Sandra Baez

I am associate professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Los Andes University (Colombia). I hold a degree in Psychology (National University of Colombia), a Master in Neuropsychology (Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires), and a Ph.D. in Psychology (Argentinean Catholic University). I conducted my postdoctoral studies at the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology & Neurosciences, (INECO, Argentina) and the Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience (INCYT, Argentina). I received training in functional and structural neuroimaging at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Leipzig, Germany). I have experience in neuropsychological assessment and cognitive stimulation techniques for patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. I have more than 80 publications, including books, chapters, and articles in leading journals, such as Nature Human Behavior, Brain, JAMA Neurology, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry and Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, among others. I am Associate Editor of Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Frontiers in Psychiatry, and ad hoc Reviewer for more than 20 international journals. I am also part of the Project team taskforce of the Human Affectome Project. In 2019, I won the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science. My work investigates social cognition and mental health in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric conditions as well as in non-clinical vulnerable populations. My research aims to improve the diagnosis and prognosis of these disorders, the understanding of neurobiological basis of social behaviors, and the quality of life of patients and caregivers.