Brendan Cohn-Sheehy, MD, PhD

Brendan Cohn-Sheehy, MD, PhD

Brendan is a Santa Monica native who has long been fascinated by how the brain supports our complex life experiences. This fascination led him on a whirlwind tour of the University of California, from UCLA (high school lab assistant), to UC Berkeley (B.A. in Psychology with Honors), to UCSF (clinical neuroimaging research), to UC Davis (M.D./Ph.D. Program), and back to UCLA (Resident Physician in Neurology). Brendan aims to eventually serve as an academic neurologist with a focus on neurodegenerative diseases that impact cognition and behavior, and with a mix of clinical, research, and teaching responsibilities. In particular, he hopes to build on his doctoral research in the cognitive neuroscience of human memory, to develop diagnostics and interventions for early-stage cognitive decline. Outside of these pursuits, Brendan tries to compose a bit of jazz and fiction while two little dogs vie for his attention.