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Dr. Ottavio Arancio received both his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Pisa, Italy. He completed residency training in Neurology at the University of Verona, Italy. He has held faculty appointments at Columbia University, NYU School of Medicine, and SUNY HSCB. Since 2004, he has been a faculty member in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology at the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University. His research contributions include over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and he has raised more than $25 million in grant funding. Dr. Arancio's laboratory specializes in cellular neurobiology, focusing on mechanisms underlying learning in both normal conditions and neurodegenerative diseases. He has pioneered the study of synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease and has established a mouse model for studying traumatic brain injury. His current research investigates the role of oligomeric proteins, specifically amyloid-beta and tau, in synaptic dysfunction and their links to dementia. Dr. Arancio is fluent in Italian.
Columbia University • New York, NY
Faculty member in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology at the Taub Institute.
Department of Anthropology (GSAS)