Stanford University
Sharon Sha, MD, MS
Site PI
Dr. Sharon Sha is a Clinical Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University where she serves as Chief for the Memory Disorders Division and the Stanford Memory Disorders Center, Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Director of the Huntington’s Disease Center of Excellence and Ataxia Clinic, Co-Director of the Lewy Body Disease Association Research Center of Excellence, Clinical Core Co-Leader of the Stanford Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, and Director of the Behavioral Neurology Fellowship. Her clinical time is devoted to caring for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders and her research is devoted to finding treatments for these cognitive disorders. She also served on the California Governor’s Alzheimer’s Prevention and Preparedness Task Force Chaired by Maria Shriver in 2020. She has been featured in international media and documentaries such as the BBC "How to Stay Young" and the Docuseries "Limitless with Chris Hemsworth".
Irina Skylar-Scott, MD
Site Co-PI
Irina Skylar-Scott is a cognitive neurologist and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology as well as the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry. Prior to joining Stanford, Dr. Skylar-Scott earned a bachelor’s degree at MIT followed by an MD from Yale. After an HHMI research fellowship, she completed her residency in neurology and fellowship training in behavioral neurology at Harvard. Her clinic is dedicated to caring for patients with dementia. She recently served as the Topic Co-Chair for Aging and Dementia for the 2024 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting. She is currently a site principal investigator for the CELIA and MAP clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease, and she is a co-investigator with the Stanford Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, the Stanford Aging and Memory Study, and the Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium. She is honored to serve on the ACTC Early-Career Project Evaluation Committee.
Kyan Younes, MD
Site Co-PI
Dr. Kyan Younes is a fellowship-trained, board-certified neurologist, and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Stanford University School of Medicine. His areas of expertise include the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasia, Lewy body dementia, normal pressure hydrocephalus and cognitive and behavioral impairments. Dr. Younes has presented research findings at meetings of the American Neurological Association, American Academy of Neurology, and American Psychiatric Association. Topics have included predictors of cognitive performance in dementia. He has co-authored research articles published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Journal of Neuroimaging, and elsewhere. Subjects of these articles have included guidelines for diagnosing the effects of right anterior temporal lobe degeneration on behavior, treatment for symptoms of encephalitis, and the impact of mild traumatic brain injury on healthy older adults. Dr. Younes has written chapters on frontotemporal dementia for Psychiatric Clinics as well as the epilepsy, coma, acute ischemic stroke, meningitis and encephalitis chapters for the textbook The Little Black Book of Neurology. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, Alzheimer’s Association, and International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias.
Pragya Tripathi
Site Liaison
Pragya Tripathi joined the Stanford Neuroscience and Neurosurgery Research Group in 2022 as a Clinical Research Manager in Memory disorder team. She holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from India. She has 12 years of work experience in the field of both drug and device trials and has previously worked on multiple industry funded, PI initiated, and NIH funded trials. She also has experience in various therapeutic areas such as Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Radiology, and Nuclear Medicine.
