John Wesson Ashford
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Dr. John Wesson Ashford | |
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| Born | May 29, 1948 San Francisco, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation(s) | Psychiatrist Neuroscientist |
| Years active | 1978-present |
| Employer | VA Palo Alto Health Care System |
| Known for | work on Alzheimer’s disease |
| Website | memtrax |
Dr. John Wesson Ashford is an American psychiatrist and neuroscientist.Ashford's studies include Alzheimer's disease and its effects on human memory. Ashford is Chair of the Memory Screening Advisory Board of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, and a senior editor of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. He also serves as a Director of the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center in the VA Palo Alto Health Care System,[1] as well as the clinical professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (affiliated) at Stanford University.[2]
Early life and education
Ashford was born in San Francisco, California in 1948. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of California, Berkeley in 1970, and attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he obtained both MD in 1974 and Ph.D in 1984 in Neuroscience.[citation needed] He completed his Psychiatry Residency training in 1979 and had 2 years of post-doctoral training in the MHTP (Mental Health Training Program) at the UCLA Brain Research Institute.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Halbauer, Joshua; et al. (November 2009). "Neuropsychiatric diagnosis and management of chronic sequelae of war-related mild to moderate traumatic brain injury" (PDF). Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. 46: 757–796. doi:10.1682/jrrd.2008.08.0119.
- ^ "Public listing - John Wesson Ashford Jr". Stanford University. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
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