William ​Jagust, MD

Biography

Professor Jagust’s research is oriented towards understanding the changes in the brain that occur with aging and Alzheimer’s disease. His work uses multimodality imaging and cognitive neuroscience approaches. He leads the PET Core of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, a 60-site multicenter, multimodal brain imaging project and is the Principal Investigator of the Berkeley Aging Cohort Study.

Research Interests

• Brain aging
• Dementia
• Imaging with PET and MRI

Education

• Residency – Neurology
  Boston University, 1983
• MD – The State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1978
• BA – Psychology
  Reed College, 1974

Publications

• PubMed

Courses Taught

• • PH 129
  • The Aging Brain
• • PH 217D
  • Biological and Public Health Aspects of Alzheimer’s disease
• • PH 290
  • Neuroepidemiology