Tyler Menold – Doctoral Student

PhD Student

Tyler is a PhD student in the Brown-NIH Neuroscience Graduate Partnership Program at Brown University. He completed his undergraduate studies in biology and computer science at UMass Boston and Oregon State University. During his postbaccalaureate training, he worked with Ryan Dale, M.S., Ph.D., in the Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. There, he developed an interest in neuroscience while investigating biomarkers of Niemann-Pick disease type C, a rare pediatric neurodegenerative disorder. In the Wilson Lab, Tyler applies proteomic approaches to identify blood-based markers that may predict early synaptic vulnerability and presymptomatic disease progression in Alzheimer’s disease cohorts. Outside of the lab, Tyler enjoys long-distance hiking. He is pictured here during his 2026 Pacific Crest Trail hike.