Joel Blanchard is an Assistant Professor of neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, a member of the Loeb Alzheimer’s center and the Black Family Stem Cell Institute. His research combines engineering, stem cell biology, and neuroscience to create new technology and approaches for investigating and therapeutically targeting the human brain. Joel completed his post-doctoral training at MIT in the laboratory of Dr. Li-Huei Tsai where he developed in vitro models of the blood-brain barrier and myelination and applied these models to discover key mechanisms underlying vascular and white matter pathologies in Alzheimer’s disease. Joel received doctoral training at the Scripps Research Institute in California working with Dr. Kristin Baldwin and Dr. Richard Lerner. His work has led to numerous publications, patents, and awards including the ISSCR merit award, Glenn Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship, and a CIRM pre-doctoral fellowship.
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Joel Blanchard
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Joel Blanchard is an Assistant Professor of neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, a member of the Loeb Alzheimer’s center and the Black Family Stem Cell Institute. His research combines engineering, stem cell biology, and neuroscience to create new technology and approaches for investigating and therapeutically targeting the human brain. Joel completed his post-doctoral training at MIT in the laboratory of Dr. Li-Huei Tsai where he developed in vitro models of the blood-brain barrier and myelination and applied these models to discover key mechanisms underlying vascular and white matter pathologies in Alzheimer’s disease. Joel received doctoral training at the Scripps Research Institute in California working with Dr. Kristin Baldwin and Dr. Richard Lerner. His work has led to numerous publications, patents, and awards including the ISSCR merit award, Glenn Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship, and a CIRM pre-doctoral fellowship.
