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Profile – Dr Jessica Z. K. Caldwell, Cleveland Clinic

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11/07/2024

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Dr Jessica Caldwell

Name:

Dr Jessica Z. K. Caldwell

Job Title:

Director, Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement Prevention and Research Center

Place of work / study:

Cleveland Clinic

Area of Research:

Sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers and reducing Alzheimer’s risk in women

How is your research funded:

Through NIA, NINDS, NIGMS, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movment

Tell us a little about yourself:

I’m a neuropsychologist and Director of the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement Prevention and Research Center at Cleveland Clinic. I earned her bachelor’s degree at Princeton University, and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a minor in neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. After this I completed predoctoral internship at Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital and postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology and neuroimaging at Brown University.

Now I run the world’s only clinic aimed at helping women to reduce their risks of dementia by making sustainable lifestyle changes. I am passionate about research on ways men and women differ when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease. To this end I am a principle investigator on R01 grants from the National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

Tell us a fun fact about yourself:

I love horror movies

Why did you choose to work in dementia research?

I am passionate about educating people with and without dementia about what they can do to reduce risks and improve their daily life, and also about helping to find ways to better include women’s health in the dementia conversation.