Christina Hugenschmidt

Christina Hugenschmidt, PhD, is the Rebecca E. Shaw Professor and Director of the Memory Counseling Program and Associate Professor of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine in the Sticht Center on Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention. She is a neuroscientist committed to research that maintains dignity and purpose for older adults across the range of physical and cognitive function they experience, and explores the aging brain as a complex system that influences and is influenced by other body systems. She is the principal investigator or co-investigator on NIH-funded and foundation grants investigating how age-related changes in movement and metabolism interact with the brain and cognition, and the potential of lifestyle interventions to support healthy brain and body function in aging. Her work on arts and aging with her close collaborator and Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow Christina Soriano, MFA, has led to community collaborations and unique outreach opportunities. In addition, Dr. Hugenschmidt is co-leader of the Wake Forest Pepper Center’s Bioimaging Core and a member of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.