Valentina Diaz

Clinical Research Coordinator
M_Neuro-Memory and Aging

Valentina joined Dr. Joel Kramer’s lab as a research coordinator in September of 2021 and works primarily on the Healthy Brain Aging study as well as the Mechanisms of Executive Decline study. She graduated with a BA degree in Neurobiology from UC Berkeley in May of 2021 and has interests in neurodegenerative disorders with plans of becoming a neurosurgeon. Valentina works with the Latino Cohort Outreach program to bring in Spanish speakers or individuals who identify as Latino into our research center. 

Publications

Development and validation of a harmonized memory score for multicenter Alzheimer's disease and related dementia research.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Sanderson-Cimino M, Gross AL, Gaynor LS, Paolillo EW, Saloner R, Albert MS, Apostolova FG, Boersema B, Boxer AL, Boeve BF, Casaletto KB, Hallgarth SR, Diaz VE, Clark LR, Maillard P, Eloyan A, Farias ST, Gonzales MM, Hammers DB, Joie R, Cobigo Y, Wolf A, Hampstead BM, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Miller BL, Rabinovici GD, Ringman JM, Rosen HJ, Ryman SG, Prestopnik JL, Salmon DP, Smith GE, DeCarli C, Rajan KB, Jin LW, Hinman J, Johnson DK, Harvey D, Fornage M, Kramer JH, Staffaroni AM

Unveiling the proteome-wide autoreactome enables enhanced evaluation of emerging CAR-T therapies in autoimmunity.

The Journal of clinical investigation

Bodansky A, Yu DJ, Rallistan AN, Kalaycioglu M, Boonyaratanakornkit J, Green DJ, Gauthier J, Turtle CJ, Zorn KC, O'Donovan B, Mandel-Brehm C, Asaki J, Kortbawi H, Kung AF, Rackaityte E, Wang CY, Saxena A, de Dios K, Masi G, Nowak RJ, O'Connor KC, Li H, Diaz VE, Saloner R, Casaletto KB, Gontrum EQ, Chan BJ, Kramer JH, Wilson MR, Utz PJ, Hill JA, Jackson SW, Anderson MS, DeRisi JL

Unveiling the autoreactome: Proteome-wide immunological fingerprints reveal the promise of plasma cell depleting therapy.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Bodansky A, Yu DJ, Rallistan A, Kalaycioglu M, Boonyaratanakornkit J, Green DJ, Gauthier J, Turtle CJ, Zorn K, O'Donovan B, Mandel-Brehm C, Asaki J, Kortbawi H, Kung AF, Rackaityte E, Wang CY, Saxena A, de Dios K, Masi G, Nowak RJ, O'Connor KC, Li H, Diaz VE, Casaletto KB, Gontrum EQ, Chan B, Kramer JH, Wilson MR, Utz PJ, Hill JA, Jackson SW, Anderson MS, DeRisi JL