Maria-Victoria Fernandez Hernandez
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-273-5448
- Email: fernandezv@wustl.edu
Education & Training
- PhD: University of Girona, Girona, Spain, 2012
- MSc: Bangor University, Bangor, UK, 2007
- BSc: University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2005
Major Awards
- Charleston Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease Early Career Investigator, 2019
Research Interests
I am mostly interested in the study of the genetic factors that contribute to the development of neurodegenerative diseases, not only but mainly Alzheimer’s disease. Then, I also explore other OMIC datasets and perform functional studies on iPSC to understand how these genetic polymorphisms contribute to the pathology of these diseases.
Key Publications
- Fernández MV, Budde J, Del-Aguila JL, Ibañez L, Deming Y, Harari O, Norton J, Morris JC, Goate AM, , , Cruchaga C, (2018 April). Evaluation of Gene-Based Family-Based Methods to Detect Novel Genes Associated With Familial Late Onset Alzheimer Disease. Front Neurosci. 12: 209.
Read publication »Evaluation of Gene-Based Family-Based Methods to Detect Novel Genes Associated With Familial Late Onset Alzheimer Disease. - Fernández MV, Kim JH, Budde JP, Black K, Medvedeva A, Saef B, Deming Y, Del-Aguila J, Ibañez L, Dube U, Harari O, Norton J, Chasse R, Morris JC, Goate A, , , Cruchaga C, (2017 Nov). Analysis of neurodegenerative Mendelian genes in clinically diagnosed Alzheimer Disease. PLoS Genet.. 13(11): e1007045.
Read publication »Analysis of neurodegenerative Mendelian genes in clinically diagnosed Alzheimer Disease. - Del-Aguila JL, Fernández MV, Jimenez J, Black K, Ma S, Deming Y, Carrell D, Saef B, , Howells B, Budde J, Cruchaga C, (2015 Dec). Role of ABCA7 loss-of-function variant in Alzheimer’s disease: a replication study in European-Americans. Alzheimers Res Ther. 7(1): 73.
Read publication »Role of ABCA7 loss-of-function variant in Alzheimer’s disease: a replication study in European-Americans. - Fernández MV, Black K, Carrell D, Saef B, Budde J, Deming Y, Howells B, Del-Aguila JL, Ma S, Bi C, Norton J, Chasse R, Morris J, Goate A, Cruchaga C, , (2016 12). SORL1 variants across Alzheimer’s disease European American cohorts. Eur. J. Hum. Genet.. 24(12): 1828-1830.
Read publication »SORL1 variants across Alzheimer’s disease European American cohorts. - Read publication »Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD): Review and Update for Clinical Neurologists.