Dr. Elizabeth Head received a Masters in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Toronto, Canada. She received postdoctoral training at the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) at the University of California, Irvine. She is a Dean’s Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Head has dedicated over 25 years to the study of aging and Alzheimer’s disease with a focus on people with Down syndrome. The overarching goal of her laboratory is to use multidisciplinary approaches to identify targets for interventions for people with Down syndrome to slow or prevent the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

To learn more, visit the Head Lab website.