| Karen Duff | |
| Fields: | Pathology Cell Biology |
| Workplaces: | University College London Columbia University New York University University of South Florida |
| Alma Mater: | University of East Anglia Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Thesis Title: | A study of human and murine cardiac development using molecular genetics methodology |
| Thesis Url: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314981 |
| Thesis Year: | 1991 |
| Awards: | Potamkin Prize (2006) |
| Website: | Karen Duff |
Karen Elizabeth Keitley Duff (born 1965) is a British scientist known for her work on Alzheimer's disease. Her most notable work focused on the development and characterization of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease amyloid deposition.[1] [2] She became Centre Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute's hub at University College London in spring 2020.[3]
She was educated at the University of East Anglia (BSc, 1987) and completed her PhD at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1991. At Cambridge she was a student of Sydney Brenner's department. She was awarded the Potamkin Prize in 2006, together with Karen Ashe and Bradley Hyman.[4] In 2020 she was awarded the British Neuroscience Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience.[5] She was formerly Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University.[6]
She has an h-index of 96 according to Google Scholar.[7]