Vascular Dementia

Biography

Saeid Taheri joined University of South Florida in 2015 as a faculty in Neurodegenerative diseases. His areas of interest include neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and blood-brain barrier (BBB). Prior to joining USF, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at MUSC where he was Principal Investigator to elucidate the role of BBB in vascular dementia. He has developed MR techniques in vivo to quantify the BBB transfer rates. He received his PhD from University of New Mexico (UNM) USA and completed his Post-doctoral fellowship in the BRAIN Center at UNM HSC with special focus on BBB in stroke and dementia.

Abstract

Abstract : Blood-brain barrier in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia