Kate Reardon is a research technician and graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. In 2019, she joined Dr. John Cirrito’s lab in the WUSM Department of Neurology. Using the microdialysis technique, her research focused on examining the cellular pathways that regulate amyloid-β and tau metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease. In 2020, she also joined the Animal Behavior Subunit as a research technician. When she’s not sciencing, Kate enjoys spending time outside, listening to music, and pretending she can play guitar as well as Slash.