Alokkumar Jha, PhD

Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Alokkumar Jha is an Assistant Professor of Research in Neuroscience at the Centre for Neurogenetics, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Jha's research focuses on understanding the genetic mechanisms and impact of somatic mutations to explore the interaction between neurological and cardiovascular diseases using multi-omics and multi-modality (Imaging, CT, PET) data. His work aims to facilitate personalized risk assessment, translational impact, and novel treatments and therapeutics. Dr. Jha completed his engineering degree in Electronics and Communication in India, followed by a master’s in medical Imaging. He earned his PhD in Cancer Genetics from the National University of Ireland, Galway, with thesis work conducted at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. He then worked as junior faculty in the Department of Endocrinology and Cardiovascular Institute at Stanford University School of Medicine. At Weill Cornell, he leverages complex genetic, imaging, and genomics data to understand somatic mosaicism in rare genetic disorders and generates personalized risk scores for conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease.