REC Scholar 2023

Originally from New Zealand, I am an Instructor (Radiology) working in the Neuroimaging Laboratories Research Center (NIL-RC). Broadly, I am interested in understanding heterogeneous cognitive trajectories across the lifespan, and in (Alzheimer) disease. I am currently working on projects that aim to understand the relationship between tauopathy and white matter degeneration, as well as their combined downstream influence on cognition. I am particularly interested in exploring whether unique patterns of tau protein seeding and spread, along with tau-mediated disruption to local white matter structures, can partially explain the heterogeneous cognitive outcomes associated with Alzheimer disease.

• Email: n.mckay@wustl.edu

Dr. Peter Millar completed his PhD in Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis in 2020, working with Dr. Dave Balota, where he focused on cognitive changes in healthy aging and early Alzheimer disease. He further trained as a postdoctoral research associate with Dr. Beau Ances in the Department of Neurology at Wash U, where he completed additional training in functional and structural neuroimaging methods. He is now an Instructor in Neurology at Wash U. His primary research interests involve using multimodal neuroimaging and advanced computational techniques to study the effects of aging and Alzheimer disease on the brain and how they related to cognition.

• Email: pmillar@wustl.edu

I am an assistant professor at Saint Louis University (SLU), and my current research is conducted at SLU and the Washington University Performance, Environment, Participation Laboratory. I have sought out collaborative and community engaged Dissemination & Implementation research directly related to fall prevention and home modifications for diverse older adults and adults aging with disability. I have been included in federal grant applications (HRSA, HUD, NIA grants) as a sub recipient, and established grant funded staff positions and a research team within my department. I am currently engaged as an investigator/trainee within a NIA research supplement grant, Falls: A Marker of Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease. Through this supplement, I am investigating the relationship between cognition, fall risks/falls; and the functional symptoms of the pre-clinical stage of Alzheimer's disease within adults aging with Down syndrome.

• Email: selena.washington@health.slu.edu