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Rebecca Williamson, MD, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
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Director of COPE (Comprehensive Outpatient Parkinsonism Evaluation) Clinic, University of Pennsylvania
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Department: Neurology
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13 Education:
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30 John Hopkins University, 2010.
21 9 B.A. 19 (Neuroscience) c
30 John Hopkins University, 2010.
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4f Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2018.
21 a Ph.D. 19 (Neuroscience) c
2c Columbia University, 2018.
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24 5b Internship in Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2018-2019.
24 53 Residency in Neurology, Massachusetts General Brigham, 2019-2022.
24 59 Chief Resident in Neurology, Massachusetts General Brigham , 2021-2022.
24 56 Fellow in Movement Disorders, University of Pennsylvania, 2022-2024.
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Selected Publications

1a6 Liu B, Lee BW, Nakanishi K, Villasante A, Williamson R, Metz J, Kim J, Kanai M, Bi L, Brown K4, Di Paolo G, Homma S, Sims PA, Topkara VK, Vunjak-Novakovic G.: Cardiac recovery via extended cell-free delivery of extracellular vesicles secreted by cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2, May 2018.

132 Williamson RL, Laulagnier K, Miranda AM, Fernandez MA, Wolfe MS, Sadoul R, Di Paolo G.: Disruption of APP ubiquitination leads to a selective increase in Aβ40 by presenilin 2 cleavage. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292, Dec 2017.

109 Wu YC, Williamson R, Li Z, Vicario A, Xu J, Kasai M, Chern Y, Tongiorgi E, Baraban JM.: Dendritic trafficking of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA: regulation by translin-dependent and -independent mechanisms. 42 Journal of Neurochemistry. 116, Mar 2016.

154 Agarwal S, Kim H, Chan RB, Agarwal S, Williamson R, Cho W, Di Paolo G, Satchell KJ.: Autophagy and endosomal trafficking inhibition by Vibrio cholerae MARTX toxin phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate-specific phospholipase A1 activity. Nature Communications. 6, Oct 2015.

178 Morel E, Chamoun Z, Lasiecka ZM, Chan RB, Williamson RL, Vetanovetz C, Dall’Armi C, Simoes S, Point Du Jour K, McCabe BD, Small SA, Di Paolo G.: Phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate regulates sorting and processing of amyloid precursor protein through the endosomal system. Nature Communications. 4, 2013.

14d Klein AB, Williamson R, Santini MA, Clemmensen C, Ettrup A, Rios M, Knudsen GM, Aznar S.: Blood BDNF concentrations reflect brain-tissue BDNF levels across species. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 14, Apr 2011.

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