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Our Team

"Our center is dedicated to the care of individuals with Frontotemporal degeneration spectrum disorders. Understanding the basis for Frontotemporal degeneration will improve quality of life and lead to a cure for these conditions." ~ Dr. Murray Grossman, Founder, Penn FTD Center

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Directors

Corey McMillan PhD

Corey McMillan PhD

Co-Director, Associate Professor

He/Him

Lauren Massimo PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Lauren Massimo PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Co-Director, Assistant Professor

She/Her

David Irwin MD

David Irwin MD

Co-Director, Assistant Professor

Faculty

Sara Manning MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Katya Rascovsky PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Jeffrey Maneval MD

Assistant Professor

Jeffrey Phillips PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Naomi Nevler MD

Research Assistant Professor

Katheryn Cousins PhD

Research Assistant Professor

She/Her

Emma Rhodes PhD

Neuropsychologist

Postdoctoral Fellow

Barbara Spencer PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

She/Her

Daniel Ohm PhD

Research Associate

Jesse Cohen MD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rory Boyle PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

He/Him

Sanjana Shellikeri PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Nadia Dehghani PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

She/Her

Melanie Matyi PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ting Shen PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Galit Agmon PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Anil Wadhwani MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

He/Him

Clinical Staff

Laynie Dratch ScM, CGC

Genetic Counselor

Gillian Bradley MA, BSN, RN

Clinical Research Nurse

She/Her

Katherine Lietz MSW, LSW

Social Worker

Graduate Students

Isabel Yannatos

Neuroscience Doctoral Student

She/Her

Lasya Sreepada

Bioengineering PhD Student

Mohammed Saqib

Bioengineering PhD Student

He/Him

Research Staff

Sharon Ash PhD

Sharon Ash PhD

Research Specialist C

MaKayla Lowe MHS

MaKayla Lowe MHS

Research Specialist

She/Her

Chigozie Ibe

Chigozie Ibe

Clinical Research Coordinator

He/Him

Mara Bloom

Mara Bloom

Clinical Research Coordinator

Cara Joyce

Cara Joyce

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Jessica Legaspi MS

Jessica Legaspi MS

Clinical Research Project Manager

Alejandra Bahena

Alejandra Bahena

Research Specialist

Quinn Hlava

Quinn Hlava

Clinical Research Coordinator

Sevila Temirova

Sevila Temirova

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Samantha Dengel

Samantha Dengel

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Dahlia Kamel

Dahlia Kamel

Clinical Trials Manager

Julia Kwiecinski

Julia Kwiecinski

Clinical Research Coordinator

Emily Xie

Emily Xie

Clinical Research Coordinator

Jordana Woodford MA, Ed.S

Jordana Woodford MA, Ed.S

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Cayla Andrews MS

Cayla Andrews MS

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Danielle Almstead

Clinical Research Coordinator

Lauren Bracken

Clinical Research Coordinator

Hamsi Radhakrishnan PhD

Neuroimaging Data Engineer

She/Her

Carmen Gonzalez-Recober

Clinical Research Coordinator

She/Her

Ashlyn O’Halloran

Clinical Research Coordinator

Christopher Olm PhD

Neuroimaging Data Engineer

He/Him

Alexandra Tavani

Clinical Research Coordinator

Lyles Clark PhD

Data Project Manager

They/Them

Yoon Duk Kim

Digital Speech Data Analyst & Programmer

Administration

Daneel Douglas

Technical Support

Brian Nelson BS

Data Management Systems

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