Core Lead
Annie Hiniker, M.D., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Pathology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC) and Director of the USC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) Neuropathology Core. Dr. Hiniker’s research leverages classical neuropathology combined with cell biology, omics, and seeding assays to define the molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, with particular emphasis on LRRK2-mediated neurodegeneration. Dr. Hiniker was AOA at University of Michigan where she completed her MD and PhD; she did residency and fellowship in Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology at UCSF. Prior to her recruitment to USC in 2024, she was Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the ADRC Neuropathology Core at UCSD. Current and past funding sources include NINDS, the Epstein Family Foundation, AFAR Paul B. Beeson Award, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program Parkinson’s Disease Early Investigator Award, the Alzheimer’s Association, and the American Parkinson’s Disease Association. She has been a member of the American Association of Neuropathologists since 2010, is a co-director of the AANP Neurodegenerative Scholars R13 program, serves on the AANP Education Committee, and is a member of the Editorial Board of Free Neuropathology.
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