Interests
Current Work
Renaud combines multimodal neuroimaging, fluid biomarkers, and neuropsychological measures to study the natural history of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-associated neurodegenerative diseases. His overarching goal is to provide patients with a more accurate diagnosis and guide better treatments.
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Words of Strength
Creativity, Curiosity, Mentoring, Collaboration, Respect
Vision
Dementia is a complex and multi-factorial issue. We need to foster large scale collaborations and multidisciplinary approaches to understand its causes and lower its impact on communities worldwide.
Strategy
Renaud is a neuroscientist with expertise in brain imaging techniques and other biomarkers. By collaborating with multiple experts, including neuropathologists, he aims to guide a rigorous interpretation of biomarker data for patient diagnosis and care.
Motivation
GBHI offers a unique opportunity to connect and collaborate with experts in multiple fields across the world, which will be crucial to understand the drivers of brain health and disease, and implement change globally.
Education & Experience
Renaud La Joie originally trained in Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, and Neuroimaging in France before moving to California for his post-doctoral fellowships at UC Berkeley and then at UCSF. in 2020, he joined the faculty at the UCSF memory and aging center, where he combines multimodal neuroimaging techniques, fluid biomarkers, and neuropsychological measures to study the natural history of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-associated neurodegenerative diseases.
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