Ramon Velazquez

Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences and the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center

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Biography

Dr. Ramon Velazquez is an Assistant Professor at the Arizona State University (ASU) School of Life Sciences and a member of the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center. His research focuses on 1) identifying pathogenic mechanisms in the neurodegenerative process resulting from environmental factors; and 2) developing therapeutic strategies to slow progression of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease and Down Syndrome. Dr. Velazquez received his PhD in Neuroscience at Cornell University in 2014 and completed a post-doc at ASU, funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) research fellowships. He is principal investigator and co-investigator of numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and serves as a standing member of the NIH Chronic Dysfunction and Integrative Neurodegeneration study section. He is also director of the “Workforce Inclusion in Neuroscience through Undergraduate Research Experience” program, with the goal of exposing underrepresented minorities to research opportunities and neuroscience PhD programs. Dr. Velazquez is a mPI of a new NIH T32 Program (2024-2029), combining training for PhD students in Alzheimer’s disease biology and the artificial Intelligence space.