Minneapolis VA Health Care System Research Service

Investigator Profile

Dongming Cai, MD, PhD

Positions

Physician Scientist, Minneapolis VA
Professor of Neurology and Director, N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care, University of Minnesota

Education

MD Tongji Medical University; PhD The City University of New York

Contact Information

dongming.cai2@va.gov

Research Interests

Dr. Cai is a Professor of Neurology at The University of Minnesota, and a Physician Scientist at The Minneapolis VA Health Care System. She trained in Neuroscience with Marie Filbin, PhD at Hunter College of The City University of New York, and in Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology during postdoctoral research with Nobel laureate Paul Greengard, PhD at The Rockefeller University. Later she received Neurology Residency training at Yale School of Medicine. Prior to transitioning to Minnesota, Dr. Cai was a physician scientist at the Bronx VA and in the Department of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. By combining expertise in basic neuroscience and clinical neurology, her laboratory studies focus on translating current understanding of disease mechanisms into development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer’s Disease, traumatic brain injury and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Publications

Full bibliography on PubMed

VA Research Topics

Alzheimer's Disease; Neurology & Neurobiology

MeSH Key Words

Neurobiology; Translational Science, Biomedical; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Neurology; Brain Injuries, Traumatic; Cognitive Dysfunction; Neurons

Professional Networking

ORCID | ResearchGate | Google Scholar

Links

University of Minnesota profile | Website | Minneapolis GRECC

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