# David Salat, Ph.D. Director, Neuroimaging Research for Veterans Center, Boston VA Healthcare System Assistant Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School Assistant Neuroscientist, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiology, MGH ![DS](/sites/g/files/omnuum4516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/heartbrain/files/screenshot_2023-06-16_at_10.52.03_am_1.png?itok=hbO4iXm9) location\_on TRACTS (182 JP), VA Medical Center 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130 smartphone [(857) 364-2593]() email [salat@nmh.mgh.harvard.edu ]() laptop\_windows [Martinos](http://www.martinos.org/user/5826) laptop\_windows [Computation Neuroimaging](http://www.martinos.org/lab/lcn/people) laptop\_windows [Harvard Catalyst Profile](https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/profiles/display/person/49307) David's research examines structural and functional changes in the brain with aging and age-associated neurodegenerative disease. A primary focus of this work is to determine how the common decline in vascular health with advancing age contributes to neurodegenerative changes, cognitive attenuation and the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Through these studies, we hope to advance procedures for the clinical utilization of imaging technology in the diagnosis, characterization and tracking of neurodegenerative disease as well as towards advancing understanding of the pathological mechanisms that cause dementia. - ## People [Investigators](/people/investigators)