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Karen Marder, M.D., M.P.H.

Karen Marder, M.D., M.P.H., is Sally Kerlin Professor of Neurology (in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, in the Taub Institute on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, and in Department of Psychiatry) at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital at the [Columbia University Medical Center].

Dr. Marder received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her medical degree from Weil Cornell Medical College. She completed her residency training in Neurology at the Neurological Institute and fellowship training in Behavioral Neurology and received an M.P.H. in epidemiology.

She joined the Columbia University faculty as an assistant professor of Neurology in 1989. She has been the Director of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) since 1991. In September 2001, Dr. Marder was appointed chief of the division of Aging and Dementia in the Department of Neurology. She has been the director of the Irving Institute Clinical Research Center since 2006. Her research interests span a range of neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Marder is principal investigator for an NIH-funded study of the genetic epidemiology of early-onset Parkinson’s disease. Major areas of interest are the risk factors and impact of dementia on the course of Parkinson’s Disease. The multidisciplinary Huntington’s Disease Center is a site for many clinical trials and clinical research initiatives. She is an author or co-author of more than 200 publications, a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, and a member of the American Neurological Association.

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Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

New York State Psychiatric Institute

Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Taub Institute on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center