Kenny Vetter

Entering Class - 2023

E-MAIL:  [email protected]

Undergraduate Institution and Major:

State University of New York at Binghamton, B.S. in Biology, 2018

Graduate Advisor

Dongming Cai, MD PhD, Department of Neurology 
Michael Howell, MD, Department of Neurology

Graduate Research:

My graduate research focuses on how systemic changes due to menopause, especially insomnia, contribute to higher rates of Alzheimer's disease in women. Both menopause and Alzheimer's negatively impact sleep quality, and my research aims to further clarify this relationship with the broader goal of identifying potential therapeutic interventions.

Thesis Committee

Shauna Yuan, MD, Department of Neurology (Chair)
Dongming Cai, MD PhD, Department of Neurology (Advisor) 
Michael Howell, MD, Department of Neurology (Advisor) 
Manda Keller-Ross, PT, DPT, PhD, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Undergraduate Research

My postbac research focused on the impact of chronic early life sleep disruption on spatial memory and tau pathology in a PS19 mouse model. This research resulted in the discovery of a REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD) phenotype in aged tau mice.