Virginia Sturm, PhD
Associate Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine

415-476-8618

Awards

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  • John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Endowed Professor, UCSF, 2019
  • Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science, 2013

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
  • BA Georgetown University
  • PhD University of California, Berkeley
  • postdoc University of California, San Francisco

Interests

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  • neurodegenerative disease
  • emotion
  • frontotemporal dementia
  • autonomic nervous system
  • affective neuroscience
  • Alzheimer's disease

Grants and Projects

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Publications (104)

Top publication keywords:
Parasympathetic Nervous SystemFrontal LobeEmpathyFrontotemporal DementiaSmilingPick Disease of the BrainRespiratory Sinus ArrhythmiaAutonomic Nervous SystemTemporal LobeDyslexiaAtrophyConsciousnessAlzheimer DiseaseHelping BehaviorEmotions

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