Gabriella is a bilingual speech-language pathologist at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center in the Dyslexia Center led by Dr. Marilu Gorno-Tempini. Gabriella has a BA degree in Psychology from the University of Puerto Rico and an MS degree in Speech and Language Pathology from Carlos Albizu University. Gabriella is a native Spanish speaker, raised and educated in Puerto Rico, and is passionate about bilingualism.
Bettina Pedemonte completed a PhD in Mathematics in Italy at Genoa University and a PhD in Mathematics Education in France at Grenoble University. She has experience in teaching mathematics, in particular to students with learning disorders. She designed technological environments to support mathematical learning. Her research interests include understanding cognitive processes involved in solving mathematical problems and finding new teaching methods to support mathematical learning. Bettina joined UCSF in March 2018, specializing in designing a battery for dyscalculia.
Dr. Pereira graduated from the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology-Stanford PsyD Consortium in 2014. She has a background in psychology, developmental biology, neuroimaging and neuropsychology. Her research interests include brain development across the lifespan. She is currently working on a pediatric HIV brain imaging study with Dr. Victor Valcour.
When she is not working, she enjoys spending time outdoors, watching movies, playing soccer, and listening to jazz.
Janhavi Pillai is an imaging data assistant at the ALBA Lab. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA degree in Cognitive Science and a minor in Data Science. Janhavi has previously worked as a research assistant at the UCSF Kheirbek Lab, where she examined and compared the roles of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and ventral hippocampus in fear and anxiety behaviors.
Mariah L. Pospisil, M.Ed, is a lifelong educator and advocate for students with dyslexia. After receiving her A.B. in Psychology from Harvard College, Mariah earned her teaching credential and Master of Education as an Education Specialist, Mild/Moderate from Notre Dame de Namur University.
David is a Staff Research Associate at the ALBA Lab working under Dr. Jet Vonk on dementia research. He graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Computer Science and has previously worked at the Taub Institute at Columbia University Medical Center. His work focuses on generating new automated methods for analyzing verbal fluency across different languages.
Marni graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in Psychology- Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience and a minor in Zoology. At UF, Marni was a Research Assistant for a Neurocognitive Lab studying addiction. She has a published manuscript on the impact of COVID-19 on college students. She was Clinic Manager at a neuropsychology clinic where she scored and administered neuropsychological tests to a pediatric population. In her free time, she enjoys hiking and longboarding through the park.
Dr. Tee is a neurologist from Taiwan and an Atlantic fellow for Equity in Brain Health at Global Brain Health Institute. She completed her medical and master degree at National Taiwan University and her residency at National Taiwan University Hospital/ En-Chu-Kong Hospital. Her research interest focused on developing linguistic adapted language assessment tools for Chinese speaking populations that suffers from neurodegenerative diseases.
Lucienne Vintaer is the Executive Administrative Assistant to Dr. Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini. Born and raised in San Francisco, she earned her BA degree at Scripps College of the Claremont Consortium and found her interest in organizational administration working for the University's Disability Resource Center, serving individuals with varying neurodivergence.
Jet Vonk is an Assistant Professor at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology. She received her PhD degree in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences from the City University of New York Graduate Center, with a focus on neurolinguistics and cognitive science. She also maintains an affiliation with the Department of Epidemiology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, where she is currently obtaining a second PhD in Epidemiology.
