A multidisciplinary team of scientists, physicians, and trainees working together on the vascular biology of stroke and dementia.
Jason is a physician-scientist, trained in vascular neurology and neurorehabilitation, with clinical expertise in stroke, stroke recovery, vascular cognitive impairment, and dementia. In July 2026, he was appointed the Susan & David Wilstein Endowed Chair in Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He also serves as Director of the Katherine and Benjamin Kagan AD Treatment Program and Director of the Easton Center Labs for Neurodegeneration. He co-directs the UCLA Neuroscience Physician-Scientist Training Program. He believes in fairness in education, science, and medicine.
Yutaro completed his PhD with Dr. Bruce Lamb at Case Western Reserve University and joined the lab in 2018 to develop viral tools for transcriptional profiling of glial cells in tauopathy. He has expertise in bioinformatics, gene expression, and data visualization.
Quique completed his PhD focused on dysregulation of energetic pathways in rodent models of stroke. He joined the lab in 2021 to study vascular regulation of myelination through chemokine signaling.
Sihwan completed his PhD at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, where he analyzed brain transcriptomes of Down syndrome patients and stressed mice using weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA). He joined the lab in October 2023 to study molecular mechanisms of neurovascular contributions in Alzheimer's disease.
Roy is a UCLA Neuroscience graduate student and recipient of the 2021 Black Men's Brain Health Fellowship. His dissertation focuses on molecular pathways driving phenotypic changes in astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease.
Matthew is a graduate student in the NSIDP program at UCLA who joined the lab in July 2023. His work focuses on molecular pathways driving phenotypic changes in endothelial cells in the context of Alzheimer's disease.
Marissa completed her bachelor's degree at UCLA and joined the lab in early 2022. She coordinates clinical research activities for projects on vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia. She plans to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology.
Jenny joined the lab in early 2020 and works on molecular mechanisms of axonal degeneration after stroke. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience at UCLA.
Grace completed her undergraduate degree at Columbia and joined the lab in June 2022. She uses a 3D in vitro cerebrovascular modeling approach to study the mechanisms underlying intracranial atherosclerotic disease and subsequent stroke.
Veronica studies pathways in oligodendrocytes that promote remyelination after stroke, and is preparing for a future career as a physician-scientist.
Brian completed his UCLA undergraduate degree in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology with a minor in Society and Genetics, and has contributed to lab studies on mechanisms of axonal degeneration after stroke. He plans to pursue a career in medicine.
Kiran is a Human Biology and Society major with a minor in Philosophy. He joined the lab in January 2022 and works on clinical research projects focusing on stroke recovery.
Alissa is a Neuroscience major with a minor in Musicology. She joined the lab in Summer 2022 and plans to pursue a career in medicine.
Madhavi is a Human Biology and Society major who joined the lab in March 2023 and plans to pursue a career in medicine.
Ava is a Neuroscience major with a minor in Biomedical Research. She joined the lab in 2023 and studies the mechanisms regulating tissue repair after white matter stroke.
Maeve is a Physiological Science major, originally from Alaska. She works on the SARM1 project in the lab.
Malaki is a Psychobiology major with a minor in Biomedical Research. He plans to attend an MD/PhD program and continue conducting neurologic research.