Nilufer Taner, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Neurologist

Departamentos

Location

  1. Jacksonville, Florida

Idiomas

English

Citas médicas

Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, M.D., Ph.D., is a neurogeneticist and behavioral neurologist at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. Her laboratory aims to discover and characterize genetic factors underlying the complex genetics of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related neurodegenerative conditions.

She received her medical degree from Hacettepe University Medical School in Ankara, Turkey and her doctorate degree in Molecular Neuroscience from Mayo Graduate School. She completed her residency training in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester, and her fellowship in behavioral neurology at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Jacksonville.

Dr. Ertekin-Taner’s work has contributed to the establishment of the endophenotype approach in genetic studies of AD and pioneered the use of amyloid β peptide levels as an endophenotype in AD genetic research. Dr. Ertekin-Taner's laboratory currently uses biological traits such as gene expression levels and cognitive scores and leverages combined genome, transcriptome and epigenetic data to uncover genetic risk factors for neurodegenerative conditions.

She has led large, multi-site projects that leverage complex data to uncover the genetic underpinnings of AD and other neurodegenerative conditions, which can ultimately identify therapeutic targets and biomarkers. In addition to her basic science research, Dr. Ertekin-Taner has worked as a behavioral neurologist in the Memory Disorders Clinic at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Jacksonville, where she has evaluated and managed patients with AD and other neurodegenerative diseases and has aspired to improve the quality of care provided to patients and their families.

  • Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
  • Genetics of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases
  1. 2008
    ResidentBehavioral Neurology, Programs in Florida, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. 2008
    Fellow - Behavioral NeurologyDepartment of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. 2007
    ResidentNeurology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. 2007
    Resident - NeurologyDepartment of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  5. 2004
    ResidentPreliminary Internal Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  6. 2003
    Research FellowshipDepartment of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  7. 2001
    PhDMolecular Neuroscience, Programs, Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  8. 2001
    Predoctoral StudentMolecular Neuroscience, Programs, Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  9. 2001
    PhDMolecular Neuroscience, Programs, Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  10. 1997
    Research Fellowship - PharmacologyDepartment of Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College
  11. 1996
    Predoctoral Studies - Ph.D. CandidateDepartment of Pharmacology, Hacettepe University Medical School
  12. 1995
    MD - MedicineHacettepe University Medical School

Certifications

  1. 2008
    Behavioral Neurology & NeuropsychiatryUnited Council of Neurologic Subspecialities
  2. 2008
    NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Awards and honors

  1. 2022
    Alzheimer’s Association Zenith Fellows AwardAlzheimer's Association
  2. 2021
    National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine Workshop on Sex Differences in Brain Disorders: Emerging Transcriptomic Evidence – Invited PanelistNational Academy of Sciences
  3. 2021
    NIH Alzheimer's Research Summit – Invited SpeakerNational Institute of Health
  4. 2019
    Mayo Clinic Innovator Award (with Dr. Xue Wang), "Deciphering cellular transcriptional alterations in AD brains"Mayo Clinic in Florida
  5. 2018
    Investigator of the YearMayo Clinic Florida
  6. 2018
    NIH Alzheimer's Research Summit – Writing CommitteeNational Institute of Health
  7. 2017
    Health Care HeroJacksonville Business Journal
  8. 2017
    Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN) American Academy of Neurology
  9. 2012
    Robert Terry Award for the Best Paper on Neurodegenerative DiseasesAmerican Association of Neuropathologists
  10. 2008
    Health Care HeroJacksonville Business Journal
  11. 2008
    Clinical Research Scholarship (NIH KL2 RR024151)National Institute of Health
  12. 2007
    Basic Science Research AwardDepartment of Neurology
  13. 2005
    Selected Attendance, Residents' SymposiumAmerican Neurological Association
  14. 2004
    Travel FellowshipWorld Alzheimer Congress 2004
  15. 2002
    Travel FellowshipWorld Alzheimer Congress 2002
  16. 2002
    Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F32 AG020903)National Institute of Health
  17. 2001
    Travel Stipend, Advanced Linkage CourseRockefeller University
  18. 2001
    Robert and Clarice Smith Fellow in Neuroscience ResearchRobert and Clarice Smith Fellowship in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Stroke, MCF Neuroscience
  19. 2000
    Graduate Student Travel AwardSociety for Neuroscience
  20. 2000
    Pivotal Research ScholarshipWorld Alzheimer Congress 2000
  21. 1999
    Mayo Graduate School Travel AwardMayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
  22. 1999
    Full Scholarship, Genetic Analysis Methods for Medical Researchers courseDuke University Medical Center
  23. 1995
    Best Intern of the YearHacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
  24. 1994
    Diploma of Advanced FrenchMinistry of Education, Republic of France

Professional memberships

  1. 2023 - present
    Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS) KL2 Mentored Career Development Program
  2. 2022 - 2025
    Scientific Program Committee
  3. 2022 - present
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  4. 2022 - present
    Mayo Graduate School Thesis Advisory Committee
  5. 2022 - present
    Mayo Graduate School Thesis Advisory Committee
  6. 2022 - present
    National Institutes of Health NHLBI Framingham Heart Study Brain tissue Repository Oversight Committee (BROC)
  7. 2022 - present
    National Institutes of Health Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers Boston University
  8. 2022 - present
    Alzheimer's Association International Conference
  9. 2021 - 2023
    Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS) KL2 Mentored Career Development Program
  10. 2021 - 2022
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  11. 2021
    Mayo Clinic International Research Subcommittee
  12. 2021
    Mayo Clinic Office of Core Shared Services
  13. 2021
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Chair Search Committee Department of Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics
  14. 2021
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Chair Search Committee Department of Pharmacology
  15. 2021
    Mayo Clinic Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroscience Strategic Planning Group
  16. 2021
    Mayo Clinic Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroscience Strategic Planning Group, Next Generation of Diagnostics and Neurotherapeutics
  17. 2021 - present
    Mayo Clinic Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research (CHCR)
  18. 2021 - present
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  19. 2021 - present
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  20. 2021 - present
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  21. 2021 - present
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  22. 2021 - present
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  23. 2021 - present
    Mayo Graduate School Thesis Advisory Committee
  24. 2021 - present
    Mayo Clinic Research Operations Management Discovery Science Advisory Group
  25. 2021 - present
    Mayo Clinic Research Operations Management Team
  26. 2021 - present
    Mayo Clinic Research Operations Management Team Executive Committee
  27. 2021 - present
    National Institutes of Health NIA ADRC and Translational Programs Bridge Team
  28. 2020 - present
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  29. 2020
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Chair Search Committees Department of Comparative Medicine
  30. 2020
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Chair Search Committees Department of Health Sciences Research
  31. 2020 - present
    Mayo Graduate School Thesis Advisory Committee
  32. 2020 - 2021
    Mayo Clinic Racism and Health Equity Plan for the Research Shield Initiative
  33. 2020 - 2021
    Mayo Clinic Flexible Career Arc Task Force
  34. 2020
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Chair Search Committee Department of Comparative Medicine
  35. 2020
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Chair Search Committee Department of Health Sciences Research
  36. 2020 - present
    Mayo Graduate School Thesis Advisory Committee
  37. 2020 - present
    National Institutes of Health NHLBI Framingham Heart Study Executive Committee
  38. 2020 - present
    Flemish Government Methusalem Program Review
  39. 2020 - present
    National Institute of Health NIA TREAT-AD (TaRget Enablement to Accelerate Therapy Development for AD) Consortium, External Advisory Board
  40. 2019 - 2020
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Chair Search Committees Department of Cancer Biology
  41. 2019 - 2021
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Department of Neuroscience Academic Appointments and Promotions Committee
  42. 2019 - 2021
    Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board Genomics Subcommittee
  43. 2019 - 2020
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Chair Search Committee Department of Cancer Biology
  44. 2019
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Chair Search Committees Department of Molecular Medicine
  45. 2019
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Chair Search Committee Department of Molecular Medicine
  46. 2019 - present
    Mayo Clinic Young Investigator Research Symposium Advisory Committee
  47. 2019 - present
    Mayo Clinic Enterprise Department of Neurology Academic Appointments and Promotions Committee
  48. 2018 - 2022
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  49. 2018 - 2022
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  50. 2018 - 2019
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  51. 2018 - 2022
    Mayo Graduate School Thesis Advisory Committee
  52. 2018 - 2020
    Mayo Clinic Research Public Affairs Subcommittee
  53. 2018 - 2019
    Mayo Clinic Clinical Trialists Task Force
  54. 2018 - 2019
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Search Committee
  55. 2018
    Mayo Clinic AAHRPP Site Visit
  56. 2018
    Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine Bioinformatics Search Committee
  57. 2018
    Department of General Surgery Chair Search Committee
  58. 2018
    Mayo Center for Military Medicine in Florida Associate Director Search Committee
  59. 2018 - present
    Mayo Graduate School Thesis Advisory Committee
  60. 2018 - present
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  61. 2018 - present
    National Institutes of Health Genetic and Biomarker Disclosure Working Group
  62. 2018 - present
    National Institutes of Health
  63. 2017
    Mayo Clinic Search Committee for Center for Military Medicine Associate Director
  64. 2017 - 2020
    Department of Cardiology CI Search Committee
  65. 2017
    Divison of Hematology/ Oncology Chair Search Committee
  66. 2017 - present
    CS/CI Conversion Committee
  67. 2017 - present
    Mayo Clinic Research Pipeline K2R Program Award
  68. 2016
    Department of Neuroscience Search Committee
  69. 2016 - 2018
    American Academy of Neurology
  70. 2016 - 2020
    Mayo Clinic Research Review Group
  71. 2016 - 2020
    Mayo Clinic Personnel Committee, Mayo Clinic Committees
  72. 2016 - 2017
    Mayo Clinic Research Communications Task Force
  73. 2016 - 2017
    Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees - Research Faculty Pipeline Task Force
  74. 2016 - present
    Genome Analysis Core Advisory Panel
  75. 2016 - present
    Research Personnel Subcommittee, Mayo Clinic Research Committee, Mayo Clinic Committees
  76. 2015 - 2017
    Mayo Clinic Reseach Physician/Scientist Compensation Task Force
  77. 2015 - present
    National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center
  78. 2015 - present
    UK Alzheimer's Society Research
  79. 2014
    Genetics: Transcriptomic and Epigenetic Changes in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Traits (O3-04), Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Alzheimer's Association
  80. 2014 - 2018
    NACC
  81. 2014 - 2016
    Research Personnel Subcommittee, Mayo Clinic Research Committee, Mayo Clinic Committees
  82. 2014
    Aging, Dementia, Cognitive, and Behavioral Neurology, American Academy of Neurology
  83. 2014
    Session S28: Aging, Dementia and Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology: Dementia Genetics, 66th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Neurology
  84. 2014 - present
    Behavioral Neurology Fellowship, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic in Florida
  85. 2014 - present
    Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Alzheimer's Association
  86. 2013
    The Role of Alzheimer's Disease in Epigenetics and Transcriptomics, Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Alzheimer's Association
  87. 2013 - 2017
    Mayo Graduate School Thesis Advisory Committee
  88. 2013
    Clinomics Program, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine
  89. 2013 - present
    Research Personnel Subcommittee, Mayo Clinic Research Committee, Mayo Clinic Committees
  90. 2012
    Genetics of AD & non-AD Dementia, Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Alzheimer's Association
  91. 2012 - 2014
    Mayo Graduate School Thesis Advisory Committee
  92. 2012 - 2014
    Admissions Committee, Neurobiology of Disease, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  93. 2012
    Program Advisory Task Force, American Neurological Association
  94. 2012 - present
    Epigenomics Research Committee, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine
  95. 2012 - present
    Mayo Clinic Mentoring Committees
  96. 2012 - present
    Alzheimers Disease Genetics Consortium
  97. 2011
    Education Committee, Department of Neurology
  98. 2011 - present
    Medical Research Council, UK
  99. 2010 - present
    Alzheimer's Association
  100. 2008 - present
    American Academy of Neurology
  101.  
    Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
  102.  
    American Society of Human Genetics
  103.  
    Society for Neuroscience
  104.  
    Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
  105.  
    Turkish Pharmacological Society

Publications

Research activities

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