Michael A. Rosario, PhD

Environmental & Cognitive Neuroscientist · Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Southern California

Conceptual diagram: social and physical environmental factors act on the brain across the lifespan, from infancy through older adulthood, shaping whether memory declines or is preserved — How is memory and its underlying neurobiology affected across the lifespan?

I study how the environments people live in, from ambient air pollution to neighborhood social and physical conditions, shape brain structure, memory systems, and cognitive health across the lifespan.

Working in large developmental and aging cohorts, including the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), I combine neuroimaging, environmental exposure science, and advanced statistical modeling to identify environmental drivers of neurocognitive risk and resilience from childhood through older adulthood.

Research Publications

Recent

Publication
“Ambient pollution components and sources are associated with hippocampal architecture and memory in pre-adolescents” is out in BMC Medicine. Read it →
Appointment
Joined the NIA T32 in Multidisciplinary Research Training in Gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.