The Organizing Committee of AD/PD™ 2022 recognized the top junior and trainee abstract presenters with Junior Faculty Awards.

Recipients of this award gave an oral presentation on their research during the Conference.

​**Eligible candidates for the Junior Faculty Awards are graduate students (PhD, MD) or junior scientists up to five years after the doctorate degree (PhD, MD)

Congratulations to the 2022 winners!

Giordano Cecchetti, Italy

Abstract: COGNITIVE, EEG AND MRI FEATURES OF COVID-19 SURVIVORS: A 10-MONTH STUDY

María-Ángeles Cortés-Gómez, Spain

Abstract: ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE IN IPS-DERIVED CORTICAL NEURONS FROM AD-PATIENT

Joshua T. Emmerson, Canada

Abstract: COMPENSATORY ROLE OF TAU ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN THE AGED MCGILL APPXR955-HTAU RAT: A NOVEL BIGENIC RAT MODEL WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE-LIKE PATHOLOGY

Pamela Lukasewicz Ferreira, USA

Abstract: HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON OF PLASMA BIOMARKERS OF AMYLOID, TAU, AND INFLAMMATION FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF AD PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Yann Le Guen, USA

Abstract: APOE MISSENSE VARIANT R145C IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE RISK IN AFRICAN ANCESTRY INDIVIDUALS WITH THE APOE Ε3/Ε4 GENOTYPE

Maura Malpetti, United Kingdom

Abstract: IN VIVO PET IMAGING OF INFLAMMATION AS A PROGNOSTIC TOOL IN FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA

Alexa Pichet Binette, Sweden

Abstract: COMBINING PLASMA PHOSPHO-TAU AND OTHER ACCESSIBLE MEASURES TO EVALUATE RISK OF PROGRESSION TO ALZHEIMER’S DEMENTIA IN MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT PATIENTS

Disha Shah, Belgium

Abstract: ASTROCYTES ARE INVOLVED IN NETWORK HYPERACTIVITY AT EARLY STAGES OF AMYLOID PATHOLOGY

Joel Simrén, Sweden

Abstract: PLASMA BIOMARKERS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IN RELATION TO LONGITUDINAL COGNITION AND NEUROPATHOLOGY

Yang Shi, United Kingdom

Abstract: STRUCTURE-BASED CLASSIFICATION OF TAUOPATHIES

Joseph Therriault, Canada

Abstract: BIOMARKER MODELING OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE USING IN VIVO BRAAK STAGING

Cecile Tissot, Canada

Abstract: IMAGING SYNAPTIC DENSITY IN AGING AND FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA

Stephanie Tullo, Canada

Abstract: LONGITUDINAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN-INDUCED BRAIN PATHOLOGY AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY IN MOUSE MODELS OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Arvis Sulovari, USA

Abstract: TRANSCRIPTOME- AND PROTEOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE IDENTIFY PATHWAYS INVOLVED IN DISEASE ETIOLOGY

Naoto Watamura, Japan

Abstract: HUMAN MAPT KNOCK-IN MICE THAT HARBOR FAMILIAL TAUOPATHY-CAUSING MUTATIONS

Yi-Ting Wang, Canada

Abstract: APOE ISOFORMS DIFFERENTIALLY MODULATE THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN REGIONAL TAU DEPOSITION AND NEUROINFLAMMATION IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE