Brittany Dugger, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of California-Davis (UC Davis). In addition to running her own laboratory, she is the Neuropathology Core leader for the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and other R01 funded programs. Dr. Dugger earned her bachelor of science from Michigan State University. She went on to obtain her Ph.D. from the Mayo Clinic Graduate School where she became fascinated by the selective vulnerability of neuropathologies and disease heterogeneity. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship, being promoted to an independent staff scientist at the Banner Sun Health Research Institute, aiding in a research-based human autopsy program. In 2015, she was recruited to serve as the neuropathology core leader for academic and drug discovery groups within the Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases at the University of California San Francisco. In 2017, she joined the university’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. She has extensive expertise in cross disciplinary dialog development and maintenance, neuropathology of neurodegenerative diseases, digital pathology, data harmonization and amalgamation, mentorship, sponsorship, advocacy, and administrative execution and oversight. Dr. Dugger is overwhelmingly excited and honored to contribute fundamental knowledge to precision medicine approaches to aid in creating better biomarkers, therapies, and models of human diseases for all individuals.