NiluferTanerMDPhD

Summary

• Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, MD, PhD is a Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neuroscience at the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA. She is a neurogeneticist and board-certified behavioural neurologist. Dr. Ertekin-Taner received her medical degree from Hacettepe University Medical School in Ankara, Turkey and her doctorate degree in Molecular Neuroscience from Mayo Graduate School. She completed her residency training in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and fellowship in Behavioral Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL.
  
  Dr. Ertekin-Taner’s laboratory aims to discover and characterize genetic factors underlying the complex genetics of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related neurodegenerative conditions. Her earlier work contributed to the establishment of the endophenotype approach in genetic studies of AD and pioneered the use of amyloid β peptide levels as an endophenotype in AD genetic research. Dr. Ertekin-Taner’s laboratory currently uses biological traits such as gene expression levels and cognitive scores and leverages combined genome, transcriptome and epigenetic data to uncover genetic risk factors for neurodegenerative conditions.
  
  Dr. Ertekin-Taner is the Principal Investigator (PI) of numerous NIH and foundation grants. She leads multiple collaborative projects aimed at gene and pathway discoveries in AD and other neurodegenerative diseases, as part of the NIH initiatives Accelerating Medicines Partnership Alzheimer’s Disease (AMP-AD), Molecular Mechanisms of the Vascular Etiology of AD (M2OVE-AD) and Resilience-AD consortia. Dr. Ertekin-Taner is the PI of the Florida Consortium for African-American Alzheimer’s Disease Studies (FCA3DS). As a neurologist in the Memory Disorders Clinic at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. Ertekin-Taner continues to evaluate and manage patients with AD and other dementias and aspires to improve the quality of care that we provide to our patients and their families.

Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, M.D., Ph.D.: Neurologist | Neuroscientist - Mayo Clinic
Dr. Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner discusses her expertise in neurodegenerative diseases and her motivation towards Alzheimer's disease research and patient care.

Characteristics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Advancements in Research
Dr. Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner discusses characteristics of neurodegenerative diseases and her research on the complex genetics of Alzheimer’s at Mayo Clinic.