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American psychiatrist and neuroscientist
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Dr.John Wesson Ashford
Born (1948-05-29) May 29, 1948 (age 76)
San Francisco, United States
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Occupation(s)Psychiatrist
Neuroscientist
Years active1978-present
EmployerVA Palo Alto Health Care System
Known forWork on Alzheimer’s disease

John Wesson Ashford is an American psychiatrist and neuroscientist. His 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, as well as the clinical professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (affiliated) at Stanford University.

Early life and education

Ashford was born in San Francisco, California on May 29, 1948. He earned 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 an MD in 1974 and a PhD in 1984 in Neuroscience. 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.

References

  1. 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 (6): 757–796. doi:10.1682/jrrd.2008.08.0119. PMID 20104402.
  2. "Public listing - John Wesson Ashford Jr". Stanford University. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  3. "J. Wesson Ashford, MD, PhD | Journal of Alzheimer's Disease". www.j-alz.com. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  4. "J. Wesson Ashford, MD, PhD – Neurotez". Retrieved 2023-12-31.

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