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Professor Jason Hassenstab
Name:
Professor Jason Hassenstab
Job Title:
Professor, Neurology and Psychology
Place of work / study:
Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Area of Research:
Alzheimer’s disease; Cognition, Digital Biomarkers
How is your research funded:
National Institutes of Health
Tell us a little about yourself:
I direct a laboratory called the Cognitive Technology Research Laboratory (CTRLab) where we develop technology designed to improve the assessment of cognition and function in normal aging and in Alzheimer’s disease populations. I have been the Cognition Core Leader for the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) studies for 11 years, and am the Principal Investigator of ARC-DS, a multi-site study to develop a mobile data collection platform in Down syndrome-associated Alzheimer’s disease.
Tell us a fun fact about yourself:
Prior to pursuing academics, I was a professional jazz saxophonist.
Why did you choose to work in dementia research?
I have always loved older adults and I find Alzheimer’s disease to be one of the most vexing and complicated diseases to study.
What single piece of advice would you give to an early career researcher?
Failing is part of the process of being a scientist. Let the bad grant scores and paper rejections bounce off of you and move on.
Dr Clíona Farrell
