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