Kenneth S. Kosik

Kenneth S. Kosik
Kenneth S. Kosik December 2013 lab meeting
Alma mater	Medical College of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Neurologist
Known for	Neuroscience research
Awards	Zenith Award - Alzheimer's Association
Website	Kosik Neurobiology Lab UCSB MCDB UCSB NRI

Kenneth S. Kosik, M.D. is an American neurologist, author, researcher and professor in neuroscience at the University of California, Santa Barbara.^[1] Recent contributions includes a significant discovery in understanding the way human embryonic stem cells function.^[2] He has contributed to novel thinking about how to reduce risk for getting Alzheimer's disease and reduce the impact of this illness on our communities.^[3][4] He was the founder and executive director of Cognitive Fitness & Innovative Therapies, followed by the Cottage Center for Brain Fitness.^[5] Kosik provided much of the original data on the largest family in the world with a genetic form of Alzheimer's disease located in Antioquia, Colombia.^[6][7]

Awards

• Whitaker Health Sciences Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Metropolitan Life Foundation Medical Award
• Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award, the American Neurological Association
• Zenith Award from the Alzheimer's Association
• Ranwell Caputo Medal, the Argentine Society of Neurochemistry
• NASA Group Achievement Award to the Neurolab Science Team

Publications

• The Alzheimer's Solution: How Today's Care Is Failing Millions- and How We Can Do Better; Kenneth S. Kosik, Ellen Clegg; Publish Date: August 2009 ISBN 1-59102-728-4.^[8]
• When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer's: The Caregiver's Journey; Earl A. Grollman, Kenneth S. Kosik; Publish Date: November 1997 ISBN 0-8070-2721-9.^[9]
• Selected publications of K.S. Kosik, M.D.

External links

• Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory at UCSB

References

1. https://www.mcdb.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/kosik
2. "MicroRNA-145 regulates OCT4, SOX2, and KLF4 and represses pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells" 137 (4). May 2009: 647–58. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.02.038. PMID 19409607.
3. Stix, Gary (June 2010). "Alzheimer's:Forestalling the Darkness" (PDF). Scientific American 302 (6).
4. Marx, Patricia (July 29, 2013). "Mentally Fit". The New Yorker. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
5. Marcus, Amy (March 30, 2010). "How to Outsmart Alzheimer's New Effort Tries to Fight Disease With Word, Math Games, Even Wii for Exercise". The Wall Street Journal.
6. Kosik, Kenneth (July–August 1999). "The Fortune Teller". The Sciences 39 (4): 13–17. doi:10.1002/j.2326-1951.1999.tb03698.x.
7. Belluck, Pam (June 1, 2010). "A Perplexing Case Puts a Doctor on the Trail of ‘Madness’". New York Times.
8. "The Alzheimer Epidemic: How Today's Care Is Failing Millions- and How We Can Do Better by Kenneth S. Kosik (9781591027287)". Allbookstores.com. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
9. "When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer's: The Caregiver's Journey by Earl A. Grollman, Kenneth S. Kosik (9780807027219)". Allbookstores.com. 1997-11-01. Retrieved 2013-11-22.