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Natascha Merten, PhD, MS (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, United States

As a psychologist (MS) and aging epidemiologist (PhD) by training Dr. Merten’s research focuses on human brain aging. She aims to assess aging with a holistic approach through investigating general aging processes that affect multiple domains of brain aging focusing on sensory and cognitive aging and dementia. She considers risk factors of Alzheimer’s pathology and inflammation, vascular, and metabolic systems to identify common pathways of neurodegeneration and brain aging. In this context, she also wants to investigate early biomarkers of aging to identify individuals at risk for decline in various health conditions. Understanding shared etiological pathways and identifying common modifiable risk factors has the potential to improve prevention and treatment strategies for a wide range of age-related diseases.

Dr. Natascha Merten is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Population Health Sciences and Department of Medicine (Geriatrics & Gerontology) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also an Affiliate with the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Center for Demography of Health and Aging and a member of the McPherson Eye Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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