Gengsheng (Allison) Chen, PhD

Dr. Gengsheng Chen is a Senior Scientist in the department of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her PhD in Computational Biophysics at University of Missouri, Columbia, which was followed by a three year T-32 postdoc training in Genetic Epidemiology. She has been working with Dr. Benzinger since 2018, where she is focused on how baseline and longitudinal biomarkers predict cognitive decline for individuals with early stage Alzheimer disease. She is also studying brain network using graph theory and works with Dr. Benzinger as well as Dr. Cruchaga to investigate genetic risk factors for Alzheimer disease progression.

• Email: allisonchen@nospam.wustl.edu