faculty photo

Alice Ford

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Department: Neurology

Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St.
3 W Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education
BA
University of Vermont, 2010.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Perelman School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2018.
MD
Perelman School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2018.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 2018-2019.
Resident in Neurology, Hosp. of the Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia, 2019-2022.
Neurovascular Fellow, Hosp. of the Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia, 2023-2024.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology), 2022.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Vascular Neurology), 2024.
Permanent link
 
> Perelman School of Medicine   > Faculty   > Details

Selected Publications

Fischer D, Reyes-Esteves S, Law C, Ford A, Schwab P, Abella BS, Schneider ALC, Kumar MA: Implementation of a specialized neuroprognostication consultation program and associated provider attitudes: A survey-based study. Resuscitation Plus 23: 100932, May 2025.

Aikio M, Odeh HM, Wobst HJ, Lee BL, Chan U, Mauna JC, Mack KL, Class B, Ollerhead TA, Ford AF, Barbieri EM, Cupo RR, Drake LE, Smalley JL, Lin Y, Lam S, Thomas R, Castello N, Baral A, Beyer JN, Najar MA, Dunlop J, Gitler AD, Javaherian A, Kaye JA, Burslem GM, Brown DG, Donnelly CJ, Finkbeiner S, Moss SJ, Brandon NJ, Shorter J: Opposing roles of p38α-mediated phosphorylation and PRMT1-mediated arginine methylation in driving TDP-43 proteinopathy. Cell Reports 44(3): 115205, Mar 2025.

Yang DL, Thomas R, Ford AF, Cucchiara BL, George DK, Song JW: Vessel wall imaging in the diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as Moyamoya syndrome—A case report Neuroradiol J 38(2): 243-246, Apr 2024.

Favilla CG, Ford AF, Khazaal O, Cristancho D, Grodinsky E, Dawod J, Kasner SE: Reliability of past medical history in a single hospital participating in Get With the Guidelines- Stroke registry. J Am Heart Assoc. 5(11): e025308, Jul 2022.

Kim HJ, Mohassel P, Donkervoort S, Guo L, O’Donovan K, Coughlin M, Lornage X, Foulds N, Hammans SR, Foley AR, Fare CM, Ford AF, Ogasawara M, Sato A, Iida A, Munot P, Ambegaonkar G, Phadke R, O’Donovan DG, Buchert R, Grimmel M, Topf A, Zaharieva IT, Brady L, Hu Y, Lloyd TE, Klein A, Steinlin M, Kuster A, Mercier S, Marcorelles P, Pereon Y, Fleurence E, Manzur A, Ennis S, Upstill-Goddard R, Bello L, Bertolin C, Pegoraro E, Salviati L, French CE, Shatillo A, Raymond FL, Haack T, Quijano-Roy S, Bohm J, Nelson I, Stojkovic T, Evangelista T, Straub V, Romero NB, Laporte J, Muntoni F, Nishino I, Tarnopolsky MA, Shorter J, Bonnemann CG, Taylor JP: Heterozygous frameshift variants in hnRNPA2B1 cause early-onset oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Nature Communications 13(1): 2306, Apr 2022.

Beijer D, Kim HJ, Guo L, O’Donovan K, Mademan I, Deconinck T, Van Schil K, Fare CM, Drake LE, Ford AF, Kochanski A, Kabzinska D, Dubuisson N, Van den Bergh P, Voermans NC, Lemmers RJLF, van der Maarel SM, Bonner D, Sampson JB, Wheeler MT, Mehrabyan A, Palmer S, De Jonghe P, Shorter J, Taylor JP, Baets J: Characterization of HNRNPA1 mutations defines diversity in pathogenic mechanisms and clinical presentation. JCI Insight 6(14): e148363, Jul 2021

Ford AF, George DK: A 34-year-old woman with numbness, weakness, and vision loss. Healio, Ace the Case. https://cme.healio.com/neurology/ace-the-case/20210610/a-34-year-old-woman-withnumbness-weakness-and-vision-loss/overview 2021.

Harrison AF, Shorter J: RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains in health and disease. Biochemical Journal 474(8): 1417-1438, Apr 2017.

Ford AF, Shorter J: Fleeting amyloid-like forms of Rim4 ensure meiotic fidelity. Cell 163(2): 275-276, Oct 2015.

Kim HJ, Kim NC, Wang YD, Scarborough EA, Moore J, Diaz Z, MacLea KS, Freibaum B, Li S, Molliex A, Kanagaraj AP, Carter R, Boylan KB, Wojtas AM, Rademakers R, Pinkus JL, Greenberg SA, Trojanowski JQ, Traynor BJ, Smith BN, Topp S, Gkazi AS, Miller J, Shaw CE, Kottlors M, Kirschner J, Pestronk A, Li YR, Ford AF, Gitler AD, Benatar M, King OD, Kimonis VE, Ross ED, Weihl CC, Shorter J, Taylor JP: Mutations in prion-like domains in hnRNPA2B1 and hnRNPA1 cause multisystem proteinopathy and ALS. Nature. 495(7442): 467-73, Mar 2013.

back to top
Last updated: 07/29/2026
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania