
JoAnne McLaurin
PhD
Professor
Research location: Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/Research Institute
Primary Research Area: Brain & Neuroscience
Secondary Research Area: Human Development & Aging
Research Statement:
My research focuses on development of therapeutics to target protein-misfolding disorders, in particular Alzheimer’s disease. Stemming from the basic research of protein-lipid interactions, we identified a family of compounds that inhibit the formation of toxic soluble aggregates in Alzheimer’s disease that has added to our understanding of disease progression and human clinical trials.