Executive Vice President of Research Management

Cure Alzheimer’s Fund has appointed Natasha Hussain, PhD as its next Executive Vice President, Research Management, effective immediately.

Dr. Hussain brings deep experience advancing neuroscience and cross-disciplinary research initiatives. Most recently, she served as the inaugural Associate Director of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford University, where she led strategic programming and partnerships to accelerate discovery in brain health and longevity. Prior to her time at Stanford, Dr. Hussain was Scientific Director of the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute at Johns Hopkins, fostering collaboration between neuroscientists, engineers, and data scientists.

Dr. Hussain holds a PhD in Neurology and Neurosurgery from McGill University and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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