<p> Julie Ngoc Thai came to the Memory and Aging Center after receiving her MPH with a concentration in Aging from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Julie's academic and professional interests lie in working with geriatric populations in social and clinical settings. She has previously worked as a nursing home volunteer to train socially isolated older adults in the use of computers and the Internet and has worked with Global Action on Aging, a United Nations NGO, to disseminate information on aging issues and elder rights to a global population. Currently, her involvement in coordinating the <a href="/cjd/research/current/assessingRPD/multiple" title="Early Diagnosis of Human Prion Disease"><i>Early Diagnosis of Human Prion Disease</i></a> study for patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) at the Memory and Aging Center denotes her transition into the clinical setting. Julie is responsible for patient intake, conducting caregiver questionnaires and performing MRI scans for rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) and CJD patients. </p>