Our Team at the McCance Center for Brain Health
The McCance Center for Brain Health at Massachusetts General Hospital was founded by a neurologist, neuroscientist and psychiatrist, with the support of visionary philanthropists, to catalyze integration and collaboration in preventing brain disease.
Rudolph Tanzi, PhDCo-Founder & Director
Gregory Fricchione, MDCo-Founder & Co-Director
Jonathan Rosand, MDCo-Founder
Leadership
Rudolph Tanzi, PhDCo-Founder & Director
Gregory Fricchione, MDCo-Founder & Co-Director
Zeina Chemali, MD, MPHMedical Director
Elizabeth Fonseca, SMAdministrative Director
McCance-Affiliated Faculty
McCance-affiliated faculty come from prominent labs, centers, programs, and institutes, including: MGH Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Brain Care Labs, and the Benson Henry Institute.
Christopher D. Anderson, MD, MMSc
Jeffrey Ashburner, PhD
Raja Bhattacharyya, PhD 
Se Hoon Choi, PhD
Hiroko Hayama Dodge, PhD
William Eimer, PhD
Ana Griciuc, PhD
Edmarie Guzmán-Vélez, PhD
Mehdi Jorfi, PhD
Doo Yeon Kim, PhD
Eunhee Kim, PhD
Deepak Kumar Vijaya Kumar, PhD
Sang Su Kwak, PhD
Chih-Chung "Jerry" Lin, PhD
Eric Minikel, PhD
Valdery “Junior” Moura Junior, MS, MBA
Nanda Kumar Navalpur Shanmugam, PhD
Joseph Park, PhD
Dmitry Prokopenko, PhD
Luisa Quinti, PhD
Sanjula Singh, MD, PhD, MSc 
Jaehong Suh, PhD
Sonia Vallabh, PhD
M. Brandon Westover, MD, PhD
Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSc
Sahar Zafar, MD, MBBS
Can (Martin) Zhang, MD, PhDMcCance-Affiliated Fellows
Ryan Castro, PhD
Devanshi Choksi, MBBS, MPH
Jonathan A. Duskin, MD
Matthias Hebisch, PhD
Moriah Hovde, PhD
Byunghoon Kang, PhD
Mahsa Khayat-Khoi, MD
Tamara Nicole Kimball De Santiago, MD
Fleur Lobo, PhDSandro Marini, MD
Prasenjit Mondal, PhD
Dominika Pilat, PhD
Savvina Prapiadou, MD
Jasper Rudolf Senff, MD
Reinier Willem Pieter Tack, MD
Ben Tan, MD
Yuyao Tian, PhD
Xun Wang, PhDMcCance-Affiliated Staff
Nelson Abarca
Grisilda Bakiasi
Maida Williams Broudo
Christine M. Brown
Anna Chen
Susanna CorteseMichele Courtright
Mary Craven
Michael Defao
Denise Driscoll
Sheyla Garcia
Evan GavrillesManohar Ghanta
Ashley GommAditya Gupta
Matt Hansen
Nader Jaafar
Grace Jachimiec
Thejesh Kalatturu
Elene Ketema
Christina Kourkoulis
Dajun Kuang
Brent Li
Anna Maaser
Elian Matos
Taylor McVeigh
Alex Moir
Trey Moore
Samantha Mora
Kristina MullinSharon Ng
Hanna Preuss
Tanzeela Ranman
Kianna Rivera-Barrett
Alex Rodriguez
YeonSu Ryoo
Katelin Sherman
Hira Shrestha
Sophie Tiefenbacher
Alice TsaiMohammad Waqas
Natalie Zaba
Jacob ZellmerMcCance Collaborators
Steven E. Arnold, MD
Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc
Maurizio Fava, MD
Jill M. Goldstein, PhD
Teresa Gomez-Isla, MD
Jennifer Haas, MD, MSc
Bradley Hyman, MD, PhD
Joshua Metlay, MD, PhD
Jacob Mirsky, MD
Yakeel Quiroz, PhD
Christine Ritchie, MD, MPH
Reisa Sperling, MD
Ana-Maria Vranceanu, PhD
Christiane Wrann, PhD, DVMExternal Advisory Board
Leon PalandjianChief Risk Officer, Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation
Lawrence H. (Larry) SummersCharles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University and former Secretary of the US Department of the Treasury
Current Openings
All applicants should register with the Mass General Careers website.
Support Our Work
The McCance Center for Brain Health has embraced a radically new approach to preventing brain disease and promoting brain health across the lifespan. We convene the best in research and clinical care in order to identify and integrate crucial scientific discoveries that to reduce the incidence and suffering of brain disease around the globe.