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Marilyn Albert, Ph.D.
ADRC Director

Email Address: malbert9@jhmi.edu

Marilyn Albert is currently Director of the Division of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. She moved to Johns Hopkins in 2003, after having been on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School for 22 years, where she directed the Gerontology Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Her major research interests are in the area of cognitive change with age, disease-related changes of cognition (with a particular focus on Alzheimer's Disease) and the relationship of cognitive change to brain structure and function, as assessed through imaging.

Publications

Desikan R, Fischl B, Cabral H, Kemper T, Guttmann C, Blacker D, Hyman B, Albert M, Killiany R. MRI measures of temporoparietal regions show differential rates of atrophy during prodromal AD. Neurol, 2008; 71: 819-825.

Steinerman J, Irizarry M, Scarmeas N, Raju S, Brandt J, Albert M, Blacker D, Hyman B, Stern Y. Distinct biochemical pools of Aß in Alzheimer’s disease brain: A clinical-pathological study. Arch Neurol, 2008; 65: 906-912.

McQueen M, Bertram L, Lange C, Becker K, Albert M, Tanzi R, Blacker D. Exploring candidate gene associations with neuropsychological performance. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 2007; 114B: 987-991.

Blacker D, Lee H, Muzikansky A, Martin E, Tanzi R, McArdle J, Moss M, Albert M. Neuropsychological measures in normal individuals that predict subsequent cognitive decline. Arch Neurol, 2007; 64: 862-871.

Albert M, Blacker D, Moss M, Tanzi R, McArdle J. Longitudinal cognitive change among individuals with mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology, 2007; 21: 158-169.
Appointments
Primary Appointment in Neurology
Secondary Appointments in Psychiatry & Behavioral Science; Neuroscience; Psychology & Brain Science


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