Corey Mcmillan, PhD
Principal investigator
Dr. McMillan is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Penn BiND Lab and a Research Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center and Institute on Aging Fellow and a faculty affiliate of the Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Center for Functional Neuroimaging, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, and MindCORE.
Katerina Placek
neuroscience graduate group phd candidate
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Marissa Maroni
neuroscience graduate group phd candidate
Marissa Maroni is a graduate student in the the Neuroscience Graduate Group at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, Marissa graduated from Bridgewater State University with a BS in Biology. Her research interests are in understanding how biological age can impact tau pathology.
Laura hennessy
masters in genetic counseling candidate
Laura earned a BS in biology from the University of the Sciences in 2014 and went on to work in a research lab utilizing animal models to study genetic modifiers of motor neuron disease. In 2017 she transitioned to the clinical side of research and took a position at the Penn FTD Center under Dr. Corey McMillan. There she acted as the site coordinator for the CReATe consortium which bolstered her interest in pursuing a career in genetic counseling. In 2019 she enrolled in the Masters in Genetic Counseling Program at Penn, where Dr. McMillan advises her thesis project investigating complex family history patterns in ALS. After graduation she hopes to continue to serve the ALS and FTD community as a genetic counselor.
Hayley Donaldson
Research Specialist
Hayley Donaldson joined the BiND Lab in June 2019 as a Research Specialist. She is the coordinator for the Image ALS study. Hayley graduated from Lehigh University with a dual degree in Neuroscience and Spanish and completed an MS in Biomedical Sciences at Rutgers University. She has a strong interest in neurodegenerative diseases and hopes to further her knowledge and understanding of ALS and related disorders prior to applying to medical school.
Luis Rosario
Research Specialist
Luis joined the BiND Lab as a Research Specialist in June 2019. He primarily works as the coordinator for the CReATe (Clinical Research in ALS and Related Disorders for Therapeutic Development) consortium study. He obtained his BA in Cognitive Neuroscience with a minor in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, Luis also worked at both the Brannon Lab and the Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center at CHOP. In the future, Luis hopes to pursue medical school to continue his study in neurology.
Isabel Wingert
Neuroimaging Data Analyst
Isabel is a Neuroimaging Data Analyst working jointly between the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (FTDC), Penn Alzheimer Disease Center (ADC), and the Penn Image Computing and Science Lab (PICSL). Isabel holds her bachelor’s degree from Drexel University in Biomedical Engineering, with a concentration in Neuroengineering and an additional interest in neuroimaging. She is focused primarily on the pathology of neurodegenerative diseases and injuries. Her interest in neuroimaging stems from experience in assessing amyloid and tau uptake in cortical and reference regions in both healthy and impaired populations. It is her hope that by gaining as much experience in the field of neuroimaging of degenerative diseases, she will be at the best of her ability to help others make health-informed decisions for themselves, and to make the diseases nothing more than a distant memory. In her spare time, you can find her either jogging along the Schuylkill River Trail, spotting dogs around the city, or playing video games with her three brothers.
Lab Alumni
Pilar Ferraro is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Magnetic Resonance Research Centre on Nervous System Diseases, DiNOGMI Department, University of Genoa (Unige).