Hello,

I’m Margo Heston, PhD

NIH K00 Postdoctoral Scholar at the
University of California, San Francisco

I research…

aging and dementia, with expertise in disease progression modeling, neuroimaging, the social exposome, and omics.

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Selected Publications

Association of residential neighborhood disadvantage with amyloid PET positivity among cognitively impaired individuals (2026) Alzheimer’s Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging

Factors associated with age at tau pathology onset and time from tau onset to dementia in Alzheimer's disease (2025) Alzheimer’s & Dementia

Fecal short-chain fatty acids vary by sex and amyloid status (2025) Alzheimer’s & Dementia

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Training & Appointments

2024-Present Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, San Francisco
Advisors: Gil Rabinovici, MD & Renaud La Joie, PhD

2024 Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Wisconsin—Madison
Advisors: Tobey Betthauser, PhD & Amy Kind, PhD

2023 PhD, Cellular & Molecular Pathology
University of Wisconsin—Madison
Advisor: Barbara Bendlin, PhD

2015 BS, Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

Selected Awards & Funding

2022 - 2029: NIH Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative F99/K00 D-SPAN Fellowship
F99NS130922: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
K00AG097172: National Institute on Aging

2025: Research Education Component Scholarship
UCSF Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

2024: Best Oral Presentation Award
Alzheimer’s Imaging Consortium, Alzheimer's Association International Conference

2018 - 2020: Cellular and Molecular Pathology T32 Training Award
T32 GM081061: National Institute of General Medical Sciences

2015 - 2016: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award
United States Department of State