We are thrilled to announce that Annie Goettemoeller has been accepted into the prestigious Brain Resilience Postdoctoral Scholar Program at Stanford University. The Brain Resilience Postdoctoral Scholars award of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience supports trainees generating paradigm-shifting insights on the mechanisms of neurodegeneration and how to maintain brain resilience into old age.

With her expertise in electrophysiology and neurodegeneration, Annie’s research aims to uncover the mechanisms underlying disease progression and identify ways to preserve brain resilience. Her current work focuses on hippocampal events, such as dentate spikes, which are critical for memory, and how these events are disrupted in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. This impactful study is co-sponsored by Dr. Alice Ting, whose lab has pioneered novel tools to investigate these mechanisms. Annie’s involvement in this program marks an important milestone in her path toward becoming an independent investigator, dedicated to advancing both scientific knowledge and therapeutic strategies.