Leah Acker
Director of the Anesthesiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Engineering Research (ACkER) Lab · Duke University
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History
PresentCognitive Neuroscience · Duke University
- 2026–Present
- 2026–Present
- 2022–2023
Duke Pepper Center
- Until 2022
MIT
2013–2017
Research
Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin
Nature Neuroscience · 2014 · 415 citations
Nonhuman Primate Optogenetics: Recent Advances and Future Directions
Review · Journal of Neuroscience · 2017 · 102 citations
An Open Resource for Non-human Primate Optogenetics
Neuron · 2020 · 101 citations
11 papers
9 papers
8 papers · 3 as a fellow
5 papers
4 papers
4 papers
3 papers
3 papers
Grants
- 2024–2029
Attentional Resilience in Older Adults
National Institute on Aging · R01
Contact PI · $2.3M · Duke University
- 2026–2028
Bidirectional Relationships Between Plasma Tau Phosphorylation Markers and Postoperative Delirium
National Institute on Aging · R21
Contact PI · $444.1K · Duke University
- 2022–2025
The Role of the Aging Brain-Heart-Immune Axis in Postoperative Delirium
National Institute on Aging · R03
Contact PI · $322K · Duke University