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.
Toffler Scholars
2021
Silvia Fossati, PhD
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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.
Impact
$40,000 In Funding To-Date
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