What Can We Learn from High-Frequency Digital Assessments?

Jason Hassenstab, PhD is the Norman J. Stupp Protessor of Neurology and Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. His laboratory, the Cognitive Technology Research Lab (CTRLab) develops novel assessment approaches for cognition in normal aging and neurodegenerative diseases. He is the Principal Investigator of the ARC-Down syndrome network (ARC-DS), an international study of Down syndrome-associated Alzheimer’s disease (DSAD), which is validating a digital platform for remote cognitive, clinical, and biomarker assessments in DSAD. He also leads the Cognition Cores for the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) and the DIAN-Trials Unit (DIAN-TU). Prior to pursuing academics, Dr. Hassenstab lived a life of fame and fortune as a professional jazz saxophonist, where he often earned hundreds of dollars. He received his bachelor’s degree in Jazz and Contemporary Music from New York University and completed a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Fordham University under the mentorship of Antonio Convit, MD at New York University Medical School. He completed his internship and postdoctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology at Brown University under the mentorship of Steven Salloway, MD and Ronald Cohen,