Dr. Ted Wilson
Dr. Ted Wilson is the Provost’s Assistant Professor of Neuroimmunology and Brain Science in the Department of Neuroscience at Brown University and a member of the Brown Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research. His research asks why some brains remain resilient in the face of Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders—and how that biology can be translated into earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment.
The Wilson Lab combines molecular and cellular neuroscience, human cohorts, proteomics, and biomarker development to understand the mechanisms that shape vulnerability and resilience during aging and neurodegeneration. A central focus of the lab is the neuroimmune axis: identifying how brain immune cells, metabolic state, and synaptic health influence disease progression, and uncovering biological pathways that may be targeted to protect the brain.
Dr. Wilson’s team also develops blood-based biomarker approaches designed to capture the biological heterogeneity of neurodegenerative disease. Rather than treating neurodegenerative disease as a single process, the lab aims to define individualized molecular signatures that can improve patient selection for clinical trials, monitor therapeutic response, and ultimately support more precise and personalized care. This work includes efforts to identify biomarkers of synaptic integrity and early disease-related change, before substantial cognitive decline.
Dr. Wilson received his PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University and completed postdoctoral training at Stanford University, where he developed expertise in neuroinflammation, aging, resilience to neurodegenerative pathology, and translational biomarker research. At Brown, he is building an interdisciplinary research program that bridges fundamental disease mechanisms with diagnostic and therapeutic development.
