Dr. Verghese’s research interest is the effects of disease and aging on mobility and cognition in older adults, and has been PI on several current and former research grants and clinical trials funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. He has over 300 publications in high profile peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Nature Medicine, and Neurology. He serves on editorial boards of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Journal of Gerontology Medical Sciences, Canadian Geriatrics Journal, Annals of Geriatrics Medicine & Research, and Neurodegenerative Disease Management. Dr. Verghese’s scholarship has been recognized with multiple awards including the Paul Beeson Emerging Leaders award from the National Institute on Aging, the Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Clinical Investigation award from the American Geriatric Society, and the Joseph Freeman award from the Gerontological Society of America. His current projects include studying non-pharmacological approaches to reducing risk of dementia and mobility loss, cognitive control of gait and mobility, and global health studies in dementia.

Dr. Joe Verghese graduated from St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore, India. He did his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Neurology in United Kingdom. He completed his Neurology residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY. He did fellowship training in Neurophysiology as well as Aging & Dementia in 1999 at the same institution. He received a Master of Science degree in Clinical Research Methods with Distinction from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2001. Dr Verghese is board-Certified in Neurology.

Dr. Verghese was appointed as Chair and Professor of Neurology at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in 2024. He was formerly a tenured Professor of Neurology and Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York (2000 to 2024), and Chief of the Division of Cognitive & Motor Aging in the Department of Neurology as well as the Chief of Geriatrics at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.