Erik S. Musiek MD, PhD

Dr. Musiek is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Co-Director of the Center on Biological Rhythms and Sleep (COBRAS). His lab focuses on how the circadian rhythms regulate inflammation in the brain and impact neurodegenerative disease, including Alzheimer’s Disease. He is also a clinical investigator at the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and is a practicing neurologist with a specialty in memory disorders and dementia. He is the recipient of the Kopolow Award for Aging Research and is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers, and serves on multiple NIH study sections and national advisory committees. He completed MD/PhD training at Vanderbilt University in 2007, neurology residency at University of Pennsylvania in 2011, and a postdoctoral fellowship in dementia at Washington University in 2013.