)
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Department of Epidemiology (Academic Department)
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s disease and the Aging Brain
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Department of Neurology
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
Teaching
Current Courses
Past Courses
Genetic Epidemiology of Aging and Age-Related Disorders (Spring, P8404)
(Previously called Epidemiology and Genetics of Aging), 2001-Present, offered every other year
Lead Instructor, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University
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Independent studies on Genetic Epidemiology of Aging and Age-Related Disorders (Spring PP8490-50), offered for students who could not enroll in P8404 due to time conflict.
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Logical Reasoning in Human Genetics | Columbia Global Center | Tunisia
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Mechanisms in Human Disease I (Fall, G6003), 2014-2018, 2020
Guest lecturer, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University
Genetics in Psychiatry/Neurology for PGY4 psychiatry residents at Columbia University (Summer, 2015)
Guest lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University
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Postdoctoral Training
9/1996-8/1999
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2/1996-8/1996
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2/1996-8/1996
Postdoctoral Scientist, Quantitative Genetics
Center for Neurobiology & Behavior
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Genetic Epidemiology
Columbia University, New York, NY
Research Scientist III, Genetic Epidemiology
NY State Institute for Basic Research, Staten Island, NY
Education
9/1987-2/1996
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9/1983-5/1985
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2/1981-5/1983
Columbia University, New York, NY
DrPH in Genetic Epidemiology
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University of California, Berkeley, CA
MPH in Epidemiology
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University of California, Irvine, CA
BS in Biology