Jo Ellen Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., MPH
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Division of General Psychiatry
VKC Member
Overview of Interests
Jo Ellen Wilson is a physician scientist (consultation liaison psychiatrist and epidemiologist) with a research focus on Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome. Dr. Wilson works with fellow VKC member Paul Newhouse, M.D., in the Center for Cognitive Medicine to run several studies in Down syndrome to characterize the cognitive, behavioral and neurobiological changes that occur as Alzheimer's disease develops in the context of Down syndrome. Additionally, she is the principal investigator for several therapeutic clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease, including the ABATE trial (a vaccine to reduce/clear amyloid in the brains of individuals with Down syndrome). Clinically, she also has a psychiatric clinic devoted to caring for adults with DS who have comorbid behavioral needs (including Down Syndrome Regression Disorder, catatonia, autism, etc.)