Our Research Team

The nineteen primary personnel defining the core of the Consortium, and representing the hub institution (UC Davis School of Medicine - SOM) and four associated institutions (University of Washington, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Scripps Research Institute, and Erasmus University), reflect a history of strong collaborations and interdisciplinary research spanning the disciplines of molecular genetics, cellular neurosciences, animal behavior and neurology, neuropathology, neuroimaging, clinical neurology, neurodegeneration research, developmental and behavioral pediatrics, psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive neuroscience.

Paul J. Hagerman, MD, PhD

NTRI Principal Investigator, Component 2 PI
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Director, NeuroTherapeutics Research Institute
UC Davis School of Medicine
pjhagerman@ucdavis.edu

Assistant: Lisa Makhoul
ejbecker@ucdavis.edu

Cameron S. Carter, MD

NTRI Co-PI, Component 6 PI
Psychiatry and Psychology
Director
UC Davis Imaging Research Center
UC Davis Health System
cameron.carter@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Randi J. Hagerman, MD

NTRI Co-PI, Component 4 PI
Pediatrics
Medical Director, UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute
UC Davis Health System
randi.hagerman@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
916-703-0247

Principal and co-Principal Investigators of Consortium Components

Component 2 – Paul J Hagerman, PI; Isaac Pessah and Claes Wahlestedt, co-PIs

Component 3 – Robert Berman, PI; Rob Willemsen, co-PI

Component 4 – Randi J Hagerman, PI; Charles DeCarli and Jim Bourgeois, co-PIs

Component 5 – Tony Simon, PI; Susan Rivera, co-PI

Component 6 – Cameron Carter, PI; George R. Mangun, co-PI

Consortium Investigators

Robert F Berman, PhD

Component 3 PI
Neurological Surgery
UC Davis School of Medicine
rfberman@ucdavis.edu

James A. Bourgeois, MD, OD

Component 4 Co-PI
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UC Davis School of Medicine
james.bourgeois@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Charles DeCarli, MD

Component 4 Co-PI
Neurology and Center for Neuroscience
Director, Alzheimer's Disease Center and Imaging of Dementia and Aging (IDeA) Laboratory
UC Davis School of Medicine
cdecarli@ucdavis.edu
916-734-8413

Claudia M. Greco, MD

Components 2 and 3, investigator
Pathology
UC Davis School of Medicine
Claudia.greco@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
916-734-3587

Jim Grigsby, PhD

Component 4 investigator
Medicine, Division of Health Care Policy and Research and Geriatric Medicine
Center for Health Services Research
University of Colorado at Denver, Health Sciences Center
Jim.Grigsby@UCHSC.edu
303-724-2415

David Hessl, PhD

Component 4 investigator
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute
UC Davis Health System
david.hessl@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
916-703-0249

Albert La Spada MD, PhD

Component 3 investigator
Laboratory Medicine
Center on Human Development and Disability
University of Washington, Seattle
laspada@u.washington.edu

Maureen A. Leehey, MD

Component 4 investigator
Neurology
University of Colorado at Denver, Health Sciences Center
Maureen.leehey@uchsc.edu
303-315-6456

George R. Mangun, PhD

Component 6 Co-PI
Neurology and Psychology
Director, Center for Mind and Brain
http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis School of Medicine
mangun@ucdavis.edu

Danh Nguyen, PhD

Component 2 and 4 investigator; lead Consortium statistician
Divison of Biostatistics
Department of Public Health Sciences
University of California, Davis
ucdnguyen@ucdavis.edu
530-754-6510
http://dnguyen.ucdavis.edu

Isaac Pessah, PhD

Component 2 Co-PI, Component 1 investigator
VetMed: Molecular Biosciences
Director, Center for Children's Environmental Health
University of California, Davis
inpessah@ucdavis.edu

Susan Rivera, PhD

Component 5 Co-PI
Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
srivera@ucdavis.edu

Tony J. Simon, PhD

Component 5 PI
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UC Davis Health System
Cognitive Analysis & Brain Imaging Laboratory
http://cabil.mindinstitute.org
tjsimon@ucdavis.edu
916-703-0407
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/ourteam/faculty/simon.html

Flora Tassone, PhD

Component 2 investigator
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
UC Davis School of Medicine
M.I.N.D. Institute
UC Davis Health System
ftassone@ucdavis.edu

Claes Wahlestedt, MD, PhD

Component 2 Co-PI
Neuroscience Discovery
The Scripps Research Institute -Scripps Florida
clawah@scripps.edu

Rob Willemsen, PhD

Component 3 Co-PI
Clinical Genetics
Erasmus MC, The Netherlands
r.willemsen@erasmusmc.nl