Christy Hom

University of California, Irvine, United States

Title: Executive function decline and regional amyloid-? accumulation due to Alzheimer Disease in Adults with Down Syndrome

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Biography

I am a board-certified neuropsychologist and Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, Irvine who has been evaluating and treating people with intellectual and developmental disabilities for over 20 years. As a Co-Investigator on several NIH-funded multi-site studies that examine the biomarkers and course of Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome, I helped design the cognitive batteries that assess cognition and cognitive decline for people with Down syndrome. My publications have focused on the early cognitive and functional declines, white matter microstructural changes, and distribution of brain amyloid in people with Down syndrome who are at high risk for developing Alzheimer’s dementia.

Abstract

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia