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Dr. Y. Alvin Huang, serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry at Brown University since July 2019, brings an extensive background in neurology and neuroscience research. He completed his M.D. specializing in neurology residency at National Taiwan University in Taipei, focusing on neurodegenerative disorders. He earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, investigating gene regulation in the context of memory formation. Following his postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Huang made significant advances in stem cell technologies elucidating cellular mechanisms vital for brain function and health. His research currently centers on neuron-glial interactions in neurocognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Angelman syndrome, supported by innovative modeling tools developed in his laboratory. Dr. Huang is a co-founder of Acre Therapeutics LLC, a startup that targets novel disease mechanisms associated with Alzheimer’s disease-related tauopathies, focusing on secretory autophagy pathways. His laboratory investigates how individual glial and neuronal cell types coordinate to shape cognition across neurodevelopment, brain aging, and neurodegeneration, using human stem cell–derived neural systems and advanced bioengineering platforms.
Department: Department of Economics