Diego Iacono, MD, PhD
Dr. Iacono has contributed his expertise to the HJF mission supporting the DoD/USU Brain Tissue Repository and Neuropathology Program since 2015.
He received his medical degree (MD) and PhD in Neuroscience from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, Italy. He completed his residency in Neurology in Italy, France and the UK. Then, with a focus in neurodegenerative diseases, he received his post-residency training in Neuropathology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
His impressive clinical and research background includes directing the Brain Bank of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and founding a brain bank and directing the neuropathology research activities of the Biomedical Research Institute of New Jersey (BRInj), NJ.
Currently, Dr. Iacono is Deputy Director, Experimental Neuropathology, for the DoD/USU Brain Tissue Repository and Neuropathology Program. Dr. Iacono's research responsibilities span from clinico-pathological correlations using human brain samples from military members and a wide series of animal studies (from rodents to NHP) projects related to military and countermeasures activities.
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HJF Scientific Director and Associate Professor of Neurology, Pathology (Neuropathology), Neuroscience in support of Uniformed Services University