Julie Gonneaud

After a training in clinical neuropsychology, I used neuroimaging during my PhD and postdocs (Inserm U923, Béatrice Desgranges’ Team, Gaël Chetelat’s Team, Caen, France; McGill
University, Sylvia Villeneuve’s lab, Montreal, Canada) to better understand aging and Alzheimer’s disease, and the factors that could influence them. I joined the Neuropresage Team in November 2019 to lead a research topic on Lifestyle factors in ageing and Alzheimer’s disease. I use neuropsychology and multimodal neuroimaging to enhance our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) physiopathology and the factors that could influence the risk of developing AD in cognitively unimpaired individuals. I primarily focus on how lifestyle factors—such as cognitive, physical, and social activities, as well as diet—impact brain and cognitive markers of aging and AD. Additionally, I am particularly interested in the roles of sex/gender and genetics, and how these factors may interact with lifestyle to modulate AD risk.