Experts Guide

Smith is director of clinical research at the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute and an expert in Alzheimer’s Disease, neuroscience and psychiatry.

Bush's research focuses on the cognitive neuroscience and neurophysiology of normative aging, mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Her expertise includes neurophysiology, electroencephalography, early-stage Alzheimer's Disease, audition and cognition, and cognitive decline detection and treatment.

Chiriboga's work includes a statewide study of mental and physical health disparities in Florida, the effectiveness of family-centered interventions for Medicaid beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and a three-state study of barriers to health and health care posed by limited English proficiency among older Korean immigrants.

Cohen is an expert on lethal violence, family caregiving, Alzheimer's Disease, dementia, aging and mental health, elder abuse and murder-suicide.

O’Brien’s research focuses on the fundamental mechanisms behind perception, attention and decision-making in healthy adults and in changes to these systems during normal and abnormal aging. She is part of teams that have received more than $68 million in grant funding to study Alzheimer's disease in older adults.

Park's research focuses on minority aging, Alzheimer's Disease, social isolation and mental health.

Lampe's research focuses on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia care and caregiving, aging and behavioral health disparities of LGBTQIA+ aging populations.

Sanberg's His research involves discovering innovative ways to repair the damaged brain, and he helped lead the team that demonstrated the use of umbilical cord blood derived cells for neurological disease. His work has been instrumental in understanding and developing new pharmaceutical and cellular therapeutics for stroke, Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease and Tourette syndrome.

Bishnoi's research focuses on neurocognitive disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's Disease.