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Top Neuroscience Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine for 2026
Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine continues to span a wide range of questions in neuroscience, from brain networks and cognitive aging to migraine, epilepsy, sleep disorders, and developmental neurotoxicity. Looking across the last year of work, a clear picture emerges of a community that bridges clinical insight with mechanistic and population-based approaches.
Below, you’ll find a snapshot of researchers whose recent publications reflect that breadth. Their work shows how neuroscience at Albert Einstein College of Medicine connects day-to-day clinical challenges with deeper questions about brain function, risk, and recovery.
Featured Researchers
Richard B. Lipton
Richard B. Lipton’s recent work at Albert Einstein College of Medicine centers on migraine, its psychiatric comorbidity, and cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease trials.
Activity over the last year: 21 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Fremanezumab for the Treatment of Patients With Migraine and Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder (May 2025)
- Rates and risk factors for migraine progression using multiple definitions of progression: Results of the longitudinal OVERCOME ( US ) study (Mar 2025)
- A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer Disease Clinical Trials (Mar 2025)
Michael Aschner
Michael Aschner has been focused on developmental neurotoxicity, toxicology, and the biology of hydrogen sulfide in model systems.
Activity over the last year: 22 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Developmental neurotoxicity (DNT): A call for implementation of new approach methodologies for regulatory purposes: Summary of the 5th International Conference on DNT Testing (Jan 2025)
- Toxicological insights into hydrogen sulfide biology in Caenorhabditis elegans : detection, metabolism, and functional outcomes (Aug 2025)
Roee Holtzer
Roee Holtzer’s recent publications examine brain connectivity, gait, and neuropsychological norms in older adults, including those with multiple sclerosis.
Activity over the last year: 10 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Associations between connectivity in functional brain networks and gait speed in older adults with and without multiple sclerosis (Feb 2025)
- Montefiore Einstein Robust Geriatric Normative Project: Robust Age- and Regression-Based Demographic Norms for the Repeatable Battery for Neuropsychological Status and Select Neuropsychological Tests in Older Adults (Feb 2025)
- Montefiore Einstein Robust Geriatric Normative Project (MERGER-NP): Base rates of score discrepancies, cognitive dispersion, and impairment thresholds on the RBANS and select neuropsychological tests (Aug 2025)
Michael J. Thorpy
Michael J. Thorpy’s work highlights narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia, with recent analyses tied to phase 3 treatment trials.
Activity over the last year: 12 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Efficacy of Once-Nightly Sodium Oxybate in Patients with Narcolepsy: Post Hoc Analyses of Sensitivity, Effect Size, and Numbers Needed to Treat from the Phase 3 REST-ON Trial (Mar 2025)
- Understanding idiopathic hypersomnia: diagnosis, pathophysiology, and management (Sep 2025)
- AXS-12 for the Treatment of Narcolepsy: Topline Results from the Phase 3 SYMPHONY Trial (PL5.007) (Apr 2025)
Dawn C. Buse
Dawn C. Buse has been publishing on migraine prevention, real-world disease impact, and the interpretation of clinical trial evidence.
Activity over the last year: 7 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Behavioral interventions for migraine prevention: A systematic review and meta‐analysis (Feb 2025)
- Response to: Disagreement with Categorization of Clinical Trials included in Treadwell et al. Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis (Jul 2025)
- Associations between good days per month and migraine-related disease impact in the real-world: a post hoc analysis from the REVIEW study of eptinezumab in chronic migraine (Nov 2025)
Aristea S. Galanopoulou
Aristea S. Galanopoulou’s recent papers focus on epilepsy research, including EEG, experimental models of posttraumatic epilepsy, and artificial intelligence in preclinical studies.
Activity over the last year: 7 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The role of electroencephalography in epilepsy research—From seizures to interictal activity and comorbidities (Feb 2025)
- Advances and challenges in experimental models of posttraumatic epilepsy for therapeutic interventions (Jul 2025)
- Artificial intelligence in preclinical epilepsy research: Current state, potential, and challenges (Sep 2025)
Sophie Molholm
Sophie Molholm’s recent output includes work on occupational therapy interventions for autistic children and broader questions in cognitive neuroscience and developmental psychology.
Activity over the last year: 6 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Siddharth Nayak
Siddharth Nayak’s publications explore functional connectivity, beta-amyloid and tau deposition, and cognitive effects linked to brain network change.
Activity over the last year: 6 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Inter-network functional connectivity increases by beta-amyloid and may facilitate the early stage of tau accumulation (Jan 2025)
- Heterogeneous tau deposition patterns in the preclinical stage link to domain‐specific cognitive deficits (May 2025)
- Associations between connectivity in functional brain networks and gait speed in older adults with and without multiple sclerosis (Feb 2025)
What Albert Einstein College of Medicine's Neuroscience Community Is Working On
Across the featured researchers, the most common subfields point to a neuroscience community deeply engaged with psychiatry and mental health, epidemiology, and cognitive neuroscience. That mix suggests active work at the intersection of clinical symptoms, population-level risk patterns, and brain-based mechanisms. Pathology, experimental psychology, and related areas also appear regularly, reinforcing a broader effort to connect measurement, behavior, and disease processes in both adults and children.- Psychiatry and Mental health - seen across 5 of the featured researchers
- Epidemiology - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Cognitive Neuroscience - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
Taken together, these recent publications show a neuroscience community working across psychiatry, cognition, epidemiology, and experimental models to better understand the brain across the lifespan. If you’d like to keep tracking scholarship like this, explore more of the institution’s recent output and consider using Resub to support citation discovery, manuscript formatting, and submission preparation.
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