Temple University’s Alzheimer’s Center
Partner Since 2020
Toffler Scholar Program
The Alzheimer’s Center at Temple University integrates research, training, clinical, and educational activities in order to study the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, discover the mechanisms responsible for their onset and progression, and develop effective treatment strategies with the ultimate goal of curing those diseases.
The Toffler Scholar Program provides crucial early-stage funding and network support for researchers at Temple University’s Alzheimer’s Center. Researchers are chosen to become Toffler Scholars due to their innovative thinking and research excellence.
Scholars
Micaelly Alves
Ashley Carey
Nicole Lemon
Elisa Canepa
Silvia Fossati
Toffler Scholar Spotlights
Get an in-depth look at some of our Toffler Scholars.
Dr. Fossati
Dr. Fossati is the inaugural Toffler Scholar at Temple University, where she is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and the Associate Director of the Alzheimer's Center. Her research focuses on the molecular development of disorders relating to the brain and blood vessels and the cell-death and mitochondrial stress mechanisms that cause neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, traumatic brain injury, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dr. Canepa
Dr. Canepa earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2022 at Temple University. She is an Associate Scientist at the Alzheimer’s Center at Temple University, Lewis Katz School of Medicine. Dr. Canepa and her team are investigating neurovascular dysfunction and neuroinflammation (gliosis) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Dr. Canepa hopes their research will lead to novel therapeutic strategies to reduce neurovascular pathology and neuroinflammation in patients with AD.
Ashley Carey
Ashley Carey earned the Toffler Scholar Award in 2023 at Temple University. A PhD candidate in Neuroscience, Carey is researching the role that specific cardiovascular risk factors play in the onset and progression of dementia in Alzheimer’s disease.
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