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Top Neuroscience Researchers at New York University for 2026
New York University’s recent neuroscience output spans clinical care, brain imaging, cognition, and neuromodulation, reflecting a broad research community working across the field. Looking across the past year, the institution’s scholarship connects mechanistic questions with practical approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and everyday brain health.
Below, you’ll find a snapshot of researchers whose recent work touches on Alzheimer’s disease, hearing and dementia, visual perception, epilepsy, sleep apnea, and home-based stimulation approaches. The mix offers a useful view of how neuroscience at NYU is being shaped by both fundamental and translational questions.
Featured Researchers
Thomas Wısnıewskı
Thomas Wısnıewskı’s recent work at New York University centers on physiology, molecular biology, and psychiatry and mental health, with studies spanning Alzheimer’s disease risk, Fahr disease imaging, and neuron-derived extracellular vesicles.
Activity over the last year: 23 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Reducing ARIA risk in Alzheimer's disease: Real-world impact of APOE genotype-guided slow titration with aducanumab and lecanemab (Aug 2025)
- CT, I-123-Ioflupane SPECT, and Integrated FDG PET-MRI of a Patient With Fahr Disease (May 2025)
- Nerve growth factor precursor alterations in neuron‐derived extracellular vesicles from individuals with Down syndrome along the Alzheimer's disease continuum (Apr 2025)
Nicholas S. Reed
Nicholas S. Reed focuses on cognitive neuroscience, sensory systems, and speech and hearing, with recent publications addressing hearing loss, hearing intervention, and disparities in hearing aid use.
Activity over the last year: 16 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Yulin Ge
Yulin Ge’s New York University research combines radiology, pathology, and cognitive neuroscience, including work on choroid plexus imaging, Alzheimer’s disease progression, and white matter hyperintensities.
Activity over the last year: 15 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Relaxation‐Selective Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Imaging of Microvascular Perfusion and Fluid Compartments in the Human Choroid Plexus (Sep 2025)
- Characterizing choroid plexus cyst burden across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum (Nov 2025)
- Tortuous extracranial arteries contribute to white Matter hyperintensities in aging brains (Oct 2025)
Marisa Carrasco
Marisa Carrasco’s recent New York University publications draw on cognitive neuroscience, computer vision, and experimental psychology to examine consciousness, visual perception, and visual adaptation.
Activity over the last year: 16 indexed journal articles.
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Leigh Charvet
Leigh Charvet’s work spans neurology, pathology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience, with recent studies on home-based transcranial direct current stimulation, primary progressive aphasia, and multiple sclerosis fatigue.
Activity over the last year: 14 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Low intensity transcranial electric stimulation: Safety, ethical, legal regulatory and application guidelines (2017–2025: An update) – endorsed by the European Society for Brain Stimulation (ESBS) and by the International Federation for Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN) (Nov 2025)
- Feasibility of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation combined with personalized word retrieval for improving naming in primary progressive aphasia (Feb 2025)
- Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation paired with cognitive training to reduce fatigue in multiple sclerosis (Feb 2025)
Giuseppina Pilloni
Giuseppina Pilloni’s New York University research sits at the intersection of neurology, rehabilitation, and cellular and molecular neuroscience, focusing on home-based tDCS and language therapy in primary progressive aphasia and multiple sclerosis.
Activity over the last year: 14 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Feasibility of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation combined with personalized word retrieval for improving naming in primary progressive aphasia (Feb 2025)
- Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation paired with cognitive training to reduce fatigue in multiple sclerosis (Feb 2025)
- Remotely Supervised Home-based tDCS Augmentation of Language Therapy in Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Case Study to Inform a Study Protocol (Jul 2025)
Orrin Devinsky
Orrin Devinsky’s recent New York University work bridges psychiatry, pediatrics, and cellular and molecular neuroscience, with studies on natural language processing in conversation, sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, and closed-loop stimulation.
Activity over the last year: 17 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- A unified acoustic-to-speech-to-language embedding space captures the neural basis of natural language processing in everyday conversations (Mar 2025)
- Risk markers for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: an observational, prospective, multicentre cohort study (Sep 2025)
- Closed-loop electrical stimulation prevents focal epilepsy progression and long-term memory impairment (Jun 2025)
Omonigho M. Bubu
Omonigho M. Bubu’s research links physiology, experimental psychology, and psychiatry and mental health, with recent studies on sleep apnea treatment, EEG slow oscillations, and locus coeruleus integrity.
Activity over the last year: 14 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- EEG slow oscillations and overnight spatial navigational memory performance in CPAP-treated obstructive sleep apnea (Feb 2025)
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment for Brain Health: Improvement in Connectivity but Not Measurable Function? (Feb 2025)
- High obstructive sleep apnea hypoxic burden associates with reduced locus coeruleus structural integrity on 7T MRI in older adults (Dec 2025)
What New York University's Neuroscience Community Is Working On
Across the featured researchers, the most common subfields point to a community working at the intersection of psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. That combination suggests a strong emphasis on understanding brain function at multiple levels, from behavior and perception to underlying biological mechanisms. Physiology and pathology also appear prominently, reinforcing the practical and clinical orientation of much of the recent work, especially in areas such as neurodegeneration, epilepsy, sleep disorders, and brain stimulation.- Psychiatry and Mental health - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Cognitive Neuroscience - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Physiology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
From brain imaging and sensory neuroscience to epilepsy, rehabilitation, and mental health, these recent studies show the range of neuroscience activity at New York University. If you’re exploring how researchers build, organize, and prepare their own work, Resub can help streamline citation discovery, manuscript formatting, and submission prep.
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