Our Team
Despite COVID-19, we at the Harvard Aging Brain Study are still hard at work!

Leadership
Reisa Sperling MD
Dr. Reisa Sperling is a neurologist focused on the detection and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, even before clinical symptoms are evident. She is the co-Principal Investigator, with Dr. Keith Johnson, of the Harvard Aging Brain Study in Boston. Her research uses neuroimaging and cognitive tests to understand the aging brain and the earliest changes associated […]
Keith Johnson MD
Dr. Johnson is a Professor of Radiology and Neurology at the Harvard Medical School. He is also an Associate Radiologist and the Director of Molecular Neuroimaging in the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He also serves as an associate physician and staff neurologist in the Memory Disorders […]
Dorene Rentz PsyD
Dorene M. Rentz, PsyD, is a clinical neuropsychologist with dual appointments in the Departments of Neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. She is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and serves as the Co-Director of the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment and the Director of Neuropsychology at […]
Co-Investigators




























Remote Investigators
Bernard Hanseeuw MD, PhD
Willem Hujibers PhD
Elizabeth Mormino PhD
Jeremy Pruzin MD
Study Staff, Research Coordinators, and Research Assistants





























Interns and Volunteers






Harvard Aging Brain Alumni
Sarah Aghjayan
Jonathan Alverio
Nayiri Arzoumanian
Kelsey Barolak
Savannah Bell
Kelsey Biddle
Jon Bruno
Katie Chandler
Lori Chou
Margaret Chute
Alex Dagley
Gabrielle de Weck
Maria Dekhtyar
Ana Eustace
Chris Gidiscin
Sehily Jaimes
Bryce Jones
Victoria Jonas
Sam Katz
Elie Kercine
Hannah Klein
Molly LaPoint
Natacha Lorius
Harika Malapaka
Barbara “Zada” Marebwa
Courtney Martin
Samantha Mauro
Jackie Maye
Syra Mehdi
Tamy-Fee Meneide
Michaela Mentzer
Kirsten Moody
Lesley Pepin
Marlie Philiossaint
Vaishnivi Rao
Aubryn Samaroo
Yaritsa Sanchez
Julia Sherman
Paige Sparks
Caroline Sullivan
Heirangi Torrico-Teave
Lauren Wadsworth
Andrew Ward
Sarah Wigman
Alayna Younger
Maria Zambrano