Alison Goate

Alison Goate
EducationUniversity of Oxford (DPhil 1983)
University of Bristol
Known forAlzheimer's disease, addiction
AwardsPotamkin Prize (1993)
Metlife Foundation Award (1994)
Alzheimer's Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2015)
Rainwater Prize(2022)
Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsNeurology, Genetics
WorkplacesIcahn School of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis

Alison Mary Goate is the Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor and Chair of the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Director of the Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She was previously professor of genetics in psychiatry, professor of genetics, and professor of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine.

The Goate Lab studies the genetics and molecular bases of Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, and alcoholism.

Education and early career

After receiving her undergraduate degree in biochemistry at the University of Bristol (UK) and her graduate training at Oxford University (UK), Goate studied under Professors Theodore Puck, Professor Louis Lim and Dr. John Hardy. She received a Royal Society University Research Fellowship to conduct research at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London.

Awards and affiliations

She has received the Potamkin Prize from the American Academy of Neurology (1993), the Zenith Award from the Alzheimer's Association, Senior Investigator Award from the Metropolitan Life Foundation, the St. Louis Academy of Science Innovation Award, Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award at Washington University in St. Louis (1994), and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer's Association (2015). She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She also serves on the faculty of the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. Goate received the Rainwater Prize for Innovation in Neurodegeneration from the Rainwater Charitable Foundation in 2022. Goate was the first female to be awarded the Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize for Neurodegenerative disease research in 2023.

Research

Goate's research centers on the genetics of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias that led to the development of animal and cellular models and the development of anti-amyloid and anti-tau therapies. She has been the principal investigator on four grants and has co-invented and awarded six patents.

Patents

  • APP770 mutant in alzheimer's disease, (1999).
  • Mutant S182 genes, (1999).
  • Method for elucidation and detection of polymorphisms, splice variants, and proximal coding mutations using intronic sequences of the Alzheimer's S182 gene, (2000).
  • Transgenic mouse expressing an APP-FAD DNA sequence, (2001).
  • Pathogenic Tau mutations, (2002).
  • Markers for addiction, (2011).

Grants

Partial list:

Funding Source, Project Title & Number Role in Project Dates Direct Costs
NIH/NIA/Columbia University

National Institute on Aging Alzheimer's Disease Family-Based Study (NIA-AD FBS) U24AG056270

 Subaward PI (MPI) 8/1/2022 - 4/30/2027 $151,653
NIH/NIA

Neuroprotective Signaling and Transcriptional Pathways in Microglia Associated with Alzheimer's Disease R01AG072489

 MPI 2/1/2022 - 11/30/2026 $5,972,363
NIH/NINDS

Uncovering the Genetic Mechanisms of the Chromosome 17q21.31 Tau haplotype on Neurodegeneration Risk in FTD and PSP U54NS123746

 MPI 9/1/2021 - 8/31/2026 $9,278,441
The JPB Foundation

Integrative approaches to the identification of AD risk genes and novel therapeutics 2023-4265

 Principal Investigator 9/1/2023 - 8/31/2026 $2,250,000
NIH/NIA/Mayo Clinic

Biology and Pathobiology of ApoE in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease U19AG069701

 Subaward PI (MPI) 6/1/2021 - 5/31/2026 $1,885,527
Cure Alzheimer's Foundation

Investigating MEF2C transcription factor as therapeutic targets to reprogram pathological microglial states in Alzheimer's disease

 Principal Investigator 1/14/2024 - 1/13/2026 $201,250
Rainwater Charitable Foundation

Using unbiased proteomics to validate iPSC models of FTD-MAPT and discover novel biomarkers

 MPI 8/1/2023 - 7/31/2025 $200,000
NIH/NIA/Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Development of PU.1 Inhibitory Modulators as Novel Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease U01AG066757

 Subaward PI (MPI) 5/15/2020 - 4/30/2025 $1,364,375
NIH/NIA/Banner Health

APOE in the Predisposition to, Protection from and Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease R01AG069453

 Subaward PI (MPI) 7/1/2020 - 3/31/2025 $71,390
NIH/NIA/University of Pennsylvania

Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium U01AG032984

 Subaward PI 3/6/2020 - 8/31/2024 $1,021,752
NIH/NINDS/University of Miami

Reducing Disparities in Dementia and VCID Outcomes in a Multicultural Rural Population R01NS101483

 Subaward PI 4/15/2020 - 3/31/2025 $78,593
NIH/NIAAA/SUNY

Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) U10AA008401

 Subaward PI 9/1/2019 - 8/31/2024 $2,175,426
M.D. Anderson

Understanding the mechanism of MS4A-dependent AD risk AGR-13139

 Principal Investigator 8/7/2017 - 8/31/2024 $3,562,500
NIH/NIA

Genomic Approach to Identification of Microglial Networks Involved in Alzheimer's Disease Risk U01AG058635

 Principal Investigator 8/1/2018 - 7/31/2024 $4,799,685
NIH/NIA/Washington University

DIAN Genetics Core U19AG032438

 Subaward PI and Core Leader 7/1/2019 - 6/30/2024 $651,291
Rainwater Charitable Foundation

Investigating rare and common mechanisms underlying tauopathy risk

 Principal Investigator 11/1/2022 - 4/30/2024 $230,000

Publications

Semantic Scholar lists 483 publications, 22,943 citations and 1,808 influential citations of Goate's peer-reviewed and original contribution as of 2019.

Partial list:

References

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