Sonja W. Scholz

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Sonja W. Scholz
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Alma mater Medical University of Innsbruck
University College London
Scientific career
FieldsNeurology, neurogenetics
Institutions National Institutes of Health

Sonja W. Scholz is an Austrian neurologist and neurogeneticist. She is a Senior Investigator and chief of the Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, where her laboratory focuses on the molecular genetics of neurodegenerative diseases and dementias. [1]

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Career

Scholz received a medical degree from the Medical University of Innsbruck and a Ph.D. from University College London (2010). [2] From 2005 to 2009, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Neurogenetics at National Institute on Aging. [1] She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience at Georgetown University from 2009 to 2011. [3] After completing an internship and adult neurology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 2011 to 2015, she joined NINDS in 2015, completed a fellowship in neurodegeneration, and became a Lasker Clinical Research Tenure Track Investigator in 2018. [1] [3] [2] In 2024, she was tenured as a Senior Investigator. [3] She is also an adjunct Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University.

Research

Scholz's research integrates large-scale genomic and multi-omic approaches to define the genetic architecture and biological mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia with Lewy bodies, multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, and frontotemporal dementia. [1] Her work in neurogenetics has contributed to a better understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. [3] Her group collaborates widely and leverages NIH Intramural resources to accelerate translational discovery. [3]

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sonja W. Scholz, M.D., Ph.D. | Principal Investigators | NIH Intramural Research Program". irp.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-13.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  2. 1 2 "Sonja Scholz". The Lancet Neurology. 16 (12): 961. December 2017. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30342-3. PMID   29165256.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Colleagues: Recently Tenured | NIH Intramural Research Program". irp.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-13.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ "President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists". White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. January 14, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)". NIH Intramural Research Program. February 25, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025. The classes of 2018–2020 received their awards in 2025; Sonja Scholz (2018).
  6. ↑ "American Neurological Association Announces Recipients of 2020 Awards for Outstanding Accomplishments in Academic Neurology" (Press release). American Neurological Association via Newswise. August 26, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
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