Dr. Brianne Bettcher, PhD ABPP-CN
Brianne Bettcher, PhD ABPP-CN. Dr. Bettcher is a neuropsychologist in the Department of Neurology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Bettcher’s research program focuses on understanding biological mechanisms for different aging trajectories. Her lab focuses on how immune health history and immune regulation might impact aging-related processes and cognitive functioning. Given that there is a 15+ year time lag between the development of Alzheimer’s disease pathology in the brain and the later development of cognitive symptoms, she believes that there is a tremendous opportunity to understand what puts people at risk for cognitive decline and what may protect them. In her spare time, Bri enjoys hiking, running, skiing, and exploring everything that Colorado has to offer!
Victoria S. Pelak, MD
Victoria S. Pelak, MD, is a Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine with subspecialty fellowship training in Neuro-ophthalmology and subspecialty certification in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry. She specializes in assessing and treating patients with visual problems related to neurological diseases, and she has clinical expertise in vision symptoms related to Alzheimer’s disease, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Parkinson’s disease, and similar disorders. She built and founded the Brain and Vision Laboratory at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in order to study higher order visual perception, and she has a particular research interest in visual motion processing. She served as the study physician on the LIIA project.