Kenneth S. Kosik

Kenneth S. Kosik, M.D. is an American neurologist, author, researcher and professor in neuroscience at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1] Recent contributions includes a significant discovery in understanding the way human embryonic stem cells function.[2] He has contributed to novel thinking about how to reduce risk for getting Alzheimer's disease and reduce the impact of this illness on our communities.[3][4] He was the founder and executive director of Cognitive Fitness & Innovative Therapies, followed by the Cottage Center for Brain Fitness.[5] Kosik provided much of the original data on the largest family in the world with a genetic form of Alzheimer's disease located in Antioquia, Colombia.[6][7]

Kenneth S. Kosik
Kenneth S. Kosik December 2013 lab meeting
Alma materMedical College of Pennsylvania
OccupationNeurologist
Known forNeuroscience research
AwardsZenith Award - Alzheimer's Association
WebsiteKosik Neurobiology Lab 
              UCSB MCDB
UCSB NRI

Awards

Publications
  • Outsmarting Alzheimer's: What You Can Do to Reduce Your Risk; Kenneth S. Kosik with Alisa Bowman; Publish Date: December 29, 2015 ASIN B00ZPNZJBC[8]
  • The Alzheimer's Solution: How Today's Care Is Failing Millions- and How We Can Do Better; Kenneth S. Kosik, Ellen Clegg; Publish Date: August 2009 ISBN 1-59102-728-4.[9]
  • When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer's: The Caregiver's Journey; Earl A. Grollman, Kenneth S. Kosik; Publish Date: November 1997 ISBN 0-8070-2721-9.[10]
  • Selected publications of K.S. Kosik, M.D.

References
  1. "Kenneth S. Kosik - MCDB - UCSB Santa Barbara". www.mcdb.ucsb.edu.
  2. Xu, N; Papagiannakopoulos, T; Pan, G; Thomson, J. A.; Kosik, K. S. (May 2009). "MicroRNA-145 regulates OCT4, SOX2, and KLF4 and represses pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells". Cell. 137 (4): 647–58. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.02.038. PMID 19409607.
  3. Stix, Gary (June 2010). "Alzheimer's:Forestalling the Darkness" (PDF). Scientific American. 302 (6). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-28.
  4. Marx, Patricia (July 29, 2013). "Mentally Fit". The New Yorker. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  5. Marcus, Amy (March 30, 2010). "How to Outsmart Alzheimer's New Effort Tries to Fight Disease With Word, Math Games, Even Wii for Exercise". The Wall Street Journal.
  6. Kosik, Kenneth (July–August 1999). "The Fortune Teller". The Sciences. 39 (4): 13–17. doi:10.1002/j.2326-1951.1999.tb03698.x.
  7. Belluck, Pam (June 1, 2010). "A Perplexing Case Puts a Doctor on the Trail of 'Madness'". New York Times.
  8. "Outsmarting Alzheimer's eBook: Kenneth S. Kosik M.D.: Kindle Store". Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  9. "The Alzheimer Epidemic: How Today's Care Is Failing Millions- and How We Can Do Better by Kenneth S. Kosik (9781591027287)". Allbookstores.com. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  10. "When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer's: The Caregiver's Journey by Earl A. Grollman, Kenneth S. Kosik (9780807027219)". Allbookstores.com. 1997-11-01. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
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