Memory & Aging Center Co-pilot

Memory & Aging Center Co-pilot: Advancing Neurodegenerative Disease Diagnosis with Generative Artificial Intelligence

Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas, PhD is a Neuroscience Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco - UCSF, in the Department of Neurology and in the UCSF Dyslexia Center. He studies the neural architecture and dynamics of human intelligence, with a focus on cognitive symbolic systems, such as mathematics and language. His research program aims at understanding how these systems develop and decline and how we can help. He combines machine learning, computational modelling, electrophysiological recordings (intracranial EEG, MEG), neuroimaging (fMRI), continuous behavioral measures (trajectory-tracking) and neuropsychology to study the processing stages and representational codes underlying cognitive operations. Complementarily, he uses intracranial electrical stimulation to modulate brain activity and behavior. Recently, his team has been advancing the development of sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI)-driven models designed to predict and characterize neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative conditions, ultimately aiding in their diagnosis.