Constantino Iadecola

Director/Chair, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute
Anne Parrish Titzell Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medicine

Contact Information

407 East 61st Street, 3rd Floor
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY 10065
p: (646) 962-8279

Constantino Iadecola

Director/Chair, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute
Anne Parrish Titzell Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medicine

Expertise

Cerebrovascular regulation; stroke and vascular dementia; Alzheimer’s disease

Current Research Interest

Mechanisms regulating the cerebral circulation; vascular and metabolic factors in Alzheimer’s disease; effects of hypertension of the brain; molecular pathology of cerebral ischemia and neurodegeneration

Distinction

Clarivate Analytics “Highly cited researcher”
American Heart Association Distinguished Scientist
National Institutes of Health Javits Award
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Willis Award
Alzheimer’s Association Zenith Award
Association of American Physicians

Selected Publications

Faraco, Giuseppe, David Brea, Lidia Garcia-Bonilla, Gang Wang, Gianfranco Racchumi, Haejoo Chang, Izaskun Buendia, Monica M. Santisteban, Steven S. Segarra, Kenzo Koizumi, Yukio Sugiyama, Michelle Murphy, Hening Voss, Josef Anrather, and Constantino Iadecola. “Dietary Salt Promotes Neurovascular and Cognitive Dysfunction through a Gut-initiated TH17 Response.” Nature Neuroscience 21 (2018): 240-249.

Benakis, Corinne, David Brea, Silvia Caballero, Guiseppe Faraco, Jamie Moore, Michelle Murphy, Giulia Sita, Gianfranco Racchumi, Lilan Ling, Eric G. Pamer, Constantino Iadecola, and Josef Anrather. “Commensal Microbiota affects Ischemic Stroke Outcome by Regulating Intestinal γδ T Cells.” Nature Medicine 22 (2016): 516-523.

Cornell Research Website Article

Looking Deeply into the Causes of Dementia