Marcia N. Gordon, PhD, joined Translational Neuroscience at Michigan State University as a Global Impact Initiative Professor in 2017. Her research program, funded by nationally competitive federal grants, foundation grants and corporate contracts, is focused on preclinical biomedical laboratory research using mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Gordon has research interests in Aging and Longevity, Alzheimer’s Disease, Glial Cell Function and Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Disease.