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Carol Lippa, MD
Carol Lippa, MD

    Dr. Lippa directs the Dementia Neurology Research Laboratory at Drexel University College of Medicine, investigating the question of why people develop memory loss/forgetfulness, dementia, and other cognitive problems. Her basic science laboratory research addresses the clinicopathologic mechanisms underlying neuronal death in neurodegenerative diseases. Most of her work is focused on characterizing abnormal proteins in Alzheimer's disease and related types of dementia, including Pick's disease and Lewy body disease.

    As neuropathologist and director of Drexel University College of Medicine's Neurology Brain, Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Bank, Dr. Lippa has one of the country's largest collections of brain tissue, blood, and cerebrospinal fluid from patients with genetic forms of degenerative diseases.

    Much of her work is collaborative; she partners with biochemists, geneticists, pathologists and other physicians from within Drexel University College of Medicine and around the world. Dr. Lippa has a reputation for organizing networks of individuals to work collaboratively to answer scientific questions about these diseases. The long-term goal of her work is to understand the underlying mechanisms in degenerative brain diseases and develop rational therapies to prevent these diseases or slow their progression.

    Schedule28 Mar 2024