Joshua M. Shulman, MD, PhD

Joshua M. Shulman, MD, PhD, is Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Molecular & Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine; Co-Director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital; and Director of the Baylor Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases. He received his AB in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard College, and his PhD in Genetics from Cambridge University. He subsequently studied at Harvard Medical School, where he received his MD and an MMSc in clinical investigation. Dr. Shulman completed his neurology residency and fellowship training in the Harvard/Partners Program at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Since relocating to Houston in 2012, Dr. Shulman's translational research program has focused on the genetics and pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.