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 Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry
Director, Neuroscience Imaging Center
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UCSF - Mission Bay
Genentech Hall, Room N472J
600 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94158-2330
email: adam.gazzaley@ucsf.edu
office: 415-476-2162
lab: 415-476-2164
fax: 415-514-4451
Photography site: http://www.comewander.com
Curriculum Vitae: (Dec 2011)
Biography:
Dr. Gazzaley was born and raised in New York City. He was interested in science since childhood and was always convinced that it was his career path. However, he did not discover his passion for the brain until later in his undergraduate years. He went on to receive his M.D. and Ph.D degree in Neuroscience through the NIH-sponsored Medical Scientist Training Program at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. His doctoral research, under the mentorship of Dr. John Morrison, focused on plasticity of glutamate receptors in the hippocampus and implications for cognitive changes in normal aging. This research earned him the prestigious 1997 Krieg Cortical Scholar Award. He then completed an internship in internal medicine and residency in neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. Following residency, Dr. Gazzaley traveled to UC Berkeley for a research fellowship with Dr. Mark D’Esposito and Dr. Robert Knight. The research involved studying memory and attention in humans and the changes that occur with normal aging using functional MRI and EEG. During that time period he also completed a clinical fellowship in cognitive neurology at the Memory and Aging Center under the direction of Dr. Bruce Miller and became board-certified in neurology.
Dr. Gazzaley is the founding director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center at the University of California, San Francisco, an Associate Professor in Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry, and Principal Investigator of a cognitive neuroscience laboratory studying the neural mechanisms of perception, attention and memory, with an emphasis on distraction and multitasking. A major focus of his research has been to expand our understanding of alterations in the aging brain that lead to cognitive decline. His most recent studies explore how we can use this knowledge to improve our attention and memory abilities. His laboratory uses the tools of human neurophysiology, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). He has authored over 50 scientific articles, delivered almost 200 invited presentations and his research and perspectives have been consistently profiled in high-impact media: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME magazine, Discover, PBS, NPR, and NBC Nightly News. Awards and honors for his research include the Pfizer/AFAR Innovations in Aging Award and the Ellison Foundation New Scholar Award in Aging.
Science Magazine Profile 2003: Focusing on the Big Picture
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