Cognitive Neuroscience

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
• Senior Investigator and Chief, Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health
• Chief, Neurocognitive Aging Section, National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health

EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND:
Dr Rapp received his PhD in Biopsychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986. After postdoctoral training at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, California, he accepted a position on the faculty of the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. From 1997 until joining the NIA in 2008, he was Associate Professor of Neuroscience, and Geriatrics and Adult Development at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, holding various positions including Interim Chair of the Fishberg Department of Neuroscience (2006-2008), the Mount Sinai Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, and Co-Director of the Graduate Training Program in Neuroscience.

EDITORIAL POSITIONS:
He serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the position of Section Editor at Neurobiology of Aging.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Rapp's research interests focus on epigenetic contributions to age-related cognitive decline, in vivo imaging studies of neurocognitive aging, and the development of strategies aimed at promoting optimally healthy cognitive aging.