Ian was born and raised in the Chicagoland area. He attended undergrad at the University of Minnesota where he received a bachelor's of science degree in genetics and cellular biology and minored in psychology. Before joining the MAC, he volunteered in the Healthy Brain Program, a delirium prevention program, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota for two years. Ian also has a background in basic science research.
Caroline Prioleau writes and designs content for the Memory and Aging Center and the Global Brain Health Institute. She is interested in using design and technology to share complex information and facilitate collaborations across clinical, research and non-medical groups. She also co-leads an oral history project, hear/say, that focuses on collecting personal stories about the experience of aging, dementia and caregiving.
Katherine Rankin is a neuropsychologist who specializes in assessing cognitive and emotional symptoms in patients with memory disorders.
In her research, Rankin examines neurological changes than can alter personality and social behavior in people with dementia. She is working to develop tests of social and emotional cognition that will allow earlier, more accurate diagnoses of neurodegenerative diseases such as frontotemporal dementia and corticobasal degeneration.
Dr. Seeley received his MD from the UCSF School of Medicine. He then completed an Internal Medicine internship at UCSF and Neurology residency at the Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals. He is currently a Professor of Neurology and Pathology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, where he participates in patient evaluation and management. He is also Director of the UCSF Neurodegenerative Disease Brain Bank.
Joanne Taylor received her bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from UC Berkeley. She worked at Stanford University for more than 20 years in a prenatal clinic advising patients about inherited diseases and testing options.
Joanne joined the Memory and Aging Center at UCSF in 2016 as part of the genetic counseling team. She helps families understand the genetic component of neurodegenerative diseases.
