Lisa Mosconi

Lisa Mosconi is an Italian American neuroscientist, educator, and author known for her books The XX Brain and Brain Food. She is the Director of the Women’s Brain Initiative and Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, both at Weill Cornell Medical College where she is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Neurology.[1][2]

Lisa Mosconi
Lisa Mosconi standing behind a podium in front of a slide showing her research
Mosconi in 2014
EducationPhD
Alma materUniversity of Florence, New York University School of Medicine
SpouseKevin Slavin
Children1
Scientific career
FieldsClinical neuroscience
InstitutionsWeill Cornell Medical College
Websitewww.lisamosconi.com

Early life and education

Mosconi was born in Italy and both of her parents are nuclear physicists.[3] There is a history of Alzheimer's disease in her family which affected her grandmother and her grandmother's two sisters.[3] She received a five-year university degree in Experimental Psychology and Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Nuclear Medicine from the University of Florence, in collaboration with New York University School of Medicine. She moved to the United States when she was 24.[4]

Research

Her research focuses on the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease in at-risk individuals, women in particular.[5] This is the topic of her book The XX Brain where she explains that menopause is a neurological as well as hormonal process; she believes in reframing brain health as a vital, yet overlooked component of women’s health.[6][5] Her research has shown that women with a specific genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease developed amyloid plaques, linked to the disease, during perimenopause, a time earlier than previously thought.[6] This research changes the treatment and intervention window for health care professionals trying to prevent Alzheimer’s and chronic diseases that affect people in older age.[6] She is funded partially via a five-year grant from the NIH to study Alzheimer’s and women’s brains.[7] She is a member of the AARP brain health council and is on the Aspen Brain Institute Scientific Advisory Council.[8][9]

Mosconi's TED Talk on how menopause affects the brain has been viewed over four million times.[10] Her book The XX Brain was a New York Times bestseller.[11] Her book Brain Food discusses which foods are more beneficial for brain health and looks at research which shows that a poor diet and a lack of hydration can be damaging to the brain especially as it gets older.[8][7]

References
  1. "Lisa Mosconi". Weill Cornell Medicine. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. "Women's Brain Initiative". Neurology. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  3. Hertzberg, Richie (2020-03-10). "The leading expert on women's brains says they are more likely to get Alzheimer's". TheHill. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  4. Cording, Jess (2018-03-12). "The Top 5 Brain-Boosting Foods You Should Be Eating". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  5. "The XX Brain, by Lisa Mosconi, PhD". THE XX BRAIN. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  6. Tingley, Kim (2021-07-21). "We Need to Know How Menopause Changes Women's Brains". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  7. "Column: A few more words on Alzheimer's prevention: Tap water? Caviar? Twinkies?". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  8. "The best foods for brain health". www.heart.org. 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  9. "Scientific Advisory Council". Aspen Brain Institute. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  10. Mosconi, Lisa (2020-03-10). "How menopause affects the brain". Lisa Mosconi: How menopause affects the brain. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  11. "Lisa Mosconi: How Does Menopause Affect The Brain?". NPR.org. 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
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