Want to know the brains behind our brain science?
Meet our leadership team
Allan I. Levey, MD, PhD
Founding Director, Georgia Memory Net
Betty Gage Holland Professor and Chair
Department of Neurology
Director, Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Founding Director, Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Amy D. Rodriguez, PhD
Director, Charlie and Harriet Shaffer Cognitive Empowerment Program - Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Associate Professor, Emory Department of Neurology
Cecelia Manzanares
Director, Programs
Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Chadwick Hales MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, Assistant Professor
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Craig Heilman
Director of Laboratory Services
Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Erik Johnson
Department of Neurology, Assistant Professor
Emory University Department of Neurology
Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Heather R. Johnson, MPH
Executive Center Administrator
Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
James J. Lah, MD, PhD
Director, Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Vice Chair and Associate Professor, Emory Department of Neurology
Associate Director, Goizueta Institute at Emory Brain Health
Principal Investigator, Emory Health Aging Study
Director, Clinical Core, Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Katherine Sanders
Director, Projects
Personalized Brain Health Initiative
Emory Healthy Brain Study (EHBS)
Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Monica W. Parker, MD
Associate Professor, Emory Department of Neurology
Core Lead, Outreach, Recruitment, & Engagement
Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center - Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Paula J Edwards, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Data Science Strategy
Personalized Brain Health Initiative, Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Assistant Research Professor, Dept. of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Rollins School of Public Health
Petek Ozgul
Director of Technology and Data Infrastructure
Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Ranjita Betarbet, PhD
Director, Programs
Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Projects
Senior Scientific Administrator,Center for Neurodegenerative Disease
Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Rebecca L. McIntosh, MA
Director, Programs
Cognitive Neurology Academic Programs
Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Ronna Charles
Director of Communications
Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Tanya Whitney Jones, MPA
Director of Finance
Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Todd Eliot Golde, MD PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Professor of Neurology
Director, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease - Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
