Lynn M Bekris is a molecular biologist trained at the University of Washington (Ph.D.). She is currently an Associate Staff at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Genomic Medicine Department and Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. She is also an Affiliate Assistant Professor with Kent State University Biomedical Department. Her research focuses on identifying and characterizing the functional impact of genetic and epigenetic factors on the biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.