Current & Past Scholars

2024 REC Scholars

Researcher Assistant Professor

North Carolina Central University

REC Scholar Project: 

APOE4 regulates nicotinic receptor function in the hippocampus 

Preventive Medicine Resident

UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine

REC Scholar Project: 

Individual and Neighborhood-Level Disparities in Polypharmacy Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Dementia: A Nationwide Study 

Postdoctoral Fellow

Duke University

REC Scholar Project: 

Column-based analyses of cortical iron in healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease 

2023 REC Scholars

Assistant Professor

East Carolina University 



REC Scholar Project:

Improving Health and Well-being of People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and their Family Caregivers in Eastern North Carolina 

Postdoctoral Research Associate

UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine


REC Scholar Project:

Targeting autophagy to monitor age-related cognitive decline and the dementia risk 

NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Scholar

Duke University



REC Scholar Project:

Assessing the Interplay of the Built Environment with Midlife Risk for Dementia 

2022 REC Scholars

Research Health Scientist

Durham VA Health Care System’s Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT);

 Clinical Associate

Duke University School of Nursing 

REC Scholar Project:

Development of a Dyadic Stress Management Toolkit for Dementia Caring Dyads 

Assistant Professor

School of Life Sciences

ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center

Arizona State University

Tseng Lab 

REC Scholar Project: 

Deciphering the Aged Tau Species that Evolve During Normal Aging  

Research Assistant Professor

Biotechnology Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE Institute)

North Carolina Central University 

REC Scholar Project:

New Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Tauopathies Diagnosis