Katheryn Alexandra Quilico Cousins-Gershenson, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Neurology
Research Education Component (REC) Co-Leader, Penn Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC)
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Richards Medical Building, Suite 600B
3700 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3700 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Graduate Group Affiliations
Education:
BA ( Biological Sciences)
University of Chicago, 2007.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Brandeis University, 2015.
BA ( Biological Sciences)
University of Chicago, 2007.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Brandeis University, 2015.
Post-Graduate Training
Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2018.
Postdoctoral Research in Neuroscience, Washington University, 2018-2019.
Permanent linkPostdoctoral Fellow in Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2018.
Postdoctoral Research in Neuroscience, Washington University, 2018-2019.
Description of Research Expertise
Biofluid markers of neuropathologySelected Publications
Albuja, Irwin, Shaw, Korecka, Lee, Wolk, McMillan, Chen-Plotkin, Tropea, & Cousins: Maximizing sensitivity of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers to detect Alzheimer’s co-pathology in autopsy-confirmed Lewy Body Disease (LBD). International Lewy Body Dementia Conference (ILBDC) Jan 2025.Brown CA, Das SR, Cousins KAQ, Tropea TF, Plotkin AC, Detre JA, Yushkevich PA, McMillan CT, Lee EB, Shaw LM, Nasrallah IM; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative; Wolk DA.: Tau Burden is Best Captured by Magnitude and Extent: Tau-MaX as a Measure of Global Tau. medRxiv Jan 2025.
Phillips, Kamel, Temirova, Hareras, Ibe, Hlava, Xie, Cousins, Shaw, Das, Maneval, Manning, Brown, McMillan, Irwin, Li, Nasrallah, & Wolk: PI-2620 uptake in the medial temporal lobes discriminates Alzheimer’s disease from normal cognition and non-Alzheimer’s dementias. Human Amyloid Imaging (HAI), San Juan, Puerto Rico Jan 2025.
Cousins KAQ, Shaw LM.: Transitioning Alzheimer Disease Blood Biomarkers into Primary Care: Are We There Yet? Clin Chem 71: 435-437, Dec 2024.
Boyle, Dehghani, Nelson, Shen, Spencer, Rhodes, Cousins, Irwin, Massimo, Quinn, Amado, Baer, Elman, & McMillan: Neighborhood deprivation and functional impairment in ALS. International Symposium on ALS/MND Montreal, Canada Dec 2024.
Cohen JS, Phillips J, Das SR, Olm CA, Radhakrishnan H, Rhodes E, Cousins KAQ, Xie SX, Nasrallah IM, Yushkevich PA, Wolk DA, Lee EB, Weintraub D, Irwin DJ, McMillan CT.: Posterior hippocampal sparing in Lewy body disorders with Alzheimer's copathology: An in vivo MRI study. Neuroimage Clin 45: 103714, Dec 2024.
Shaw LM, Korecka M, Lee EB, Cousins KAQ, Vanderstichele H, Schindler SE, Tosun D, DeMarco ML, Brylska M, Wan Y, Burnham S, Sciulli A, Vulaj A, Tropea TF, Chen-Plotkin A, Wolk DA; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.: ADNI Biomarker Core: A review of progress since 2004 and future challenges. Alzheimers Dement Nov 2024.
Tropea, Concha-Marambio, Cousins, Irwin, Chen-Plotkin, Wolk, Shaw, & Lee: Detecting and measuring the clinical impact of concomitant alpha-synuclein pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. American Neurological Association Conference Sept 2024.
Arezoumandan, Ohm, Pouladvand, Emrani, Cousins, Phillips, McMillan, Wolk, Lee, & Irwin: Divergent hippocampal distribution of TDP-43 pathology in FTLD-TDP vs LATE. International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias (ISFTD) Sept 2024.
Dehghani, Massimo, Rhodes, Cousins, Boyle, Emrani, Phillips, Ohm, Matyi, Van Deerlin, Irwin, & McMillan: A polygenic score for executive function correlated with differential rates of cognitive decline. International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias (ISFTD) Sept 2024.