## About

Ivana Delalle, MD, PhD, is a board-certified pathologist specializing in neuropathology at Boston Medical Center and Professor of Anatomic Pathology in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Delalle is also the Laboratory Director of the Framingham Heart Study, a long-term study, spanning three generations of participants, that is committed ...  to identifying the common factors or characteristics that contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Dr. Delalle’s research bridges basic and clinical science to advance the understanding of the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Her present focus, supported by the by the National Institute of Aging, is on novel, early, and reliable biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Recent studies, directed by Dr. Delalle and her co-senior authors at the University of Goettingen, Germany, and Indiana University, demonstrated that evaluating microRNAs in blood can be used not only to diagnose mild cognitive impairment (MCI) but also, critically, to predict the conversion from MCI to AD. Moreover, the team uncovered microRNA candidate molecular biomarkers that associate with current Amyloid, Tau, and Neurodegeneration AD biomarkers. These novel findings are important because, unlike current AD biomarkers, microRNAs may serve as blood molecular biomarkers years before AD-associated clinical symptoms begin, enabling successful AD prevention and/or early intervention to stop AD.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Lab Services](/departments/lab-services), [Neurology](/departments/neurology)
- ### Specialties
    
    Anatomic pathology; neuropathology; neuromuscular disorders
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.638.4500](tel:617.638.4500)
- ### Primary Location
    
    BMC, 670 Albany  
    [670 Albany Street  
    4th Floor  
    Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=670+Albany+Street%0D%0ABoston%2C+MA+02118)
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (Anatomic Pathology), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Residency
    
    Pathology—Anatomic and Clinical, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1997–1999
- ### Fellowship
    
    Neuropathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1999–2001
- ### Education
    
    MD, University of Zagreb Faculty of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, 1988
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Pathology—Anatomic, American Board of Pathology
    
    Neuropathology, American Board of Pathology
- ### Research Interests
    
    Neurodegenerative diseases
 
 

 

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  ## Affiliations

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