Kenneth S. Kosik

Dr. Kosik received a B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature from Case Western Reserve University (Cum Laude). He received his M.D. from Medical College of Pennsylvania and an honorary M.A. upon achieving rank of full professor from Harvard University.

Dr. Kosik held the following hospital appointments: Visiting Physician, Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Senior Neurologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Clinical Associate in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Consulting Staff, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is currently the Co-Director of the Neuroscience Research Institute at the University of California Santa Barbara.

Dr. Kosik has awards and honors too extensive to list here. He has given over 200 invited lectures around the world. He has authored over 200 published scientific research articles, 86 expert review articles, 3 books and serves on the editorial board of 4 scientific journals. Of late, Dr. Kosik’s work has focused on stem cells and neurodegenerative disease from a molecular, cellular and genetic perspective. He has also served as co-PI (principal investigator) along with Dr. Bamdad in Minerva-UCSB collaborative Stem Cell Research. Dr. Kosik has been featured in a NOVA special and on 60 Minutes as an expert in Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Kosik has also been elected as an AAAS fellow.