People

Julia is a research coordinator in Dr. Joel Kramer’s lab working on the Brain Aging Network for Cognitive Health and Mechanisms of Executive Decline studies, as well as supporting Dr. Kaitlin Casaletto’s new study investigating women’s reproductive health and aging. She graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior in 2025.

Blythe is an assistant clinical research coordinator in Dr. Kramer's lab, working on the Brain Aging Network for Cognitive Health. She graduated with a BA degree in Biology and Human Health from Emory University in 2026.

Shubir Dutt, PhD, is a neuropsychology postdoctoral fellow at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. He completed his PhD degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Southern California in 2023. Shubir’s research leverages structural/functional neuroimaging and biofluid markers to examine cerebrovascular factors impacting cognitive aging and neurodegenerative disease, as well as the role of brainstem nuclei in preclinical detection and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.

Laura Fenton is a predoctoral neuropsychology fellow in the UCSF Clinical Psychology Training Program, where she has been working in Dr.

Sophia is a research coordinator in Dr. Joel Kramer’s lab working primarily on the Brain Aging Network for Cognitive Health study and the Mechanisms of Executive Decline study. She graduated with a BA degree in Integrative Biology from UC Berkeley in 2024.

Emily Paolillo, PhD, is a neuropsychology fellow at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center working under the mentorship of Dr. Kaitlin Casaletto. She obtained her PhD in Clinical Psychology (emphasis in Neuropsychology) from the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in 2021, which included a predoctoral clinical internship at VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Her research interests include evaluating digital health tools for early detection and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Albert is a data engineer working on the Brain Aging Network for Cognitive Health study building reproducible data pipelines. He graduated with a BA degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 2017.

Rowan previously coordinated the Longitudinal Brain Aging Program from 2015–2017, and he returned to the MAC in 2021 to pursue a doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology under the mentorship of Dr. Joel Kramer. His current research at the MAC focuses on genetic and fluid-based biomarkers that aid in th early detection of Alzheimer's disease and also inform cognitive resilience against brain aging.