Dr. Carme Uribe is a staff scientist with the Brain Health Imaging Centre at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is also an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
She received her PhD from the University of Barcelona in Medicine and Translational Research in 2019. Her research focused on the cerebral correlates of cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease patients, with works on structural and functional MRI techniques to identify homogeneous patterns of atrophy and leveraging machine learning techniques to discriminate different forms of Parkinsonism. Her postdoctoral work was performed at Dr. Antonio Strafella’s lab at CAMH, where she was introduced to molecular imaging markers in Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonism. She focused on in vivo synaptic density quantification and tau protein deposition in parkinsonian patients.
Dr. Uribe has also worked on whole-brain functional connectivity differences linked to gender identity, the menstrual cycle, the effects of testosterone on the brain of transgender men and sex differences in Parkinson’s disease and clinical subtypes.
Areas of research
Dr. Uribe’s research interests focus on the use of neuroimaging techniques, PET and MRI, as biomarkers into understanding neurodegenerative disorders pathology and their cognitive and behavioral deficits. She is also interested in the sex/gender and sex hormones effects on the human brain.
Currently, as a member of core staff at the Imaging Centre, she is responsible for PET data analysis, kinetic modelling and non-invasive quantification methods, definition of appropriate methodologies for clinical research projects, and core support activities including maintenance of PET scanners and auxiliary equipment.
Publications
Dr. Uribe’s publications can be accessed on Google Scholar.