Dr. Acquarone is a Co-founder and Director of Molecular Neuroscience at CogniBiome Therapeutics, Inc. Her passion is to unravel the molecular mechanisms of the gut-brain axis to develop innovative strategies for preventing and treating neurodegenerative diseases. Concurrent to her leadership at CogniBiome, Dr. Acquarone is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at Tulane University School of Medicine (New Orleans, LA), where her research focuses on 1) understanding the epigenetic impact of dietary patterns on the brain to dissect molecular mechanisms of cognitive prevention and improvement; 2) the influence of the microbiome on neuroinflammation and vascular health; and 3) the identification of novel molecular targets to prevent neurodegeneration. Before joining Tulane, she was at Washington University in St. Louis, where she specialized in bioinformatics and the development of in vitro models derived from patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dr. Acquarone completed her academic training in Neuroscience in Brazil, which included international research fellowships at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York, USA) and the Pablo de Olavide University (Seville, Spain).