Dr. Erin Sundermann is a cognitive neuroscientist and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at University of California, San Diego. Her doctoral level training was in the role of sex hormones on cognition, mood, and brain function in women, and she brings this expertise to her current research program that examines sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease as a window into disease discovery for all.  Her research uses a lifespan approach to investigate how lifetime sex differences in brain function and female-specific reproductive factors, such as menopause, oral contraceptive and hormone therapy, influence later life brain health and dementia risk. She leads multiple NIH grants focused on improving our understanding of the higher prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in women and serves on the Board of Directors of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences.