Staff and Faculty
Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center
David A. Bennett, MD
David A. Bennett, MD, is director of the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center and the Robert C. Borwell Professor of Neurological Sciences and a visiting profess in the Health Sciences Program at IAMSPE. He is the Principal Investigator of PARDoS.
Jose Farfel, MD, PhD
Dr. Farfel is mentor of the Health Sciences Program at IAMSPE. He is also Assistant Professor at the Rush Alzheimer´s Disease Center, and a member of the Department of Pathology at Rush University Medical Center. He is the subcontract Principal Investigator of PARDoS at IAMSPE.
Lisa Barnes, PhD
Lisa L. Barnes, PhD is a professor in the departments of neurological sciences and behavioral sciences at Rush University Medical Center, and a cognitive neuropsychologist in the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center.
Annie Barz, MS
Annie Barz, MS, is the Senior Research Administrator at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center.
Ana Capuano, PhD
Ana W. Capuano, MPS, MS, PhD, is assistant professor of neurological sciences and statistician of the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center.
John Gibbons, MS
John Gibbons is the manager of information systems for the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center.
Sukriti Nag, MD, PhD
Sukriti Nag is a neuropathologist at the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center and a member of the Department of Pathology.
Robert Wilson, PhD
Robert S. Wilson, PhD is the senior neuropsychologist of the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center
Michael Yang, PhD
Michael Yang, PhD is a faculty statistician in the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center and assistant professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences.
Lei Yu, PhD
Lei Yu, PhD is a faculty statistician in the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center and assistant professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences.
Instituto de Assistencia Medica ao Servidor Publico Estadual
Maria Carolina de Moraes Sampaio, RN.
Ms. Sampaio is a registered nurse and has a master’s degree in quality of care. She has extensive experience in consenting and interviewing legal informants in post-mortem studies. Ms. Sampaio has been supervising the consent and interviewing procedures of the legacy cases of the project since the first consent.
Jaques Waisberg, MD PhD
Dr. Waisberg is Dean of Graduate Studies at IAMSPE, and Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences at IAMSPE. He is also Full Professor of the Discipline of General Surgery and Digestive System at ABC Medical School (FMABC). Dr. Waisberg has large experience in supervising research projects at IAMSPE.
IAMSPE Interview and Consent Team
Débora Santos Hunter
Graduated in Nursing at Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas- UniFMU, São Paulo, Brazil.
Mayara Portela
Graduated in Nursing at Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE, São Paulo, Brazil
Postgraduate degree in Urgency and Emergency at Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE, São Paulo, Brazil
Postgraduate degree in Teaching at Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE, São Paulo, Brazil
Marcela Freitas
Graduated in Nursing at Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE , São Paulo, Brazil
Erica Pereira
Graduated in Nursing at Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE, São Paulo, Brazil
Thamires Silva
Graduated in Nursing at Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE, São Paulo, Brazil
Lab Technician
Daniella Duo
Graduated in Biomedical at Universidade Paulista - UNIP , São Paulo, Brazil
Debora Medeiros
Graduated in Biomedical at Faculdade Metropolitanas Unidas - FMU , São Paulo, Brazil
Gabrielly Rocha Lira
Graduated in Biomedical at Universidade Anhembi Morumbi - FMU , São Paulo, Brazil
Rosane dos Reis
High experience with microtomy in Pathological Anatomy at Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual, HSPE, São Paulo, Brazil
Autopsy Technician
Andreia Vieira
High experience with autopsy at Serviços de Verificação de Óbitos - SVO, Santo André, Brazil
Leidy Aquino
High experience with autopsy at Serviços de Verificação de Óbitos - SVO, Santo André, Brazil