Dr. Lisa Mosconi, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Neurology and Radiology, and director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM)/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The program includes the NIH-funded Women’s Brain Initiative, the award-winning Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, and the newly launched Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinical Trials Unit. 

Dr. Mosconi holds a PhD degree in Neuroscience and Nuclear Medicine from the University of Florence, Italy. She ranks in the top 1% of scientists of the past 20 years by official metrics. Recognized by The Times as one of the 17 most influential living female scientists and honored in ELLE 100: Women That Are Changing The World, Dr. Mosconi has been portrayed as “the Mona Lisa of Neuroscience” by ELLE International.