List of Signatories for the Open Letter Response to the Stanford Center on Longevity
Affiliations listed for identification purposes only, and do not indicate endorsement by entities.
Beatrice Alescio-Lautier, PhD
Director of Research
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
France
Mark Allen, PhD
Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Notus Neuropsychological Imaging
United States
Richard A. Andersen, PhD
James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Member, Institute of Medicine
United States
Karlene K. Ball, PhD*
University Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology
Director, Center for Research on Applied Gerontology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
United States
Karen Banai, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Haifa
Israel
Anat Baniel
Founder, Anat Baniel Method
United States
Shaowen Bao, PhD
Associate Adjunct Professor, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
University of California, Berkeley
United States
Nataliya Belfor, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
United States
Morris D. Bell, PhD, ABPP
Professor of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine
United States
April Benasich, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Infancy Studies Laboratory
Director, Carter Center for Neurocognitive Research
Rutgers University
United States
Veronique Bohbot, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Canada
Yoram S. Bonneh, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Biology
University of Haifa
Israel
Dale E. Bredesen, MD
Augustus Rose Professor of Neurology
Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Program
Center Director, Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Director of Neurodegenerative Disease Research, David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Founding President, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato
United States
György Buzsáki, MD, PhD
Biggs Professor of Neural Sciences
NYU School of Medicine
United States
Nancy N. Byl, PT, MPH, PhD, FAPTA
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
School of Medicine
PT Center for Health and Wellness
University of California, San Francisco
United States
Edward F. Chang, MD
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Physiology
University of California, San Francisco
Co-Director, Center for Neural Engineering and Prostheses
University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco
United States
Leigh Charvet, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Stony Brook University Hospital
United States
Steven W. Cheung, MD
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
University of California, San Francisco
United States
Melanie Cheung, PhD
Research Fellow, Centre for Brain Research
University of Auckland
New Zealand
Andrea A. Chiba, PhD
Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and Program in Neuroscience
Science Director, Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center
University of California, San Diego
United States
Jimmy Choi, PsyD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University
Director, Neurocognitive Rehabilitation Research Laboratory, Division of Mental Health Services and Policy Research
New York State Psychiatric Institute
United States
Bernard Croisile, MD, PhD*
Neurologue des Hôpitaux
Service de Neuropsychologie
Hôpital Neurologique
France
Michael Crowe, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
United States
Max Cynader, PhD
Professor and Director, Ophthalmology Research Group
University of British Columbia
Member, Order of Canada
Member, Royal Society of Canada
Inductee, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
Canada
R. Christopher deCharms, PhD
Founder & CEO, Omneuron
United States
Nicola De Pisapia, PhD*
Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education
University of Trento
Chief Scientific Officer, Neurab
Chief Scientific Officer, Needius
Chief Scientific Officer, Neocogita
Italy
Etienne de Villers-Sidani, MD FRCP(C)
Neurologist
Killam Scholar
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University
Canada
Hubert Dinse, PhD
Associate Professor
Head of Neural Plasticity Lab
Department of Theory of Cognitive Systems
Institute for Neuroinformatics
Vice Chair, Member of Directors
Senior Scientist
Department of Neurology
BG University Hospital
Ruhr University Bochum
Germany
Jerri D. Edwards, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of South Florida
United States
Günter Ehret, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology
Ulm University
Germany
Thomas Elbert, PhD
Professor of Psychology
University of Konstanz
Member, German Academy of Science
Germany
Richard Faull, PhD, MBChB, DSc
Distinguished Professor & Director, Centre for Brain Research
University of Auckland
Member, Order of New Zealand Merit
Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand
New Zealand
Melissa Fisher, PhD
Director of Cognitive Assessment
Vinogradov Schizophrenia Research Lab
San Francisco VA Medical Center
University of California, San Francisco
United States
Richard Frackowiak, MD, PhD
Professor & Director, Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Head of Service of Neurology
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Robert C. Froemke, PhD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Neuroscience and Physiology
Skirball Institute
New York University School of Medicine
United States
Preston Garraghty, PhD
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Indiana University at Bloomington
United States
Patrick Gauthier, PhD
Research Director
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
France
Rudy Gonzalez, MAppPsych
Executive Director, Lighthouse Institute
Honorary Fellow, Centre for Youth Mental Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
University of Melbourne
Australia
Jeroen Goossens, PhD
Assistant Professor
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior
Radboud University
The Netherlands
Wayne A. Gordon, PhD, ABPP
Jack Nash Professor
Vice Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
United States
Virginia Grissom Bradley, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
United States
Philip Harvey, PhD
Leonard M Miller Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
United States
Adrienne J. Heinz, PhD
Research Health Science Specialist – Rehabilitation Research and Development
National Center for PTSD and Center for Innovation to Implementation
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System
United States
Peter W. Hickmott, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University of California, Riverside
United States
John F. Houde, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
United States
Satoru Ikezawa, MD, PhD
Professor, National Center Hospital
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Japan
Richard Ivry, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology
University of California, Berkeley
United States
John Jonides, PhD
Edward E. Smith Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
University of Michigan
United States
Philip X. Joris, PhD
Professor, Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology
University of Leuven
Belgium
Jon Kaas, PhD
Distinguished Centennial Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member, National Academy of Sciences
United States
Tal Kenet, PhD
Instructor, Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator
Department of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
United States
Michael P. Kilgard, PhD
Margaret Fonde Jonsson Professor, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas
United States
Torkel Klingberg, MD, PhD
Professor, Cognitive Neuroscience
Karolinska Institutet
Sweden
Nina Kraus, PhD
Hugh Knowles Professor
Communication Sciences
Neurobiology and Physiology
Otolaryngology
Northwestern University
United States
K. Eve Lewandowski, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Director of Clinical Programming, McLean On Track Program
McLean Hospital
United States
Rick Lin, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Pediatrics
Director, Center for Excellence in Developmental Disorders Research
University of Mississippi Medical Center
United States
Stephen G Lisberger, PhD*
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology
Duke University
Investigator
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
United States
Jennifer J. Lister, Ph.D., CCC-A
Professor and Interim Chair
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Courtesy Faculty, School of Aging Studies
Associate Member, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Research Institute
University of South Florida
United States
Michael Marsiske, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical & Health Psychology
University of Florida
United States
Bruce S. McEwen, PhD
Alfred E. Mirsky Professor
Head, Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology
The Rockefeller University
Member, National Academy of Sciences
United States
Alison L. McKenzie, DPT, PhD
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Chapman University
United States
Laurel Mellin, PhD
Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics
Founder, Emotional Brain Training
University of California at San Francisco
United States
Eduardo Mercado III, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
University at Buffalo, SUNY
United States
Michael Merzenich, PhD*
Professor Emeritus, Neuroscience, Physiology, Otolaryngology
University of California, San Francisco
Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Posit Science
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Member, Institute of Medicine
United States
John C. Middlebrooks
Professor, Otolaryngology
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
Professor, Cognitive Sciences
University of California, Irvine
United States
William Milberg, PhD, ABPP-ABCN
Associate Director for Research
New England GRECC – Boston Division
VA Boston Healthcare
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
United States
Steven L. Miller, PhD
Chief Scientist, Nervanix
United States
Christopher Moore, PhD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Brown University
United States
John N. Morris, PhD
Director, Social and Health Policy Research
Alfred A. and Gilda Slifka Chair in Social Gerontological Research
Institute for Aging Research
United States
Lloyd Morrisett, PhD
Co-founder, Sesame Workshop (formerly Children’s Television Workshop)
Former President, Markle Foundation
United States
Pat Mosteller
Professor of Older Adult Studies, Emeritus Program, San Diego Continuing Education
San Diego Community College District
Statewide Legislative Advocate for Older Adult Education
California Community Colleges Educators for Older Adults (CCCEOA)
United States
Srikantan Nagarajan, PhD
Director, Biomagnetic Imaging Laboratory
Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
University of California, San Francisco
Distinguished Investigator, Academy of Radiology Research
United States
Thomas Novack, PhD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Alabama at Birmingham
United States
Randolph J. Nudo, PhD
Director, Landon Center on Aging
Marion Merrell Dow Distinguished Professor in Aging
Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
Editor-in-chief, Neurorehabilitation & Neural Repair
Member, National Advisory Board for Medical Rehabilitation Research
United States
Keith Nuechterlein, PhD
Director, Center for Neurocognition and Emotion in Schizophrenia
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Professor, Department of Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles
United States
Itzel Orduña, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University at Buffalo, SUNY
United States
Rogério Panizzutti, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair, Program in Basic and Clinical Neurosciences
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Affiliated Member, TWAS – The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
Brazil
Christo Pantev, PhD
University Professor and Director, Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis
University of Münster
Germany
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Harvard Medical School
Member, Spanish Royal Academy of Science
United States and Spain
Christopher Petkov, PhD
Associate Professor, Comparative Neuropsychology
Newcastle University
UK
Jay F. Piccirillo, MD, FACS
Professor of Otolaryngology and Vice Chair for Research
Director, Clinical Outcomes Research Office
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
United States
Daniel Polley, PhD
Associate Professor of Otology and Laryngology
Harvard Medical School
United States
Michael Posner
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
University of Oregon
Member, National Academy of Sciences
United States
Susan J. Pressler, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA
Professor, School of Nursing
University of Michigan
United States
Athanassios Protopapas, PhD*
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece
Mariangeles Quiroga, P.h.D.
Facultad de Psicologia
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Spain
Marcia Raggio, PhD
Professor, Communicative Disorders Program
San Francisco State University
Fellow, American Academy of Audiology
Legislative Liaison for the California Academy of Audiology
Member, Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board
United States
Heather Read, PhD
Associate Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
University of Connecticut
United States
George W. Rebok, PhD
Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Institute Fellow
American Institutes for Research
United States
Gregg Recanzone, PhD
Professor, Center for Neuroscience
University of California, Davis
United States
Larry Reid, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Cognitive Science Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
United States
Patricio Reyes, MD
Director, TBI, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Cognitive Disorders Clinic
Phoenix VA Medical Center
Member, Retired Players Association Board of Directors
United States
Albert Rizzo, PhD
Director for Medical Virtual Reality
Institute for Creative Technologies
Research Professor
University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
United States
Brigitte Rockstroh, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychology
University of Konstanz
Germany
Pieter Roelfsema, PhD
Director, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Vrije Universiteit
Department of Psychiatry, AMC
The Netherlands
Daniel Roenker, PhD*
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus
University of Western Kentucky
United States
John Rubenstein, MD, PhD
Nina Ireland Distinguished Professor in Child Psychiatry
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
United States
Ronald M. Ruff, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist
San Francisco Clinical Neurosciences
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
United States
Terence Sanger, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Neurology and Biokinesiology
University of Southern California
United States
Gabrielle Saunders, PhD
Associate Director and Research Scientist, National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR)
VA Portland Health Care System
United States
K. Warner Schaie, PhD, ABPP, ScD (hon), Dr phil (hon)
Evan Pugh Professor of Human Development and Psychology
The Pennsylvania State University
Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington
United States
Timothy Schallert, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
University of Texas at Austin
United States
Christoph Schreiner, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice Chairman of Otolaryngology
Center for Integrative Neuroscience
University of California, San Francisco
United States
Stephen Scranton, MD, FACP
Managing Physician
Brain Fitness Centers of Florida
United States
Tejal Shah, PhD
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
McCusker Alzheimer’s Research Foundation
Australia
Joseph Sharit, PhD
Research Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Investigator, Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE)
University of Miami
United States
Charles Shinaver, PhD
Clinical Child Psychologist
United States
Dr Clive Skilbeck, BSc, BSC, BPhil, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine, Psychology
University of Tasmania
Sandy Bay Campus
Australia
Renae L. Smith-Ray, PhD
Research Scientist, Institute for Health Research and Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago
United States
Dennis A. Steindler, PhD
Joseph J. Bagnor/Shands Professor of Medical Research
Department of Neurosurgery
College of Medicine
The Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute
University of Florida
United States
Michael Stryker, PhD
W. F. Ganong Professor of Physiology
Center for Integrative Neuroscience
University of California, San Francisco
Member, National Academy of Sciences
United States
Mriganka Sur, PhD, FRS
Newton Professor of Neuroscience
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Mitchell Sutter, PhD
Professor, Center for Neuroscience
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
University of California, Davis
United States
Paula Tallal, PhD*
Board of Governor’s Professor of Neuroscience Emeritus
Co-Founder, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Rutgers, The State University of NJ
Senior Research Scientist Center for Human Development
Co-Director, Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center
University of California San Diego
Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Co-Founder, Scientific Learning Corporation
United States
Edward Taub, PhD
University Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
United States
Ahmed Teleb, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
King Khalid University
Saudi Arabia
Arthur W. Toga, PhD
Director, Laboratory of Neuro Imaging
Director, Institute of Neuroimaging and Informatics
Provost Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, Psychiatry, and the Behavioral Sciences, Radiology and Engineering
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
United States
Claude Touzet, PhD
Assistant Professor, Integrative and Adaptive Neurosciences
Aix-Marseille University
France
Frederick Unverzagt, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine
United States
Gitendra Uswatte
Professor, Psychology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fellow, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology
American Psychological Association
United States
Elise Valdes, MS, PhDc
Doctoral Candidate
University of South Florida
United States
John van Opstal, PhD
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior
Department of Biophysics – Neurophysics Unit
Radboud University Nijmegen
The Netherlands
David E. Vance, PhD, MGS
Associate Professor, UAB School of Nursing
University of Alabama at Birmingham
United States
Feng Vankee Lin, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing and Psychiatry
School of Nursing & School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Rochester Medical Center
United States
Gerald Voelbel, PhD
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Steinhardt School
New York University
Adjunct Assistant Professor
New York University Langone Medical Center, Department of Physical Medicine
United States
Diane Von Ah, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
Indiana University School of Nursing
United States
Mark T. Wallace, Ph.D.
Director, Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Associate Director, Silvio O. Conte Center for Basic Neuroscience Research
Professor of Hearing & Speech Sciences, Psychology and Psychiatry
Vanderbilt University
United States
Bruce Wexler, MD
Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
United States
Sherry L. Willis, PhD
Research Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington
United States
Christian Xerri, PhD
Director of Research at the CNRS
Director of Integrative and Adaptive Neurosciences Laboratory
Aix-Marseille University
France
Elizabeth Zelinski, PhD
Rita and Edward Polusky Chair in Education and Aging
Professor of Gerontology and Psychology
Davis School of Gerontology
University of Southern California
United States
Yoh’i Zennou-Azogui, PhD
Assistant Professor, Innovative and Adaptive Neurosciences
Aix-Marseille University
France
Qiang Zhou, PhD
Professor, School of Chemical Biology & Biotechnology
Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
China
*Indicates that the signer has a current conflict of interest, defined as having financial interests (research funding, stock options, or stocks) in the brain training industry.