Jessica Zakrzewski graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2003 with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology. While at Minnesota, Jessica worked with Dr. Charles Nelson in his cognitive developmental neuroscience lab on a behavioral study on infant fear reactivity. After graduating she worked as a psychophysiologist at the Minnesota Center for Twin & Family Research and a project coordinator at the Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of North Carolina. In 2008 Jessica received her masters of research in psychology from the University of Manchester where she focused in her master's work on conceptual knowledge differentiation and vulnerability to depression.

Jessica joined the Memory and Aging Center in 2010. She coordinates the Anosognosia study which is part of Dr. Rosen's Emotional Learning project.

Teresa Wu graduated from Stanford University with a BA degree in human biology in 2010. At Stanford, Teresa did research in molecular neurobiology and completed an honors thesis studying the genetic mechanisms underlying neuron development. During her undergraduate years, she volunteered as a health educator addressing the issues of teen relationship abuse and spent time in rural Japan working with children suffering from emotional disturbances.

Teresa joined the Memory and Aging Center in June 2010. She is the research coordinator for the study, Frontotemporal Dementia: Genes, Imaging and Emotions. This observational study aims to better characterize neurodegenerative diseases such as frontotemporal dementia with the goal of developing better diagnostic tools for the diseases.

When she has the chance, Teresa enjoys horseback riding in fresh morning air and hiking under the stars in the peace of night.

Sarah graduated from the University of Vermont in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in biology and a minor in psychology. While there, she worked as a student researcher studying the effect of exercise on conditioned fear in mice. The year following her graduation, Sarah worked at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological disease studying neurobehavioral function in mouse models of neurological disease.

Sarah joined the Memory and Aging Center in September of 2008 to work as a research and administrative assistant. She now is the project coordinator for the Prediction of Cognitive Decline project which is run collaboratively with the SFVA hospital. This study aims to develop early detection of age-related memory disorders through the use of imaging and cognitive testing measures.

She enjoys the unique collaborative environment that the MAC provides and looks forward to a career in medicine.

Marissa Urbano graduated from Stanford University in 2005 with a bachelor of arts degree in human biology. While at Stanford, Marissa aided studies on both Fragile X syndrome and deep brain stimulation in idiopathic Parkinson's disease at the Stanford Medical Center. Upon graduating, she volunteered with AmeriCorps to start and manage a mentoring program for at-risk youth, as well as provided emergency medical response as an Emergency Medical Technician in Fresno County.

Marissa joined the Memory and Aging Center in 2009. She coordinates both the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) and the Neuroimaging in Frontotemporal Dementia study. Both longitudinal studies are aimed at determining which imaging modalities and biomarkers help predict the onset and monitor the progression of neurodegenerative disease.

When she is not furthering her exploration of the human mind, Marissa enjoys hiking and backpacking in the California wilderness.

Marian Tse joined the Memory and Aging Center in 2006 as a clinical research coordinator. Her primary role is administering cognitive tests to Chinese patients at different outreach sites and in the MAC clinic. Prior to joining the MAC, she worked for various research labs at UCSF.

In her free time, Marian enjoys hiking, cooking and singing.

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謝女士於二零零六年加入記憶力研究及治療中心，擔任臨床實驗研究員一職 。其主要職責是替華裔病人作記憶力測試；並將評估結果呈交本中心之神經專科医生作綜合評估病症之用 。與此同時，她更負責為病人、家屬或看顧者作即時傳譯，使我們的專科医生能對病人之病徵作深入了解。她是本中心與各外展診所 及病人之聯絡橋樑。工餘之時，謝女士喜歡遠足，烹飪及唱歌。

Diana Tovar is a San Francisco native who graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA degree in psychology. While at Cal, she grew interested in research and volunteered for the Institute of Personality and Social Research. There she worked on a study that looked at how racial stigma affects the exchange of information in online relationships. After graduating, she briefly worked for a consulting firm where she focused on evaluating the effectiveness of a drug treatment program and an alternative high school for juvenile offenders.

Diana joined the MAC in December of 2009 and began working with the healthy aging team. The Hillblom Aging Network follows cognitively normal aging adults in hopes of better understanding what changes can be attributed to normal aging and what changes may be early markers of dementia.

Trishna Subas graduated from UC Berkeley in 2009 with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology. Prior to coming to the Memory and Aging Center, she worked in the Berkeley Psychophysiology Lab investigating dementia and its connection to emotional functioning, and on a variety of projects regarding emotion and social interaction. She also worked at the Mills Lab, on a study which has followed a cohort of women from 1958 to the present.

Trishna joined the Memory and Aging Center in July 2010. Her primary role is managing the New Approaches to Dementia Heterogeneity grant, which follows patients with the goal of learning more about dementia to improve early detection and clinical care for patients. Additionally, she conducts cognitive testing with patients and assists in the validation of new diagnostic criteria for dementia.

Josiah Leong graduated from UC Berkeley in 2010 with a BA degree in psychology. At Cal, Josiah did research on gesture comprehension in Rich Ivry's Cognition and Action lab which culminated in an honors thesis. During his undergraduate career he volunteered at a local crisis support line as well as the Napa State Hospital, which treats individuals who are convicted of violent crimes but also have a psychiatric illness.

Josiah joined the Memory and Aging Center in June 2010. He is currently working with Howard Rosen, MD, as a research associate for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). The project aims to study biomarkers that are indicative of progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's disease (AD). He is also a part of the Imaging Core and works with DTI, ASL perfusion and structural data. He intends to pursue graduate work in cognitive neuroscience.

Oscar was born in Mexico and moved to Colorado at the age of eight, where he resided until he left for college. He attended Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine and received a bachelor of science degree in medical anthropology in 2006. While in school, Oscar became involved with a longitudinal research project focusing on the economic, social and cultural influences of health and healthcare in central Mexico.

After graduating, Oscar worked for almost two years with Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, looking at treatment adherence and health disparities of Latino, African American asthmatic children. He arrived at the Memory and Aging Center in the winter of 2008, and since then has been coordinating Dr. Rosen's emotions research. The emotions research ranges from dementia patient's insight into their cognitive abilities to presenting cognitive tasks that evoke measurable physiological reactions.