The focus of Dr. Tartaglia's research program is biomarker discovery for the early diagnosis of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. She uses a multi-modal approach that includes imaging and biofluids to better diagnose these diseases and understand the brain-behavior correlates.
The ultimate goal of her research program is to provide early, pathology-specific treatments to her patients.
Dr. Tartaglia is a Professor and Clinician-Scientist at the University of Toronto. She received her medical degree from McGill University, completed her residency at the University of Western Ontario and did three years of clinical/research fellowship in cognitive/behavioral neurology at the University of California, San Francisco Memory and Aging Center. She maintains a cognitive/behavioral clinic where she sees people with neurodegenerative disease and post-concussion syndrome within the UHN Memory Clinic. Her clinical and research interests lie in neurodegenerative diseases with a focus on frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and possible chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
- Marion and Gerald Soloway Chair in Brain Injury and Concussion Research
- Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
- Cognitive Neurologist, Memory Clinic - Toronto Western Hospital
- Director Memory Clinical Trials Unit