Rupal Mehta, MD, is a physician-scientist and associate professor at Rush University Department of Pathology and the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center (RADC). She completed residency in Anatomic Pathology and fellowship in Neuropathology at the University of California at Los Angeles and subsequently completed a visiting fellowship at Indiana University Alzheimer’s Disease Center. She studies factors associated with brain aging. Her recent research has focused on meningeal and cerebrovascular microanatomy and the pathophysiology of stroke, cerebral small vessel disorders, iatrogenic brain diseases and brain trauma using preclinical models and postmortem human brain tissues. Mehta’s mission is to identify novel tissue markers to facilitate the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases associated with brain vascular and immune dysfunction, proteinopathies and brain aging. Her research has been recognized through several awards, including those sponsored by USPHS, United States Navy/Marine Corp, Microcirculatory Society, Patent and Trademark Office Society, and the American Association of Neuropathologists, and has been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals including Science, Radiology, Nature Communications, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Brain, Stroke, Annals of Neurology, and the Journal of Patient Safety. Mehta is licensed and board certified in anatomic pathology and neuropathology. She belongs to various professional organizations including the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and the American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP). Her current research is funded by NIH, the Alzheimer’s Association, and the RADC.