Newswise — Alison M. Goate, DPhil, a leading scientist in neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), has been named Chair of the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Goate is the Willard T.C. Johnson Research Professor of Neurogenetics, and Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Neuroscience, and Neurology. She joined the Icahn School of Medicine faculty in 2015 as Founding Director of The Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s Disease at Mount Sinai. She will assume her new responsibilities on January 1, 2021.
“Dr. Goate has made significant contributions in the field of genetics and we know her leadership will propel Mount Sinai’s contributions to the field of genetics and futher the understanding of many diseases,” said Dennis S. Charney, MD,…
