Mark Cookson PhD

Dr. Cookson received both his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Salford, UK, in 1991 and 1995, respectively. He obtained postdoctoral training at the Medical Research Council laboratories and the University of Newcastle, UK, before joining the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, as a Senior Research Fellow and Assistant Professor of Neuroscience. Dr. Cookson moved to the NIA in 2002 and is currently and Investigator in the Laboratory of Neurogenetics. His group uses cellular and molecular biology tools to study inherited neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, attempting to understand the mechanisms leading to neuronal damage.