Sharon Negri
Postdoctoral fellow in Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, University of Oklahoma Health Campus, United States
Dr. Sharon Negri is a postdoctoral fellow in the Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID) Program at the University of Oklahoma Health Campus. Her research focuses on how aging, metabolic stress, and cellular senescence contribute to cerebrovascular dysfunction and cognitive decline.
She specializes in functional ultrasound (fUS) imaging to investigate cerebral blood flow regulation, microvascular architecture, and neurovascular coupling in experimental models of aging, stroke, and neurodegenerative disease. Her work integrates fUS with two-photon microscopy, behavioral assessments, and molecular approaches to study neurovascular unit dysfunction. Her current research focuses on the role of endothelial and mitochondrial dysfunction in vascular aging and brain injury, with the broader goal of developing targeted strategies to preserve vascular and cognitive function.