Kate Possin

Kate Possin is an assistant professor of neuropsychology at the Memory and Aging Center within the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Neurology. Her work focuses on understanding the neurological basis of cognitive deficit, including developing new tools to measure cognition in patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

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Tools & Techniques Animal models

Lost in Translation?

05/26/2016 | Pascal Sanchez, Steve Finkbeiner, Kate Possin

Scientists from opposite ends of the translational spectrum have teamed up to help solve a pressing problem in Alzheimer’s research. By creating a human equivalent to the water mazes used in rodent studies, they hope to allow easier comparison of data from animal and human studies.