AbbyLaurenOlsenMDPhD(She/Her)

Summary

• Abby Olsen, MD PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC. She is a graduate of Carleton College and completed her MD PhD at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by residency and fellowship training at Mass General Brigham. Dr. Olsen is the recipient of an NINDS K08 award and a Department of Defense Parkinson’s Disease Early Investigator Award. Her research utilizes a combination of Drosophila and human genetics to identify novel glial genes that contribute to the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease and other alpha-synucleinopathies, with the long-term goal of developing glial-based therapeutics for alpha-synucleinopathies. She is the author of 21 publications. In the clinic, she enjoys caring for patients with Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy.