Cecily Jenkins

  • Director of Neuropsychology, USC Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI)
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Expertise Summary

Expert in dementia and assessing age-related cognitive changes

Expertise

  • Cognitive assessment of older adults
  • Neuropsychology of aging and dementia
  • Memory changes of normal aging and dementia
  • Memory testing in clinical trials
  • Assessment of pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease

Additional Information

  • Clinical neuropsychologist with more than 20 years’ experience in clinical and observational research in the field of dementia
  • Advises the ATRI team about optimal methods and metrics for assessing human cognitive behavior in clinical studies

  • Leads ATRI affiliated personnel and academic/industry partners in matters of quality cognitive data capture, monitoring, and reporting