Ms. Smith is the Clinical Research Supervisor working directly with the Rabinovici Lab and the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. She works closely with both faculty and staff in monitoring operational issues, regulatory compliance and project development. Ms. Smith brings many years of experience in clinical and non-clinical trials across a variety of funding mechanisms and disciplines. Prior to coming to the Memory and Aging Center in April 2019, Ms.
Dr. David N. Soleimani-Meigooni is a neurologist who cares for patients experiencing cognitive symptoms as a result of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. He also directs the UCSF Memory and Aging Center's lumbar puncture service (this procedure obtains a sample of cerebrospinal fluid, which is analyzed to help diagnose certain neurological diseases).
I am a cognitive neurologist and currently an Atlantic fellow for Equity in Brain Health, at the Global Brain Health Institute, UCSF.
I completed my neurology residency at Paris Cité Université, France and served as an attending at the Cognitive Neurology Center, led by Pr. Claire Paquet, at Lariboisière University Hospital, Paris.
As a clinical fellow, I participate in the evaluation and management of patients in both clinic and research. My research interests center on aging and dementia within different ethnic groups and the differences in biomarkers among particular ethnic groups.
Claire is an Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator working with the PET Core team in the Rabinovici Lab. She was born and raised in the Bay Area and graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Claire was previously an undergraduate research assistant in the High Level Perception Lab and Samaha Lab at UC Santa Cruz, where she worked on projects studying music cognition and the neural basis of confidence in decision making
Xiuxiu is a Neuroimaging Data analyst at RabLab. She obtained her Master’s degree in Biomedical Imaging from UC San Francisco. Currently, Xiuxiu works on processing and analyzing amyloid and tau PET data to further understand Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementias. In her free time, she enjoys yoga, running, and rock climbing as well as hanging out with her cat Sesame.
