David V. Hansen PhD

David V. Hansen is Associate Professor at Brigham Young University. Her Ph.D., Program in Cancer Biology at Stanford University School of Medicine 2006, and B.S., in Molecular Biology at Brigham Young University, 2000. The Hansen lab studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathogenesis. Human genetic studies have identified many AD risk genes, but how these genes impact physiological processes in the brain is not well understood. By studying the molecular function of proteins encoded by AD risk genes, our research aims to define key cellular processes that either protect against or contribute to AD pathogenesis.