Aimee Kao, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Aimee Kao is the John Douglas French Foundation Endowed Professor of Neurology and Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of California, San Francisco. Her laboratory investigates the basic mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disorders, focusing on how aging, stress, and gene mutations disrupt lysosomal function and protein homeostasis. She holds multiple government, private foundation, and industry-awarded research grants and directs an NIH-funded FTD Center Without Walls on Tau Metabolism. Dr. Kao has been awarded the Paul Allen Family Foundation Distinguished Investigator Award, the Glenn Award for Research in the Biological Mechanisms of Aging, and the ANA’s Derek Denny Brown Award.
2025 ANA Award for Excellence Recipient: Clinical and Scientific Excellence – Novel Scientific Career Based Contributions <15 Years