The focus of the IDeA Lab - part of the UC Davis Health Department of Neurology - is to use advanced mathematical modeling of neuroimaging to investigate brain structural and functional differences associated with aging, vascular, and neurodegenerative diseases among under-represented community populations. We also evaluate the genetics of MRI endophenotypes. The primary structural and functional imaging techniques that we have been using are positron emission tomography (PET) with FDG, amyloid and tau tracers, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Dr. Charles DeCarli leads the IDeA Lab, which currently supports over 19 NIH or DOD funded projects totaling $30M+, and serves as co-director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.