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Dr. Elizabeth Finger, MD, FRCPC, FAAN | Principal Investigator Dr. Elizabeth Finger is an Associate Professor and clinician-scientist in the Department
of Clinical Neurological Sciences at Western University. She is a Neurologist at London Health
Sciences Centre and the Parkwood Institute and a Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute
and Robarts Research Institute. At the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Centre at Parkwood, her clinic and research is focused on the diagnosis and treatment of patients
with neurodegenerative disease including Frontotemporal Dementia and related disorders,
Alzheimer’s disease, and Lewy Body Dementia. |
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Dr. Qi Zhang, MBBS, PhD, FRCPC | Co-Investigator Dr. Qi Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
at The University of Western Ontario. He is a Neuropathologist at London Health Sciences Centre
and a Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute. Dr. Zhang has a broad interest in basic
neuroscience and neuropathological diseases. He is currently involved in 3 areas of research:
neuropathological changes in epilepsy, brain metastasis from systemic malignancy and
neurodegenerative diseases. |
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Dr. Stephen Pasternak, MD, CM, PhD | Co-Investigator Dr. Stephen Pasternak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Neurological
Sciences at The University of Western Ontario. He is a Neurologist at London Health Sciences
Centre and the Parkwood Institute, the Director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s
Disease Research Centre and a Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute and Robarts
Research Institute. Dr. Pasternak’s basic science laboratory at the Robarts Research Institute
at Western University uses live cell imaging with confocal microscopy and biochemical
techniques to study Lysosomal function in Alzheimer’s disease. He has identified several new
pathways in which the Amyloid Precursor Protein is delivered directly to Lysosomes for processing
into beta Amyloid. He is currently investigating a mechanism for Abeta secretion using Total Internal
Reflection Microscopy (TIRFM) live cell imaging to study vesicle fusion events at the plasma membrane. |
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Dr. Lee Cyn Ang, MBBS, FRCPath, FRCPC | Co-Investigator Dr. Lee Cyn Ang is a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at
The University of Western Ontario. He is a Neuropathologist at London Health Sciences Centre
and the Parkwood Institute and an Associate Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute and
Robarts Research Institute. Dr. Ang’s research interest is in neuropathology and neuroscience
including CNS tumours, epilepsy, neuromuscular disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. |
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