Pia Campagna, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Bove Lab, University of California, San Francisco
My career in neuroscience is driven by a deep interest in uncovering the molecular mechanisms that shape vulnerability to complex neurological diseases. I focus on female-specific biological transitions (menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause) as critical, yet understudied, inflection points in brain aging and disease risk. Despite accounting for the majority of Alzheimer’s disease cases, women remain underrepresented in mechanistic neuroscience research. My current postdoctoral work in Dr Riley Bove's Laboratory at UCSF aims to close this gap by integrating clinical bioinformatics and epigenomics to better understand how sex-specific biology influences long-term neurological outcomes, with the ultimate goal to inform more precise, equitable strategies for therapeutic development and clinical care.
