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
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
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.Cousins, Emrani, Ohm, Capp, Sabatini, Pouladvand, Wolk, Lee, Shaw, McMillan, & Irwin: Blood and CSF GFAP associate with brain astrogliosis in autopsied frontotemporal lobar degeneration. International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias (ISFTD) Sept 2024.
Ohm, Roh, Chen, Phillips, Cousins, Wolk, Lee, McMillan, Gee & Irwin: Distinct laminar networks of neuronal covariance in pathologic subgroups of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia. International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias (ISFTD) Sept 2024.
Rhodes, Massimo, Dratch, Irwin, Cousins, Boeve, Heuer, Boxer, Rosen, Rankin, Sturm, & McMillan: Longitudinal variability in resting heart rate as a marker of early autonomic dysfunction in manifest familial FTD. International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias (ISFTD) Sept 2024.
Emrani, Cousins, Arezoumandan, Capp, Ohm, Sabatini, Pouladvand, Lee, Wolk, McMillan, & Irwin: Neuroinflammation as an independent contributor to global cognitive dysfunction in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias (ISFTD) 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.
Ohm DT, Xie SX, Capp N, Arezoumandan S, Cousins KAQ, Rascovsky K, Wolk DA, Van Deerlin VM, Lee EB, McMillan CT, Irwin DJ.: Cytoarchitectonic gradients of laminar degeneration in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia. Brain Aug 2024.
Cousins, Phillips, Das, O’Brien, Tropea, Chen-Plotkin, Shaw, Nasrallah, Mechanic-Hamilton, McMillan, Irwin, Lee, & Wolk: Combining plasma biomarkers for β-amyloid diagnosis and cognitive prognosis across the clinical spectrum: normal, amnestic, and non-amnestic. Alzheimer's & Dementia July 2024.
Shellikeri, Cho, Ash, Gonzalez-Recober, Cousins, McMillan, Elman, Quinn, Amado, Baer, Irwin, Massimo, Liberman, & Nevler: Digital speech markers of cognitive impairment in ALS-FTD spectrum disorders. Alzheimer's & Dementia July 2024.