Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D. (NSCI ’21), named Mayo Clinic Florida Investigator of the Year

Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D. (NSCI ’21), Department of Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic in Florida, was named Mayo Clinic in Florida Investigator of the Year. Dr. Ikezu joined Mayo Clinic in 2021 and leads the Molecular Neurotherapeutics Laboratory. He is internationally recognized as an expert in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, with research focusing on investigating extracellular vesicles  and their role in how disease spreads in the brain. Dr. Ikezu’s research has been published in Nature Neuroscience, Science Translational Medicine, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Alzheimer’s & Dementia, Molecular Neurodegeneration, and Brain, and has consulting positions with dozens of international journals. Dr. Ikezu has secured extramural funding, primarily from the NIH, and has received six NIH R01 grants since joining Mayo Clinic. He is a professor of neuroscience in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.