For the past 20 years, Dr. Rogaeva has contributed substantially to the development of effective genetic testing of different forms of dementia and movement disorders in her clinical practice, with a strong focus on Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal lobar degeneration.
Dr. Rogaeva played a central role in the discovery and characterization of the two presenilin genes responsible for the most aggressive form of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease, as well as the SORL1 gene associated with common late-onset forms of Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Rogaeva’s current focus is on genetic and epigenetic studies of C9orf72.
Dr. Rogaeva is the author of ~225 peer-reviewed publications and is listed among the top 10 Canadian neuroscientists, based on the highest impact papers published in 2013-2014.