Kenneth S. Kosik Explained
Kenneth S. Kosik |
Doctoral Advisor: | Dennis J. Selkoe |
Known For: | Neuroscience research |
Alma Mater: | Medical College of Pennsylvania |
Awards: | Potamkin Prize (2021)Stacy |
Website: | https://www.mcdb.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/kenneth-kosik |
Kenneth S. Kosik is an American neurologist, author, researcher and professor in neuroscience at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1] Recent contributions includes a significant discovery in understanding the way human embryonic stem cells function.[2] He has contributed to novel thinking about how to reduce risk for getting Alzheimer's disease and reduce the impact of this illness on our communities.[3] [4] He was the founder and executive director of Cognitive Fitness & Innovative Therapies, followed by the Cottage Center for Brain Fitness.[5] Kosik provided much of the original data on the largest family in the world with a genetic form of Alzheimer's disease located in Antioquia, Colombia.[6] [7]
Awards
- Whitaker Health Sciences Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Metropolitan Life Foundation Medical Award
- Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award, the American Neurological Association (1990)
- Zenith Award from the Alzheimer's Association
- Ranwell Caputo Medal, the Argentine Society of Neurochemistry
- NASA Group Achievement Award to the Neurolab Science Team
- Potamkin Prize (2021)
Publications
- Outsmarting Alzheimer's: What You Can Do to Reduce Your Risk; Kenneth S. Kosik with Alisa Bowman; Publish Date: December 29, 2015 [8]
- The Alzheimer's Solution: How Today's Care Is Failing Millions- and How We Can Do Better; Kenneth S. Kosik, Ellen Clegg; Publish Date: August 2009 .[9]
- When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer's: The Caregiver's Journey; Earl A. Grollman, Kenneth S. Kosik; Publish Date: November 1997 .[10]
- Selected publications of K.S. Kosik, M.D.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Kenneth S. Kosik - MCDB - UCSB Santa Barbara. www.mcdb.ucsb.edu.
- 19409607 . 10.1016/j.cell.2009.02.038 . 137 . 4 . MicroRNA-145 regulates OCT4, SOX2, and KLF4 and represses pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells . Cell . May 2009 . 647–58. Xu . N . Papagiannakopoulos . T . Pan . G . Thomson . J. A. . Kosik . K. S. . free .
- News: Alzheimer's:Forestalling the Darkness . Scientific American . Gary . Stix . June 2010 . 302 . 6 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728002141/http://www.sbcfit.org/pdfs/sa_article.pdf . 2011-07-28 .
- News: Marx. Patricia. Mentally Fit. 25 November 2013. The New Yorker. July 29, 2013.
- News: How to Outsmart Alzheimer's New Effort Tries to Fight Disease With Word, Math Games, Even Wii for Exercise. The Wall Street Journal. Amy. Marcus. March 30, 2010.
- Kosik. Kenneth. The Fortune Teller. The Sciences. July–August 1999. 39. 4. 13–17. 10.1002/j.2326-1951.1999.tb03698.x.
- News: Belluck. Pam. A Perplexing Case Puts a Doctor on the Trail of 'Madness'. New York Times. June 1, 2010.
- Book: Outsmarting Alzheimer's eBook: Kenneth S. Kosik M.D.: Kindle Store . 29 December 2015. Trusted Media Brands . 2018-06-12.
- Web site: The Alzheimer Epidemic: How Today's Care Is Failing Millions- and How We Can Do Better by Kenneth S. Kosik (9781591027287) . Allbookstores.com . 2013-11-22.
- Web site: When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer's: The Caregiver's Journey by Earl A. Grollman, Kenneth S. Kosik (9780807027219) . Allbookstores.com . 1997-11-01 . 2013-11-22.