Jennifer Yokoyama, PhD
Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine

Dr. Jennifer Yokoyama is a geneticist and neuroscientist who is interested in understanding how variation across the genome contributes to changes in structure and function as the brain ages.

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Dr. Yokoyama is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology and in Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, and the Mary Oakley Foundation Endowed Professor in Neurodegeneration. She has expertise in neurogenetics, genomics, transcriptomics, neuroimaging, statistics, bioinformatics, and clinical research of neurodegenerative disease. In addition, Dr. Yokoyama leads the UCSF Alzheimer Disease Research Center’s (ADRC) Biomarker Core and is a faculty member in the Global Brain Health Institute. Dr. Yokoyama was recognized for her role in mentoring by receiving the inaugural Alzheimer’s Association Excellence in Neuroscience Mentoring Award.

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
  • Ph.D. Graduate Division (Pharmaceutical Sci & Pharmacogenomics) University of California, San Francisco 2010

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Publications (205)

Top publication keywords:
Apolipoprotein E4Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseC9orf72 ProteinReceptors, ImmunologicDementiaPolymorphism, Single NucleotideGlucuronidaseAgingFrontotemporal Dementiatau ProteinsTauopathiesNeurodegenerative DiseasesAlzheimer DiseaseFrontotemporal Lobar DegenerationAtrophy

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