Yakeel Quiroz, PhD
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Affiliation(s):
Massachusetts General Hospital
Areas of Interest:
preclinical Alzheimer's disease, brain imaging, clinical neuropsychology
Biography & Research:
Dr. Quiroz joined the Harvard Medical School faculty in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in January 2015. She completed her Ph.D. training in clinical psychology at Boston University and a postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at MGH/Harvard Medical School.
By applying her efforts to a large family that carries a genetic mutation that causes early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Dr. Quiroz’s research has focused on characterizing brain changes that may predispose individuals to develop memory loss or dementia later in life. Her work has already provided evidence of brain abnormalities in cognitively -intact individuals at high risk for AD decades before their clinical onset.Her research work has resulted in several publications that have generated considerable discussion in the field, and has achieved recognition by colleagues at the regional, national, and international level.
