Dr. Sepassi is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.  Her clinical work includes inpatient coverage at the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital.  This work is geared towards diagnosis and management of mild and major neurocognitive disorders and psychotic disorders.

Dr. Andrews joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2019 after completing her Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She is also a former Honors Scholar of the Geriatric Mental Health Foundation and board-certified psychiatrist from Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia.

Dr. Andrews is a 2023 Scholar, which is a grant awarded by the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) to study how prior COVID-19 infection may accelerate cognitive decline in the ADNI cohort. She is Site Co-Principal Investigator for the Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium (ACTC) since Vanderbilt became an ACTC site in 2023. Dr. Andrews is the Site-Principal Investigator of the AHEAD Study, an NIA funded study of Lecanemab, a recently approved FDA treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease. Additionally, she is co-investigator in multiple NIH funded projects on cognitive impairment, geriatric depression, and dementia.

Dr Conley joined Vanderbilt in November 2016 after completing his PhD in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He also holds a BPsyc (Hons) from the University of Newcastle. Alex’s scientific interests lie in the study of how new medicines may help reverse the cognitive and memory problems that develop following trauma and neurodegeneration.

Dr. Albert's research focuses on the interface of cognition and emotion and examining cognitive processes that contribute to mood disorders risk and pathological cognitive aging. She completed a BS in neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University and received her PhD in neuroscience working with Dr. Paul Newhouse in the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit at the University of Vermont. Dr. Albert completed post-doctoral training at the Center for Cognitive Medicine and Vanderbilt University with Dr. Warren Taylor, and currently has an appointment as a research instructor in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.    

Research Description

Dr. Albert's research focuses on the systems and behavioral neuroscience of early cognitive changes in pathological cognitive aging. Her work includes neuroimaging and remote, ecological assessment of subjective and objective cognitive function to better understand early brain network changes in Alzheimer's Disease, develop markers of risk, and target novel interventions to support cognitive maintenance in aging.